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	Is your company ready for legal holds and compliance with mobility and the cloud? It has not been too long since Google lost millions of e-mails and struggled to get most (!) of them back for customers. Amazon recently had cloud issues where they were not able to restore all the data their cloud customers had placed on their servers. Read More WHITE PAPER: MSDI 5 Ways to Cash in on Cost Reductions Partnering with independent experts can be the key to IT innovation amidst stringent budgets. This paper discusses: • The quick savings hit from virtualization • How consolidating support and maintenance costs to a 3rd party can yield 40% savings • Reconsiderations for "rip and replace" Read more In this Issue Cisco CTO Warrior: We needed better accountability IT jobs: Winners and losers in the cloud era CIOs See Promise in Public Cloud Storage VMware to launch cloud infrastructure suite Cloud services as part of a BC/DR plan after a terror attack Big business in big push for cloud standards WHITE PAPER: BMC Seven Standards of Cloud Computing Service Delivery This paper outlines best practices for selecting cloud-computing solutions. Learn more! Cisco CTO Warrior: We needed better accountability Cisco's massive user show, Cisco Live, is going on this week in Las Vegas. Padmasree Warrior, Cisco's senior vice president of engineering and CTO sat down with Cisco Subnet editor and blogger Julie Bort. They discussed Cisco's progress since Warrior took the helm as CTO, the reorganization of Cisco's engineering groups, Catalyst vs. Nexus, the so-called Cisco "tax" (its prices vs. the competition), network virtualization, Cisco's toe dipping into the brave new world of open source and the future careers of the Cisco CCIE faithful. What follows is an edited transcript of the interview. Read More IT jobs: Winners and losers in the cloud era We survey the cloud's effects on nine classes of IT jobs: Architects and sys admins win, middle managers and tech specialists lose -- what about you? Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed What's Needed for Cloud Computing Just what is cloud computing anyway? This paper seeks to clarify the definition of cloud computing, identify how far along users are in terms of cloud deployment, and examine the role of the network in the cloud computing model. Read More! CIOs See Promise in Public Cloud Storage Three quarters of companies are either currently using or plan to use public cloud storage offerings. What's more, all organizations with more than 500 employees are using or planning use of public cloud storage, mostly for e-mail, data protection and front-office applications like CRM, especially SaaS-based CRM solutions such as Salesforce.com. Read More VMware to launch cloud infrastructure suite Setting the stage for cloud deployments, VMware will update many of its core products and bundle them into an integrated release, called the Cloud Infrastructure Suite, the company announced Tuesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks ROI of Application Delivery Controllers How modern offload technologies in Application Delivery Controllers can drastically reduce expenses in traditional and virtualized architectures, with a fast ROI. Learn More! Cloud services as part of a BC/DR plan after a terror attack I was talking to a friend about data security over lunch today and we discussed 'dirty bombs' and a what-if scenario for small-and-medium sized businesses. Read More Big business in big push for cloud standards The rise of cloud computing has led to a major push from many IT leaders for cloud standards around such things as security and data portability among different clouds. 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 the Subnets: Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of IPv6 for Enterprise Networks books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS 10 HP TouchPad apps for newbies HP took the wraps off its shiny new webOS-based tablet - the TouchPad - on July 1. And like the Apple iPad, the Motorola Xoom and the BlackBerry PlayBook, this tablet debuts with a pack of applications customized for the tablet form factor. MOST-READ STORIES Cisco injects new life into Catalyst 6500 switch 10 Google+ tips for beginners Buy Windows 7 today, keep same PC for Windows 8 upgrade Cisco layoffs expected soon Microsoft plans big Skype/Lync integration DHS: Imported tech tainted with backdoor attack tools The 8 unfriendliest cities for teleworking Cisco will be leaner, faster, more attentive, Chambers pledges Fired IT workers file lawsuit claiming H-1B workers replaced them 7 free Windows tune-up tools and tips
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