Gartner predictions: More cloud, consumerization, loss of IT control

	SAP pays $3.4 billion for cloud vendor SuccessFactors | Cisco a no show in 40G Ethernet market report
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	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: 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! In this Issue SAP pays $3.4 billion for cloud vendor SuccessFactors Cisco a no show in 40G Ethernet market report Skeptics find flaws in Carrier IQ application analysis More enterprises willing to adopt mobile-only communications: study Citrix Receiver bring full-fledged desktop apps to smartphones and tablets Original PaaS vendors defend their turf HP server revenue falls in turbulent quarter, Gartner says CRM packages look to ease financial firms' move to Salesforce Netflix opens door to leaving Amazon Web Services 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! SAP pays $3.4 billion for cloud vendor SuccessFactors SAP America is paying $3.4 billion in cash to acquire SuccessFactors, a provider of cloud-based human capital management tools. Read More Cisco a no show in 40G Ethernet market report Market research firm Dell'Oro Group recently began tracking the 40G Ethernet market as 10G takes hold and grows, necessitating 40G uplinks, aggregation switches and core modules. And the market leaders are IBM and Extreme Networks. Read More Skeptics find flaws in Carrier IQ application analysis Only now are some skeptical voices being raised that the case against Carrier IQ may be a rush to judgment without a real, or at least an adequate, basis in fact. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Scaling Out Query Performance with Sybase IQ 15.3 This paper is meant to provide a holistic perspective and introduce the technical concepts behind DQP in general and Sybase® IQ 15.3's DQP implementation through the PlexQ Distributed Query Platform. Read now. More enterprises willing to adopt mobile-only communications: study We observed in our newsletter a week ago that the integration of business apps on mobile devices was very important to business, but we weren't quite sure businesses were willing to "cut the cord" in favor of wireless substitution. However, based on results published this week in the BroadSoft 2011 Mobile Enterprise of the Future Survey, enterprises appear more likely to adopt mobile-only communications that we thought. Read More Citrix Receiver bring full-fledged desktop apps to smartphones and tablets The BYOD phenomenon shows no signs of abating, and many companies continue to struggle with the best (read: safest) way to give workers access to corporate applications via employee-owned smart devices. Citrix Receiver leverages the security of a Citrix XenDesktop or XenApp infrastructure to bring full-blown desktop applications to smartphones and tablet PCs. Read More Original PaaS vendors defend their turf Independent platform-as-a-service providers acknowledge that theirs is a crowded market, especially with big IT vendors like Oracle, Hewlett-Packard and Dell entering as competitors, but they expressed confidence this week that there is room in the market for many players. 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! HP server revenue falls in turbulent quarter, Gartner says Worldwide server revenue grew 5.2% in the third quarter but declined for Hewlett-Packard (HP), Gartner Inc. said in a report on server sales during the quarter. Read More CRM packages look to ease financial firms' move to Salesforce Cloud computing consulting firm GlobalOne released the first of three CRM packages that aim to help financial services firms and banks transition to cloud computing with Salesforce.com. Read More Netflix opens door to leaving Amazon Web Services Netflix designed its cloud architecture so that it has the option to move to an Amazon Web Services competitor, but doesn't expect a real competitor to emerge for a few years, a Netflix executive said. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 25 free open source projects IT pros will love We asked SourceForge's new community manager and longtime open source coder, Rich Bowen, to sniff out a few of the cool, lesser-known projects he thinks IT folks will love. What follows are his picks, along with a few of our own. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES 2011's biggest security snafus Cisco to introduce larger Cius tablet next year Don't expect Woz to bid on 'The contract that founded Apple' Chrome takes No. 2 browser spot from Firefox How to turn off Carrier IQ on your iPhone 25 free open source projects IT pros will love Cracking ND5 ... with Google?! Real life HAL 9000 meets Skynet New year, new job? Ten companies that are hiring Everything I need to know about Linux I learned from my pets
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