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	Public cloud security remains MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Someday, cloud security vendors and cloud services providers will convince enterprise IT that it's safe to move sensitive data and mission critical apps from the private cloud to the public cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Arrival of Cloud Thinking Much is being made of the "the cloud." The money it will save. The agility it will bring to computing. What is less obvious is how IT departments are actively employing cloud services today. How they are reacting to both public and private cloud initiatives. What it will mean over the next couple of years for IT decision makers and implementers. Learn More In this Issue 8 ways to become a cloud security expert Beware of the iCloud Sam Ramji: Cloud makes open source 'inevitable' for Microsoft, others BlackBerry outage brings down some Microsoft BPOS users 5 cloud security companies to watch Cloud-based backup and disaster recovery services yield peace of mind Ubuntu 11.10 to feature Arm support, cloud orchestration OpenStack eyes 'extreme scale' in upgrade Choosing the right APM vendor(s) for your cloud environment Google adds cloud-based SQL database to App Engine WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro Common Hybrid Cloud Use Cases The best-of-both-worlds approach of hybrid clouds lets businesses take advantage of public cloud to reduce costs while leveraging private clouds to keep mission-critical workloads inside the organization. Understand hybrid cloud best practices and the additional security measures needed to mitigate any risks. View Now 8 ways to become a cloud security expert Information about how to securely navigate in the public clouds is, well, cloudy. We asked enterprise IT folks and IT consultants what resources they turned to get educated on this particular topic. The responses can loosely be broken down into three categories: niche conferences; big conferences, and authoritative voices accessible on the Internet. Read More Beware of the iCloud ICloud, Apple's new cloud storage service, which officially launches this week, is an iPad/iPhone lover's dream and IT security professional's nightmare. Read More Sam Ramji: Cloud makes open source 'inevitable' for Microsoft, others While some pundits predict cloud computing could kill open source movement, Microsoft's former free software advocate sees it differently. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Eliminate Architectural Limitations of WLANs Reduce the cost and complexity of wireless networks with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi and routing. By removing the architectural limitations of traditional WLANs, you can support identity-based access and enable delivery of mission-critical applications and services to any user, on any device, at any time without a single point of failure. Read now! BlackBerry outage brings down some Microsoft BPOS users Some of Microsoft's cloud customers are being affected by BlackBerry outage, which is affecting BlackBerry customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Read More 5 cloud security companies to watch Security is one of the major impediments to enterprises moving their resources into the cloud. So, it's not surprising that numerous cloud security companies are springing up, attempting to address specific cloud security issues, like protecting virtual machines or encrypting data in motion. Read More Cloud-based backup and disaster recovery services yield peace of mind Data backup and disaster recovery are best practices for every business, regardless of size. Cloud services are making it easier to attain professional-level backup and DR services at a reasonable cost with little effort or expertise on the customer's part. Read More WEBCAST: Quest Software Data Protection for Data Growth Today's unprecedented growth in data - and the need to protect it - means you must find an effective, inexpensive to backup and potentially recover your company's data! In this Quest Software on-demand video, learn how to develop and manage a flexible backup and recovery strategy. Watch it today. View Now! Ubuntu 11.10 to feature Arm support, cloud orchestration The next version of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux distribution, to be released next week, will be the first to run on the Arm architecture, as well as the first edition to offer a new cloud service orchestration engine, called JuJu. Read More OpenStack eyes 'extreme scale' in upgrade OpenStack developers have updated the project's open-source cloud software with a new graphical interface and a unified authentication-management system. Read More Choosing the right APM vendor(s) for your cloud environment As is the fashion, application performance management vendors are now speaking "cloud." But each tool is unique, and it's challenging to see the big picture of how the current crop of APM tools fits into the often complex cloud environment. Read More Google adds cloud-based SQL database to App Engine Google has created a relational database for its cloud-hosted App Engine application development and hosting platform, a much-requested addition, the company said on Thursday. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 26 helpful open source network management tools Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, configure and map their networked devices. Here are 26 examples of open source network management software tools to help you do your job. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES Steve Jobs narrates "Crazy ones" think different ad in never aired clip Oracle to pay U.S. almost $200 million to resolve false claims lawsuit Steve Jobs at Apple: In pictures Huawei gunning for Cisco in the enterprise Who's who in IPv6: The companies and people leading the way Can Hotmail revamp win back GMail defectors? Windows 8 means no more widgets or start menu Feds want uber cybersecurity compliance standard 'Incremental' iPhone 4S still promises to be big seller Steve Jobs told biographer he knew his time was short
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