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	The iCloud name looks to have opened up for Apple Remember that Arizona VoIP services provider called iCloud Communications that sued Apple last summer over the latter's plan to offer an online storage service that would also be called iCloud? Well, it seems as though iCloud Communications is dropping that lawsuit and is undergoing a name change. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Leveraging Cloud Security to Weather Threatening Storms This paper assesses the current cyber threat environment and discusses the use of distributed cloud services as an effective means to protect against evolving, modern day IT threats. It takes a close look at DDoS defense in particular. Read now In this Issue IT employment inches upward in services segments Survey: Value of the cloud, telecommuting overstated HP launches cloud service beta Start up offers Saas app to manage data-breach incidents Automation tools for complex environments Salesforce.com CEO: Sorry, virtualization isn't cloud computing IT outsourcing: What HP's new strategy means for customers China taps IBM mainframe for online services Desktop virtualization users say the technology brings challenges WHITE PAPER: IBM Delivering Information you can trust This whitepaper rovides an overview of the current data quality problem and describes how IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server for IBM System z® can become your foundation for data quality and make a big difference in helping you derive more value from the complex, heterogeneous information spread across your systems. Read Now IT employment inches upward in services segments When the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly employment figures last week, there was little to cheer about. The number of unemployed persons (14 million) was essentially unchanged in August, and the unemployment rate held steady at 9.1%, where it has hovered since April. Read More Survey: Value of the cloud, telecommuting overstated Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Cisco, take notice: Despite the near-constant hype about cloud computing services, most mid-market companies are still viewing cloud as a complement, not a replacement. Read More HP launches cloud service beta Carving out a space in the growing market for cloud computing, HP has launched a beta IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) offering, called HP Cloud Services, the company announced Wednesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems 5X capacity on-demand.No new hardware. How do you keep up with increases in user demand without adding costly new hardware? Not with F5. Shift up to the cloud with NetScaler Pay-As-You-Grow. It delivers 5x capacity on-demand without adding any additional hardware. Citrix NetScaler. Investment protection and elasticity for your network. Read now Start up offers Saas app to manage data-breach incidents If your company suffered a data breach, would you know what to do to comply with state, federal and local law? Start-up Co3 Systems is offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application to tackle that unhappy task, tracking how a corporate data-loss incident is handled. Read More Automation tools for complex environments Today's IT environments are more complex than ever, comprised, as they are, of physical, virtual and cloud resources, a variety of applications and platforms and complex interdependencies, and the need to balance resources among often-conflicting demands. Automation can help, but because most automation solutions lack breadth, they require extensive manual coordination, introduce inefficiencies, and create automated processing silos, with no means of global visibility or control. Read More Salesforce.com CEO: Sorry, virtualization isn't cloud computing While much of the networking industry last week was focused on VMworld in Las Vegas, Marc Benioff was at his own company's cloud computing event in San Francisco, where the Salesforce.com chief executive answered questions from attendees of Dreamforce 2011. Read More WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink Business Why IT Leaders Aren't Scared of Cloud Security Examine this CIO report in which your peers offer advice on cloud services and data protection. Learn 3 key tips for taking the right approach to securing a hybrid cloud infrastructure to dispel any data doubts. Read now! IT outsourcing: What HP's new strategy means for customers The specifics of Hewlett-Packard's planned shift away from hardware remain unclear, and opinions about the company's stronger focus on enterprise software and services have run the gamut from "corporate suicide" to "it's about time." Read More China taps IBM mainframe for online services An IT services company in China has picked an IBM mainframe to provide online services for up to 300 million citizens, including many in rural areas who will access the services through kiosks in community centers and other public places, IBM said. Read More Desktop virtualization users say the technology brings challenges Sacking the old PC in favor of desktop virtualization is starting to grow and the information technology managers taking the lead on that trend offered some perspectives on the networking and security challenges it brings. Read More
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