10 most powerful cloud companies

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	10 most powerful cloud companies Virtually every vendor has a cloud story to tell. But here are 10 companies that have distinguished themselves as the leaders in cloud computing, either by being first to market, by offering the broadest and deepest set of cloud services or by taking a leadership role in the cloud revolution. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Changing Role of IT This white paper analyzes research conducted by IDG Research Services about the changing role of IT: what's driving the change, what skill-sets will be more valued and what should forward-looking IT executives consider as IT shifts increasingly towards an IT supply chain model. Learn More In this Issue Cloud computing disrupts the vendor landscape Cisco sees UCS as key cloud building block Juniper offers fabric for high-performance clouds Citrix targets virtualization, orchestration layers CA weighs in with Cloud 360 Gartner predictions for 2012: More cloud, consumerization, loss of IT control 'Server huggers' present obstacle to cloud adoption SAP faces cloud strategy questions with SuccessFactors buy Intacct goes for ERP trifecta with Salesforce.com, Clarizen WHITE PAPER: i365 Trusted Data Assurance in the Cloud Cloud-based services are here to stay. Cloud services are even more attractive for companies who are being hit with the high cost of meeting compliance requirements - especially for small and mid-size companies that have shrinking or no information security budget. Read now! Cloud computing disrupts the vendor landscape If you think cloud computing is a disruptive force within the enterprise, just imagine what the cloud is doing to the vendor landscape. Read More Cisco sees UCS as key cloud building block The only place Cisco plays directly in the cloud is in the SaaS arena with its WebEx collaboration, video and telepresence services, which account for about $1 billion of Cisco's $40 billion in annual revenue. Read More Juniper offers fabric for high-performance clouds Juniper has a three-pronged cloud strategy that includes selling networking gear in the data centers of most major IaaS players, providing secure connections between virtual data centers and cloud customers, and orchestrating how virtualized resources get allocated to cloud application services. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Managing Cloud Services from Request to Retirement This lifecycle is tailored to the needs of the business, with both the flexibility to deliver the full required software stacks and the management rigor to ensure the operational integrity of the cloud. Learn More! Citrix targets virtualization, orchestration layers Were they guilty of "cloudwashing" - slapping the cloud label on existing products? Were they ignoring the cloud and risking getting left in the dust? Were they scrambling to re-invent themselves as cloud service providers? Read More CA weighs in with Cloud 360 CA Technologies addresses the public cloud in three ways: helping enterprises understand how to use it; enabling service providers to build it; and, managing customers' expectations about how operating in the cloud will change how they do business. Read More Gartner predictions for 2012: More cloud, consumerization, loss of IT control IT budgets and responsibilities are moving out of the control of IT departments and into the hands of others, thanks to trends such as consumerization and cloud computing, Gartner says in its vision for 2012 and the coming years. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Consolidation without Compromise Pay more to get less consolidation? The Iron Age is over. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x consolidation. For less. Get Consolidation Without Compromise now. Read more 'Server huggers' present obstacle to cloud adoption Chipita America CIO Scott Martin didn't see a competitive advantage in managing internal systems, believing that moving to the cloud would provide time to focus far more on business needs. Read More SAP faces cloud strategy questions with SuccessFactors buy SAP's $3.4 billion purchase of SuccessFactors not only gives the company an increasingly popular set of on-demand human resources applications, but could also bring its entire cloud software portfolio into a new focus. Read More Intacct goes for ERP trifecta with Salesforce.com, Clarizen Intacct is hoping to build on its stake in the cloud ERP market via a three-way integration with Salesforce.com's CRM application and project management software from Clarizen. Read More
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