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	Cisco data center forecast very cloudy Global cloud computing traffic will grow 12-fold from now to 2015, according to a newly released survey from Cisco. Read More WEBCAST: IBM InfoSphere MDM Solution for Product Information Management Learn how leading retailers, distributors and manufacturers leverage IBM InfoSphere Product Information Management solutions to boost supply chain productivity and deliver an optimal customer purchase experience. Learn More In this Issue 10 most powerful cloud companies Texas Memory Systems unveils high availability flash array When IT gets to play: Skunk works projects deliver value Career Watch: IT workers are upbeat about the future IDC on 2012: Prep for cloud wars, mobile explosion, higher IT spending IDC: Storage growth slowing to normal CIOs Forge Vendor Collectives to Extract Business Benefits Maybe you can trash your boss online after all RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cyrusone Plan your capacity needs with CyrusOne. Are you running out of data center space? Sign up for a free data capacity analysis and let a CyrusOne expert help you plan for the future. We've helped Fortune 1000s reduce capital costs and improve security with colocation solutions that grow with you. Don't be caught off guard. Start planning with Cyrus One. Click to continue 10 most powerful cloud companies Read More Texas Memory Systems unveils high availability flash array Texas Memory Systems today announced its first high-availability NAND flash array aimed at storing the most mission critical data requiring the highest performance. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Real Cost of Dealing with Carriers What is the TCO for your company's data network services and solutions? If you work with one of the large carriers, it's probably a lot higher than you think. Read Now! When IT gets to play: Skunk works projects deliver value It's called the technology petting zoo. Stocked with the latest high-tech gadgets, games, systems and software that could potentially be of business value, it's a place where engineers and other IT users at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory can try out the steady stream of hot, new consumer technologies and imagine the possibilities. Read More Career Watch: IT workers are upbeat about the future Ask a premier 100 IT leader: David Steinour Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Create a Solid Backup Strategy The simpler a backup plan is to plan and execute, the more likely it is to be done. Read Now! IDC on 2012: Prep for cloud wars, mobile explosion, higher IT spending Researchers at International Data Corp. say some big battles will be brewing in 2012 in the cloud, mobile and Big Data arenas, so much so that "companies like Microsoft, HP, SAP, RIM, and others -- including Apple -- will face 'crossroads moments' in 2012. By the end of the year, we should have a good idea which vendors will -- and won't -- be among the industry's leaders at the end of the decade," said Frank Gens, senior vice president and chief analyst at IDC in a statement. Read More IDC: Storage growth slowing to normal Growth in sales of enterprise disk storage slowed in the third quarter as the industry returned to normal patterns after recovering from the recession, according to research company IDC. Read More CIOs Forge Vendor Collectives to Extract Business Benefits Shell and other big businesses use their clout to get normally hyper-competitive vendors to work together on IT projects and reveal their R&D plans Read More Maybe you can trash your boss online after all The Wall Street Journal has a must-read story this morning that undercuts the conventional wisdom that a non-union employee who gets fired for trashing his or her employer online has no legal recourse. Read More
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