SMBs just aren't into the cloud

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	SMBs just aren't into the cloud A recent survey indicates that the mid-market is far from sold on cloud computing. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Zyrion CIOs demand visibility to IT service performance Cloud, Virtualization, Mobility, Unified Computing and more, are all creating new, complex IT management challenges. Organizations want integrated service-centric monitoring solutions, like Zyrion, for service impact visibility and SLA compliance, executive dashboards, datacenter manager operational reporting, and service problem analysis. Read More. In this Issue Telework controversy: Are 17% of teleworkers unabashed slackers? CloudFlare unveils free IPv6 translation service BlueCat simplifies net management chores Windows Phone Mango: 10 things you need to know IT gets energized with budget upticks Wireless, security researchers among early-career scientists recognized by Obama NASA cloud architect forms company for private cloud Quake-prone Japanese area runs disaster system on Force.com Cisco: Is the Internet as important as food, water, air, shelter? Some think so Need switches? Buy now, report says WHITE PAPER: Dell Servers Rule: An Illustrated Guide This guide highlights the savings and benefits of investing in your businesses' first server. Learn the advantages in security, remote access, and managability. Read now Telework controversy: Are 17% of teleworkers unabashed slackers? A recent report claims that 17% of telecommuters work less than one hour a day. That's bogus, say telework advocates who are taking to web sites, blogs and other social media to refute the findings. Read More CloudFlare unveils free IPv6 translation service Startup CloudFlare is turning the economics of IPv6 transition on its head with a free cloud-based IPv6-to-IPv4 translation service that is available to website operators starting today. Read More BlueCat simplifies net management chores BlueCat Networks has added new features to its DNS appliances aimed at simplifying the management of networks running IPv4 and IPv6, the current and enhanced versions of the Internet Protocol. 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 Windows Phone Mango: 10 things you need to know I was fortunate to sit down this morning with Microsoft's Paul Bryan, Windows Phone senior director of product management and enterprise experiences, to discuss the new software at the company's offices in Cambridge, Mass. And I learned quite a few facts that anyone interested in WP7.5 should know. Read More IT gets energized with budget upticks This past summer, many members of the IT staff at Daymon Worldwide took a well-deserved break. For two years, there had been no time off, as IT was fully engaged with a master data management initiative, with the goal of creating a definitive source of operational data that provides all employees with accurate information in real time. Read More Wireless, security researchers among early-career scientists recognized by Obama President Obama this week recognized 94 early-career scientists and researchers, including those advancing network security and wireless communications. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Four Steps to Dynamic Workload Management In the beginning, IT ran on one platform - the mainframe. Workloads were predictable and stable, and we could schedule accordingly. But then came Unix, AS/400, Windows and a multitude of other platforms, all with accompanying workloads. Learn More! NASA cloud architect forms company for private cloud The lead architect of NASA's cloud platform, which spun off into the open-source OpenStack cloud operating system, is launching a new company and product aimed at helping enterprises more easily build private clouds. Read More Quake-prone Japanese area runs disaster system on Force.com A coastal region of Japan due for a major earthquake and possible tsunamis has implemented a cloud-based disaster management system run by Salesforce.com. Read More Cisco: Is the Internet as important as food, water, air, shelter? Some think so The Internet is just as important as water, food, air and shelter to a third of people with Internet access, according to an international poll by Cisco. Read More Need switches? Buy now, report says If you're in the market for Ethernet switches, now's the time to buy. Read More
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