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	Will cloud computing make traditional vendor relationships obsolete? Network World has conducted multiple tests of cloud-based services over the past year, and our overarching conclusion is that shifting compute processes to the cloud can help companies save money and become more flexible. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Data Warehousing Customer Successes This reference booklet contains a sampling of real business results that organizations around the world, in a variety of industries, have achieved by implementing data warehousing solutions with Oracle. Learn more. In this Issue Why we chose Exchange Online, not Google Apps Cisco debuts 'private cloud' controller How to transform your data center for cloud computing: an expert guide Jive buys OffiSync to deepen links with Microsoft apps Survey: Big firms shunning public cloud storage Cloud software lets voters participate in redistricting Cloud CIO: How IT can become a cloud service provider Salesforce.com makes two-pronged cloud push with Force.com, Heroku File sharing or privacy breaching service? Beware! Cloud-based security event management? EMC, IBM introduce replication, geoparity capability WEBCAST: Citrix Why Just Another Day at the Office Won't Be Attend this interactive webinar to discover: • Why your competition isn't just down the street • Why failure IS an option • Why a "career" is as outdated as the typewriter • How learning to work as a team means learning to work online Learn more Why we chose Exchange Online, not Google Apps How did Microsoft win over the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina for an Office 365 migration? Better license packaging on a bigger ecosystem of apps at an affordable price -- an advantage Microsoft can often wield over cloud rival Google. Read More Cisco debuts 'private cloud' controller Cisco shops can finally run a slew of branch office WLANs without having to put a controller at each site. Read More How to transform your data center for cloud computing: an expert guide Learn how to prepare your data center for the transformation to cloud computing. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC How to Choose a SaaS-Based I.T. Service Management Solution All SaaS help-desks are not created equally. From basic ticket logging to full-featured, enterprise-grade service management solutions, there truly is something for everyone. Learn more about the key factors in deciding between a comprehensive or a slimmer selection for your organization. Learn More Today! Jive buys OffiSync to deepen links with Microsoft apps Jive Software has acquired OffiSync, whose technology links Microsoft desktop applications with cloud-based enterprise social collaboration suites. Read More Survey: Big firms shunning public cloud storage A survey finds that few large corporations are adopting public cloud storage, even for their lowest tier of data. Read More Cloud software lets voters participate in redistricting As the 2010 U.S. census results arrived in March, Los Angeles County's politicians started ramping up for redistricting -- the once-a-decade, computing-intensive, often contentious process of geographically carving up the populace into discrete parcels of voters. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Transaction Tracing through Complex Web Applications In this Quest white paper, learn about the components of a transaction as they cross various application domains. Then, discover the difficulty in connecting transaction components for monitoring, why continuously monitoring is key and how a third-party solution simplifies the challenge. Learn more. Cloud CIO: How IT can become a cloud service provider One of the aspects of cloud computing I find most fascinating is the fact that much, if not most, of the discussion about it focuses on how it affects infrastructure. Boiled down, most people spend their time thinking about what hypervisor should underpin their cloud, what server form factor should host their cloud, what storage device should persist their virtual machines, and so on. Read More Salesforce.com makes two-pronged cloud push with Force.com, Heroku Salesforce.com has two cloud platforms, and it's keeping them both. Read More File sharing or privacy breaching service? Beware! A file hosting service definitely provides convenience to people on the go. Until it doesn't -- such as the aftermath of security breach, resulting in a spill of private or confidential information. Read More Cloud-based security event management? Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM, though some people still use SIM or SEM) has been around for about a decade now. Originally built to capture, normalize, process, and correlate firewall and IDS logs, it is now participates more extensively in areas like log management, security analysis and forensices, regulatory compliance, and risk management. Read More EMC, IBM introduce replication, geoparity capability EMC last week announced enhancements to its Isilon IQ 108NL and its cloud-enabled Atmos platform. The company introduced IQ 108NL, an Isilon node that allows the scale-out NAS system to exceed 15PB under a single file system and volume. Read More
	SURVEY: Future-proofing the cloud Where do you think cloud computing is headed? This survey enables you to share your views on some potential future events, trends and technology changes driven by cloud computing. By compiling the shared knowledge, opinions and insights of survey participants, everyone will get a clearer view on which changes and trends are more, or less, likely to actually occur. That knowledge will be invaluable in helping you shape your private, public and hybrid cloud strategy and plans for the future.Take the survey. GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of IPv6 for Enterprise Networks. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS A quick guide to '4G' phones We've created this handy guide to 4G smartphones – all of which are based on the Android operating system right now – to help you look past the marketing rhetoric and learn what to really expect from these phones. MOST-READ STORIES Windows debugging made easy iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending May 20 10 things IT groups need to know about The Rapture Cisco sued for PoE patent infringement Microsoft: One in 14 downloads is malicious How to protect smartphones and tablets Cisco to dump Linksys, WebEx? IT consultant accidentally live blogs Bin Laden raid Cisco debuts 'private cloud' controller Six rising threats from cybercriminals
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