Private cloud software available; Cisco, BMC develop cloud platform

	Cisco, BMC co-develop cloud platform for service providers | Enhanced trust and data integrity in the public cloud
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	Private cloud software available as free beta download A startup founded by the creator of Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud is now offering a free beta download of its software, which creates Amazon-like clouds behind the enterprise firewall. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: i/o Data Centers i/o's Data Center Checklist i/o's comprehensive data center checklist provides more than 120 criteria to evaluate data centers and colocation providers. Criteria include data center structure, environmental threats, utility, backup, and conditioned power, cooling, compliance, access control, network connectivity & carrier availability and more. Download Now. In this Issue Cisco, BMC co-develop cloud platform for service providers Enhanced trust and data integrity in the public cloud Microsoft gains cloud security certification … six months after Google IT spending to be up as much as 6% in 2011 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AccelOps Virtualization & Cloud Blindspots? Having VM triage and optimization issues? Building private/hybrid clouds? How can you assure service quality and performance reliability? AccelOps integrated monitoring delivers end-to-end visibility, proactive control, reduced MTTR and service intelligence. Test the ultimate data center monitoring platform in-house with our 14-day trial download. Cisco, BMC co-develop cloud platform for service providers The Integrated Cloud Delivery Platform, jointly developed by Cisco and BMC, is aimed at eliminating many of the manual steps required to set up and provision cloud computing services. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Enhanced trust and data integrity in the public cloud If you run applications or store data in the public cloud, what assurance do you have that the service provider is maintaining the integrity of your critical assets? How would you know if a security breach ever happened? Now there is a simple solution to verify data integrity in the cloud. It provides absolute verifiable proof that your data, code and logs have not been compromised. Read More WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric Data Center Infrastructure: Optimizing Business Value To stay competitive in today's rapidly changing business world, companies must update the way they view the value of their investment in data center physical infrastructure (DCPI). No longer are simply availability and upfront cost sufficient to make adequate business decisions. Learn more Microsoft gains cloud security certification … six months after Google Microsoft counters Google's cloud momentum in the government market with FISMA certification. Read More IT spending to be up as much as 6% in 2011 IT spending may grow by almost 6% next year due to cloud computing, mobile networking and social media, according to market researcher IDC. Read More
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