Cloud computing: Reality vs. fiction

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	Cloud computing: Reality vs. fiction There is certainly no doubt that cloud computing is real today and that it brings significant benefits to a wide array of IT organizations. There is also no doubt that a lot of what gets written about cloud computing is more wishful thinking than reality. We will use this newsletter to separate some of the reality of cloud computing from some of the fiction that surrounds it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Data Center Evolution Without Revolution While many companies understand the benefits of virtualization and cloud computing, they struggle to prepare their data center for such a transition. Discover how to avoid a "rip-and-replace" approach by utilizing a phased network architecture upgrade that helps control risk and costs. Read now! In this Issue ZTE announces deal to build network in Hungary Allow Both TCP and UDP Port 53 to Your DNS Servers Sprint offering free femtocells Open source tools at heart of DARPA's virtual satellite network WHITE PAPER: BMC Level the Playing Field with a Help Desk in the Cloud Today's cloud-based help desks pack the same punch as on-premise enterprise solutions, without a large up-front investment or long installation time. Read Now ZTE announces deal to build network in Hungary ZTE recieves contract to build network in Hungary. Read More WEBCAST: BMC Run Your IT Help Desk in the Cloud BMC brings its award-winning service desk technology to the cloud with BMC ServiceDesk on Force.com. Learn how to boost productivity with a full-featured service desk, help desk, and inventory management solution built on ITIL best practices. Join experts from IDC, BMC, and Force.com for this webinar overview. Learn More Allow Both TCP and UDP Port 53 to Your DNS Servers Security practitioners for decades have advised people to limit DNS queries against their DNS servers to only use UDP port 53. The reality is that DNS queries can also use TCP port 53 if UDP port 53 is not accepted. Now with the impending deployment of DNSSEC and the eventual addition of IPv6 we will need to allow our firewalls for forward both TCP and UDP port 53 packets. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 345 IT Executives Interviewed This white paper details extensive research on the challenges associated with application delivery and managing application performance. Analyst and consulting firm, Kubernan, interviewed 345 IT pros. Their responses and Kubernan's analysis will help you to proactively resolve application delivery and performance issues. Read now! Sprint offering free femtocells While femtocells still haven't caught on like many manufacturers had hoped, Sprint is now seemingly opening the door to far wider adoption by offering users living in areas with poor coverage free femtocells. Read More Open source tools at heart of DARPA's virtual satellite network Open source software and algorithms will play a key role in the next stage of development for the military's advanced virtual satellite system. Read More
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