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	Cloud-based enterprise laptop backup player lands venture funding Druva, a 4-year-old provider of enterprise laptop backup and retrieval products and services, has received $12 million in venture funding, the company announced last week. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud Akamai Chief Scientist and co-Founder Tom Leighton explores the major forces and technology layers driving the cloud computing movement, the types of architectural approaches emerging and an assessment of the challenges that must be overcome for cloud computing to broadly succeed. Read now In this Issue Linux Foundation chief: 'You are an idiot' if you don't give back to open source What's hot at VMworld this year Cisco, VMware expand collaboration CEOs brace for the return of shadow IT IBM's 120 petabyte drive could help better predict weather Google, OpenDNS deploy DNS tweak for faster browsing How the power of Opalis delivers the magic of the Cloud Red Cross comm team ready for disasters Top cybersecurity concerns: Malicious code, employees run amok NYSE Euronext boosts network bandwidth with 10GbE throughout WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Sainsbury's Safeguards Supply Chain for over 800 Stores Sainsbury operates the second largest online food retailer in the U.K. See their approach to gain better visibility to 1,800 devices and ensure high-availability of its network to safeguard the supply chain for over 800 stores and 100,000 online shoppers per week. Read now Linux Foundation chief: 'You are an idiot' if you don't give back to open source Linux is the granddaddy of all open source projects, the blueprint for the decentralized development processes. And some of those who use the Linux code, free for the taking, don't give back in equal measure. Still, the time for cajoling those users -- even commercial projects like Ubuntu leader Canonical -- into participating is over, says Jim Zemlin, executive director of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. Read More What's hot at VMworld this year See new products unveiled at WMworld 2011. Read More Cisco, VMware expand collaboration Cisco and VMware expanded their 4+ year partnership by unveiling network virtualization extensions designed to expand the mobility range of virtual machines across multiple datacenters and cloud environments. Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Adopting Unified Communications: Key Steps to Consider The faster your business can locate, gather and share information, the more productive and competitive you can be. That's why small and medium enterprises are upgrading to a unified communications (UC) system, which can improve customer service, streamline product development and speed response to new opportunities. Learn more. >> CEOs brace for the return of shadow IT As CEOs press for growth and business leaders find opportunity all around them in today's global economy, an old IT nemesis is back. Shadow or rogue IT is becoming a prominent issue for CIOs once again. And while it's far from new as an IT-management problem, there is now greater risk and complexity involved when business units go rogue and bypass the IT group to set up their own applications, hardware or IT services. Read More IBM's 120 petabyte drive could help better predict weather The development of the world's largest single-file name data repository could help predict weather and prevent overhyping of hurricanes like Irene. Read More Google, OpenDNS deploy DNS tweak for faster browsing Nearly 40 million Internet users will experience faster Web browsing starting today, thanks to a protocol tweak being deployed by Google, OpenDNS and several content delivery networks that allows them to more precisely serve up content from the nearest available server. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC How SaaS Can Benefit the IT Help Desk Small and midsize businesses that are using software as a service (SaaS) to automate their IT help desk(s) and IT infrastructure are reporting significant savings. Read More! How the power of Opalis delivers the magic of the Cloud The promise of the cloud can seem too good to be true. One minute you're signing on for a fantastic new service, and then you wake up only to find yourself sitting in a stew pot in the middle of a gingerbread house. Read More Red Cross comm team ready for disasters While most businesses back up data and records as potential disasters approach, the American Red Cross has a communications and information systems infrastructure built to bring key data into areas ravaged by storms like Hurricane Irene. Read More Top cybersecurity concerns: Malicious code, employees run amok When 3,300 information-technology professionals were asked about cybersecurity, they said malicious code attacks accounted for the main type of cyberattack their organizations suffered during the past year, although "internal unintentional actions" by well-meaning insiders also wreaked havoc. Read More NYSE Euronext boosts network bandwidth with 10GbE throughout As part of an enterprisewide upgrade and data center consolidation, NYSE Euronext has rolled out 10Gbps Ethernet throughout its data centers, increasing aggregate throughput for trades from .5Tbps to 2.4Tbps. Read More
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