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	Will the cloud take my job? The cloud is now taking many jobs that used to go to internal IT, and automation and self-service capabilities of "private clouds" are taking many other jobs from IT, with some vendors saying that automation can allow one administrator to manage as many as 30,000 servers. No doubt that these trends have some in IT fearing for their future. Read More WEBCAST: ForeScout Technologies CISO in the Know - Mitigating Modern Attacks This webcast examines sophisticated and targeted threats, security gaps, techniques and new technologies with regards to understanding and defending against zero-day threats, propagating worms, low-and-slow attacks and advanced persistent threats (APT). Learn more. In this Issue Microsoft Azure hosts Hadoop, other open-source apps 10 worst sales tactics of IT outsourcing companies Microsoft, HP unveil joint cloud offering What's next with hypervisors? Feds launch cloud security standards program New Cisco initiative addresses growth in cloud-based services Startup founded by ex-Cisco execs pushes software-defined networking HP has new cloud certifications for technical experts Microsoft: We can remotely delete Windows 8 apps SandForce releases SSD controller for the cloud 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! Microsoft Azure hosts Hadoop, other open-source apps Making good on an announcement made earlier this year, Microsoft has installed a version of Apache Hadoop on its Azure cloud service. The company now offers a limited preview version of the open-source data analysis platform, often used for big data-style analysis. Read More 10 worst sales tactics of IT outsourcing companies If IT service providers make New Year's resolutions, our experts suggest they finally retire these tired—and tiresome—sales practices. Read More Microsoft, HP unveil joint cloud offering Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard, hardly strangers to joint product efforts, are now teaming up to sell cloud 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! What's next with hypervisors? The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools and the latter are often pressed into service in different ways, say nothing of the fact that the whole market is evolving quickly. To get a handle on recent developments, Network World Editor in Chief John Dix corralled a panel of experts to assess where we are today and where we're going. The experts included Al Gillen, an analyst IDC who tracks virtualization developments, Kerry Kim, director of solutions marketing at SUSE, and Adam Jollans, program director of IBM's Linux and Open Virtualization Strategy. Read More Feds launch cloud security standards program Federal agencies will soon have a government-wide security standard for assessing, authorizing and monitoring cloud products and services. Read More New Cisco initiative addresses growth in cloud-based services Cisco has introduced CloudVerse as a framework designed to help organizations build, manage and connect public, private and hybrid clouds. Cisco CloudVerse combines three elements -- Unified Data Center, Cloud Intelligent Network, and Cloud Applications and Services. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle CIO Challenges: The Best Defense is a Good Offense Read this white paper to learn how CIOs are building a foundation for a much more agile business that holds the potential for working in a more flexible way and enabling faster innovation by actively evaluating and experimenting with newer technologies. Learn more. Startup founded by ex-Cisco execs pushes software-defined networking Software-defined networking startup Embrane this week came out of stealth mode to unveil its product and strategy for virtualizing network services. Read More HP has new cloud certifications for technical experts HP has a new set of expert-level cloud certifications for IT professionals who can design and develop cloud computing solutions based on open systems. The training for the certification exams helps technical professionals gain hands-on experience and knowledge across the cloud technology spectrum. Read More Microsoft: We can remotely delete Windows 8 apps Microsoft will be able to throw a "kill switch" to disable or even remove an app from users' Windows 8 devices, the company revealed in documentation for its upcoming Windows Store. Read More SandForce releases SSD controller for the cloud SandForce announced its newest NAND flash controller that is aimed for use with SSDs in cloud computing systems because it has twice the error correction capability for data resilience. Read More
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