March 15, 2013 | http://cloudcomputingtopics.com/
Cloud Disaster Recovery: Don’t Operate your Business without Insurance

Insurance provides the comfort of knowing that you will be taken care of in an unexpected situation. From general liability to data breach insurance, you make sure your business is covered.
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March 11, 2013 | http://www.451research.com/
Appcore lands $6m series B funding round

The Iowa IaaS seller garners another round of financing to expand its portfolio.
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March 8, 2013 | http://www.telecompetitor.com/
Rural Telcos Diversify by Investing in Cloud Platform Provider Appcore

The announcement this week that several rural midwestern telcos have increased their investment in cloud platform provider Appcore is a good example of the kinds of moves small telcos are making to find new lines of business to replace dwindling voice revenues.
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March 5, 2013 | http://www.techcrunch.com/
Appcore Raises $6M Series B To Expand Cloud Computing Infrastructure Growth In Asia

Today Appcore, a company that offers complete cloud computing infrastructure (read: hardware and software) to clients including mobile network providers, data centers, and enterprises, has announced a $6 million Series B round today. 
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February 18, 2013 | http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/
Dwolla, Appcore, Involta lead way in Prometheus announcement

The Technology Association of Iowa on Monday announced finalists for its highly anticipated event, the Eighth Annual Prometheus Awards, which honors technology companies in 16 award categories.
Officials said they received 98 nominations, an increase of 15 over 2012 nominations.
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January 18, 2013 | www.virtualization.sys-con.com/
Virtualization – 2013 and Beyond

Virtualization is spreading through the enterprise for a variety of mission-critical workloads. According to statistics from an August 2012 blog post on eginnovations.com, 59 percent of workloads are being virtualized. As we move forward into 2013, we need to decide how we will proceed with virtualization in order to remain effective and efficient.
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January 4, 2013 | www.451research.com
Appcore's IaaS-in-a-box focuses on business instead of infrastructure 

Based in Des Moines, Iowa, Appcore is a cloud-in-a-box builder that combines off-the-shelf hardware and CloudStack with proprietary automation software to build a fully operational infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) environment in pre-built cabinets. Called Appcore Onsite, the target is service providers, datacenter operators and enterprises that want to provide on-demand, elastic and metered access to virtual servers – the type of service exemplified by Amazon Web Services and EC2.  
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January 4, 2013 | www.vmblog.com
Appcore Predictions: Virtualization Trends 2013

Virtualization is now spreading through enterprise for a variety of mission critical workloads. In addition to the ‘virtual first' approach that some enterprises are taking for everyday workloads, virtualization usage is a key ingredient to making the move to a cloud operating model. Key trends in virtualization in 2013 and beyond will drive a larger adoption of cloud operating models.
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December 13, 2012 | www.sys-con.com
Cloud Computing and Big Data in 2013: What's Coming Next?

Cloud Adoption will move into early majority state in the U.S. With all of the publicity and hype surrounding the cloud and business applications “in the cloud”, you would think the majority of businesses are already using it. However, we are still in the beginning stages of the migration and 2013 will mark the year when businesses realize the cloud’s significance.
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December 9, 2012 | www.forbes.com
7 Predictions for Cloud Computing in 2013 That Make Perfect Sense

Brian Patrick Donaghy, CEO of Appcore, (also quoted in Cloud Computing) says specific industry regulations will increasingly be addressed through what he calls ”community clouds.” A prime example are those arising in response to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. 
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November 13, 2012 | soa.sys-con.com
Taking Advantage of the Advancements in Cloud Computing

"We'll continue to see the long tail of legacy technology in use for years," observed Brian Patrick Donaghy, CEO of Appcore, in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan. Donaghy continued, "New applications are being written today that are much more efficient, fast and cost-effective that take advantage of advancements in massive processing and scale out infrastructure."
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November 8, 2012 | www.wired.com
Where is Cloud Computing headed in 2013?

We’re at an obvious consensus—cloud computing is growing at an unprecedented rate. Market Research Media says the cloud market will reach $270 billion in 2012 and Gartner predicts it will be over the $148 billion mark by 2014, much greater than Forrester’s forecast of over $118 billion for the same year.
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November 2, 2012 | www.zdnet.com
Cloud computing in 2013: a conversation with Appcore's CEO

Many hold opinions about what is going to happen in the cloud computing market in the coming year. Brian Patrick Donaghy, CEO of Appcore, offered five things he believes are in store for us in 2013. 
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July 22, 2012 | www.dmregister.com
Appcore flying high as cloud computing services take off

In less than four years, Brian Patrick Donaghy has taken his cloud-computing company from a tiny West Des Moines office to customers around the world, installing the first cloud systems in the Philippines and Africa.

June 4, 2012 | www.siliconprairienews.com
Appcore tops list of companies in Five Elms Capital’s first Flyover 50

Appcore, a Des Moines-based provider of cloud computing infrastructure, topped the list of companies recognized as part of the inaugural Flyover 50, an effort by Five Elms Capital to recognize the 50 fastest-growing companies in the middle of the country. Read More >>

May 16, 2012 | www.infochat.com
IP-Converge™ partners with Appcore® (US) to bring new Cloud offering to PH business

Internet data center operator and cloud services provider IP-Converge, recently announced its partnership with US-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) company Appcore, to deliver cloud hosting services in the country and the region out of its telco-grade, carrier-neutral data center facility. Read More >>