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	Amazon, Apple, Google play 'chicken' over cloud music lockers Amazon beat rivals Google and Apple to the punch Tuesday when it launched its Cloud Drive digital music storage service, but the rivals are probably happy to let Amazon take the lead, an expert said today. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed 5 Steps to Successful IT Consolidation Mapping out a 5 step consolidation process can ensure that the goals of IT consolidation are achieved. Read this white paper to learn how to reduce IT management overhead, ease revision control, guarantee data security, scale systems more quickly and reduce server and software costs. Read More In this Issue Microsoft researchers tout low-cost, programmable prototype data center switch New job for mainframes: Cloud platform Amazon Cloud Drive: 7 key facts Cisco acquisition targets corporate cloud services Hosting firm taps software-based net tool to add granular cloud controls How to move e-mail to the cloud: 7 planning tips Accellion proffers secure cloud collaboration workspaces OpenStack continues quest to be "the cloud standard" WHITE PAPER: Siemens Secure, enterprise-class collaboration with OpenScape Bring web collaboration in-house for lower costs and greater security with OpenScape Web Collaboration. Learn More Microsoft researchers tout low-cost, programmable prototype data center switch Microsoft researchers are experimenting with a programmable, low-cost prototype switch they say could help support cloud or other network-delivered services. Read More New job for mainframes: Cloud platform Mention cloud computing to a mainframe professional, and he's likely to roll his eyes. Cloud is just a new name -- and a lot of hype -- for what mainframes have done for years, he'll say. Read More WHITE PAPER: Google Postini Archives vs. Backups While many organizations may consider their nightly backup to be an archive, backups and archives are not interchangeable. Read this Osterman Research report to learn the strategic value of email archiving and why organizations of all size should give serious consideration to a cloud-based model for archiving. Read now! Amazon Cloud Drive: 7 key facts Here's a look at why Amazon Cloud Drive and Cloud Player might be perfect for your online storage needs...and why it might not. Read More Cisco acquisition targets corporate cloud services Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire privately-held newScale, a provider of software that delivers a self-service portal for IT organizations to select and deploy cloud services within their businesses. Read More WHITE PAPER: Eaton Maximizing UPS Availability This white paper explains why, contrary to popular belief, modular UPS designs provide superior availability even though they typically contain more parts that could potentially fail. Read More Hosting firm taps software-based net tool to add granular cloud controls Carpathia Hosting Inc., a provider of managed hosting services, recently added support for Vyatta software network appliances in its cloud service. The Vyatta net tools introduce an interesting new dimension to cloud computing because they can be evoked at will, where and when needed, something that is impossible with hardware, says Carpathia CTO Jon Greaves. Read More How to move e-mail to the cloud: 7 planning tips Cloud computing providers can take enterprise e-mail off your to-do list, but how can you ensure a smooth transition? Forrester Research shares seven best practices. Read More Accellion proffers secure cloud collaboration workspaces The company hopes to provide CISOs rattled by more users turning to consumer cloud-based services a way for more controlled cloud workspaces. Read More OpenStack continues quest to be "the cloud standard" OpenStack took another step on its way to becoming the standard for cloud platforms today. Dell, Rackspace (via a new unit called Cloud Builders) and Equinix have opened up OpenStack test environments in 3 data centers across the US. At these locations customers can sign up for free trials to test OpenStack. Read More
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