Cisco cranks up Internet TV volume at CES

	Mobility, video and cloud will drive network revenues up 8.7% in 2012, IDC says | Amazon adds more spots for connecting directly to its cloud
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	Cisco cranks up Internet TV volume at CES At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Cisco unveiled extensions to its Internet TV platform and strategy that enable "video in the cloud" services. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetSupport Inc Reducing Hidden Operating Costs Through IT Asset Discovery After reductions in headcount and procurements have been made, cost-cutting strategies are now turning to internal operations, and many IT decision makers are taking a closer look at indirect, or "soft," costs within these departments. Learn More In this Issue Mobility, video and cloud will drive network revenues up 8.7% in 2012, IDC says Amazon adds more spots for connecting directly to its cloud First look: Zend's PHP developer cloud Cloud and disaster recovery: Load-balanced data centers are not a perfect solution Oracle partners with Cloudera for Hadoop appliance Google patches Chrome, beefs up malicious file blocking tech OpenStack continues momentum as AT&T signs on Google's Schmidt says devices, apps need to be friends Infosys cuts revenue forecast citing European crisis Critics accuse Google of unfairly promoting Google+ in search results WHITE PAPER: NetApp Market Overview: Midrange Storage, Q3 2011 Infrastructure and operations execs know that to achieve cloud flexibility and economics, the storage architectures in place needed to change. This document will walk you through key drivers for storage, the criteria that should be considered and a summary of the top solutions in the space. Read now! Mobility, video and cloud will drive network revenues up 8.7% in 2012, IDC says A perfect storm of growth in enterprise mobility, video consumption and cloud infrastructure will come together just in time for a major refresh cycle in 2012, driving worldwide enterprise network revenues to $39.4 billion by the end of the year, IDC predicts. Read More Amazon adds more spots for connecting directly to its cloud Amazon Web Services has added four locations where enterprises can use its Direct Connect network service to communicate with its cloud, the company said on Tuesday. Read More First look: Zend's PHP developer cloud Zend Developer Cloud woos PHP developers with enterprise-grade development features, snapshots for easy recovery and project sharing, and promises of single-click cloud deployment. Read More WHITE PAPER: Bradford Networks (BYOD) Unleashed in the Age of IT Consumerization IT departments need to understand what devices are trying to connect to their networks, so they can provide convenient, secure access to those that are authorized, including personal iPads and smartphones. This white paper explains how IT departments can implement a practical and secure strategy and offer the convenience mobile devices provide. Read more Cloud and disaster recovery: Load-balanced data centers are not a perfect solution A growing trend in the disaster recovery arena for cloud providers is the use of load-balanced data centers instead of hot-cold data centers. Companies are deploying private clouds that are load balanced between their data centers to take care of disaster needs. If one data center suffered from a disaster, the other data center would be operating even though it is at reduced capacity. Read More Oracle partners with Cloudera for Hadoop appliance Oracle has partnered with Cloudera to bring Apache Hadoop to its Oracle Big Data Appliance, which the company officially released Tuesday. Read More Google patches Chrome, beefs up malicious file blocking tech Google last week patched Chrome 16 and improved the download warnings in the impending Chrome 17. Read More WEBCAST: Aternity Banish Poor Application Performance Are you ready to gain the proactive ability to rapidly respond to end user problems (before they call the help desk)? Then you won't want to miss a special event that will show you the latest innovation in end user monitoring. Learn more OpenStack continues momentum as AT&T signs on OpenStack, the open source cloud architecture created by Rackspace and NASA (is there a more open source friendly US Government agency?), officially picked up another major supporter yesterday when Ma Bell herself, AT&T, officially joined the project. AT&T becomes the first major US telecom provider to join the project, which already boasts over 140 corporate members. Read More Google's Schmidt says devices, apps need to be friends Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt told an audience at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that the future of technology will be getting all the electronics in our lives to friend each other. Read More Infosys cuts revenue forecast citing European crisis Infosys cut its revenue growth forecast for its fiscal year ending March 31, citing slowing demand in Europe which is hit by a debt crisis. Read More Critics accuse Google of unfairly promoting Google+ in search results The long-standing and persistent accusation that Google unfairly uses its search engine to promote its other online services is once again in the spotlight, triggered by new social search functionality the company is rolling out this week that more tightly links its search engine with its Google+ social networking site. Read More
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