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	Private cloud can prevent end runs around IT, Microsoft says Microsoft kicks off Microsoft Management Summit with focus on cloud computing and virtualization. Read More WEBCAST: CA Success Story: DonorsChoose.org Moves to the Cloud Oliver Hurst-Hiller, CTO of DonorsChoose.org talks about why they moved to the cloud. Learn More In this Issue On the company dime: Rogue game server admins tell all Microsoft preps System Center for the cloud Cisco, others see strong data center growth Forrester: SOA is alive and well Industry split on data center network standards Cloud offers comfort in wake of Japan earthquake Are your network operations automated enough? Microsoft: Next level of virtualization unlocks server OS, applications RPath wants to simplify IT automation with new UI Unisys to help enterprises be smarter about move to cloud The network's role in improving application security, reliability and efficiency WHITE PAPER: HP The People Side of Converged Infrastructure IT is undergoing a massive shift. CIOs are looking for more flexible architectures that will allow them to quickly react to business needs. The Converged Infrastructure delivers the flexibility that CIOs need, with a high level of simplicity and automation that accelerates business outcomes while reducing costs. Read now On the company dime: Rogue game server admins tell all Back in January, Scandinavian gamers hijacked a New Hampshire medical center's server to host "Call of Duty: Black Ops" sessions. When asked about that incident, Stephen Heaslip of the gamer site Blues News told Network World that hackers are not the most likely individuals to commandeer corporate servers for illicit gaming: Such appropriations are more often the work of IT administrators, he said. Read More Microsoft preps System Center for the cloud Microsoft is adding capabilities to System Center for both cloud and local deployments. Read More Cisco, others see strong data center growth Last year was a strong one for data center network equipment sales as spending rebounded from a barren 2009, and trends such as cloud, virtualization, and growing content and traffic drove demand, according to Infonetics Research. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Going Beyond the Obvious to Find Real Cost Savings This paper, from industry analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates, explores how workload automation can help IT reduce outages, consolidate vendors, improve integration, and cut costs. Learn more. Download the white paper, "IT Automation: Going Beyond the Obvious to Find Real Cost Savings." Read More! Forrester: SOA is alive and well It's been a little hard of late to find references to SOA, the buzz-phrase that once saturated the IT industry but in recent years has succumbed to "cloud computing." But SOA remains alive and relevant, according to a new Forrester Research report. Read More Industry split on data center network standards The industry appears deeply fractured over the best approach to data center networks, with some vendors backing the IETF's TRILL, some backing the IEEE's SPB, others offering proprietary protocols and still others advocating a combination of approaches. Read More Cloud offers comfort in wake of Japan earthquake One of the biggest benefits of cloud storage became clear last week when cloud storage provider Nirvanix, in the aftermath of the Japan earthquake and Tsunami, offered its customers the ability to relocate their data from a data center in Tokyo to one in another location. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Microsoft and Polycom Strategic Alliance Learn how Microsoft and Polycom deliver a complete and interoperable end-to-end UC solution that addresses key business challenges like total cost of ownership (TCO), productivity, efficiency, and team collaboration. Read now. Are your network operations automated enough? As you plan for a more highly virtualized, possibly cloud computing-based future, do you ever find yourself wondering whether you've automated network management operations enough? Or, perhaps more appropriately, where next to automate? Read More Microsoft: Next level of virtualization unlocks server OS, applications Microsoft virtualizes apps running on Windows Server ahead of rival VMware. Read More RPath wants to simplify IT automation with new UI Software company rPath is updating its platform for automating application management across physical, virtual and cloud environments with a new graphical user interface, aiming to make the product easier to use. Read More Unisys to help enterprises be smarter about move to cloud Unisys is packaging together existing and a few new consulting and management services in order to help enterprises better manage various cloud implementations. Read More The network's role in improving application security, reliability and efficiency Access to data center resources needs to be fast, secure and reliable, a significant challenge for the data center network infrastructure. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free. First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft has a real competitor once again with IE9, released at midnight Monday night on Windows 7 and Vista after several months of beta testing. The focus is on speed, privacy and simplicity, with a stripped-down interface, tracking protection, pinned sites, jump lists and enhanced support for HTML5. MOST-READ STORIES U.S. Patent Office finds Google Doodle dandy Linux Torvalds: Android copyright violation claim is "bogus" Google funds tools to expose gov't attempts to shut down 'Net First look at Firefox 4 Firefox 4 performance lags behind Chrome 10 and IE 9 Industry split on data center network standards On the company dime: Rogue game server admins tell all Want to get ahead in IT? Make yourself uncomfortable Does RSA SecurID have a U.S. gov't-authorized back door? Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream,' says free software movement founder
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