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	Wakanda; a novel, FOSS Web apps platform One of the big problems for Web application developers over the last few years is which platforms to choose. It used to be easy with only a handful of serious development and deployment Web apps solutions to choose from, but now it seems like there's a new platform appearing every time you start a project and almost every single one brings something new to the table. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netezza, an IBM Company The Netezza Data Appliance Architecture Success in any enterprise depends on having the best available information in time to make sound decisions. Read now In this Issue Must-have data center utilities: Picks by IT pros Lady Gaga and the 'big head' effect in mobile apps Four ways the Red Sox are scoring with SharePoint Apple iCloud draws CIO concerns 5 new Google Apps features to keep you organized, productive VMware to buy Digital Fuel to simplify cloud economics Apple slams Amazon's Android e-store as 'inferior' Open-source analytics options grow Using enterprise data to fuel new business ideas Building a more resourceful cloud WHITE PAPER: VMware The Virtualization Imperative for Client OS Migration The report highlights the key considerations associated with simplifying application deployments through application virtualization and automating desktop provisioning and management through desktop virtualization. Learn more. Must-have data center utilities: Picks by IT pros Not everything is handed to data center managers on a silver platter. Sure, a few administrative tools arrive on freshly produced discs right from the server vendor. But there are some indispensable tools you can get from third parties, open-source providers or even IT colleagues with some extra time to develop apps. Read More Lady Gaga and the 'big head' effect in mobile apps It takes more than app development savvy and code crunching to get noticed in Apple's busy App Store. For app developer Appetizer Mobile, it helped to have Lady Gaga. Read More Four ways the Red Sox are scoring with SharePoint The Boston Red Sox have many weapons to keep the team winning on the field: powerful hitters, a seasoned pitching rotation, and an experienced coaching staff. But off the field -- and in the data center -- a key role player for the Sox has been SharePoint 2010. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems The Benefits of Multi-tenancy The Cisco® Application Control Engine (ACE) and Cisco Nexus® switch families offer features tailored to virtual environments, allowing consistent visibility, control, and isolation of the application stack within a multi-tenant architecture. Read this white paper to find out more on the challenges multi-tenancy can address. Read now! Apple iCloud draws CIO concerns Once again, CIOs are left in the dark. This time, the technology culprit is iCloud. Will Apple shed light on the problem before the service launches this fall? Read More 5 new Google Apps features to keep you organized, productive The constant evolution of Google Apps means there's never a shortage of updates to its suite of productivity tools. The last month was no exception. Among its many tweaks and new components are five updates that stand out from the rest. Read More VMware to buy Digital Fuel to simplify cloud economics VMware is to acquire Digital Fuel Technologies, a vendor of IT financial management software that helps companies determine the cost of IT services. Read More WEBCAST: Cymphonix Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today! Apple slams Amazon's Android e-store as 'inferior' Apple this week called Amazon's Appstore for Android "inferior" as it urged a federal court to block the online retailer from using the term "appstore," court documents show. Read More Open-source analytics options grow The options for open-source data warehousing and analytics grew on Tuesday, with a number of announcements from Infobright, Jaspersoft and Ingres. Read More Using enterprise data to fuel new business ideas Well-managed enterprise data can lead to new products, such as a recommendation service from Bundle, a Citi spin-off. Read More Building a more resourceful cloud USENIX researchers are looking at ways to offer more flexible pricing and services for cloud computing services. Read More
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