Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012

	Amazon's private clouds get more advanced networking features | Akamai acquires mobile, cloud traffic optimizer Cotendo
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	Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012 Gartner says global IT spending growth will be essentially flat in 2012. IDC is more bullish, estimating 6.9% growth, driven by investments in smartphones, media tablets, mobile networks, social networking, and big data analytics. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel The Best Way to Build a Cloud Learn how HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Utility Storage provide a solid, flexible foundation for your cloud environment. Read Now! In this Issue Amazon's private clouds get more advanced networking features Akamai acquires mobile, cloud traffic optimizer Cotendo Plans to migrate LAPD to Google's cloud apps dropped Data center, cloud fabrics to heat up in 2012 Cloud computing changes everything RightNow shareholders approve US$1.5 billion sale to Oracle 2011: When cloud computing shook the data center Dropbox optimizes app for Android 4.0 12 IT outsourcing predictions for 2012 WEBCAST: NetIQ Disaster Recovery Planning and the Cloud Find out how virtualization is the stepping stone to the cloud and how to leverage virtualization technologies today to reduce the cost and improve the performance of your disaster recovery plan. Learn More! Amazon's private clouds get more advanced networking features Amazon Web Services has introduced Elastic Network Interfaces, which are attached to instances in a private cloud to allow for more flexibility when configuring the system. Read More Akamai acquires mobile, cloud traffic optimizer Cotendo Akamai Technologies has acquired Cotendo is a bid to become better at speeding up enterprise cloud and mobile traffic. Read More Plans to migrate LAPD to Google's cloud apps dropped After more than two years of trying, the City of Los Angeles has abandoned plans to migrate its police department to Google's hosted email and office application platform saying the service cannot meet certain FBI security requirements. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Enterprises Falling Short with Analytics Tools This paper examines the use of analytics and reporting, and offers best practices for integrating solutions for improved business decision-making. Learn More Data center, cloud fabrics to heat up in 2012 As budgets are locked in for 2012 it's time to aggressively expand server virtualization, and for those who have been held back by cost, to consider virtual desktops. Read More Cloud computing changes everything The sheer number of cloud players - or companies that claim to be cloud players -- is staggering. By some estimates there are more than 2,000 software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies alone. At this early point in the cloud revolution, there are certainly front runners, but the field is wide open. Read More RightNow shareholders approve US$1.5 billion sale to Oracle Oracle's US$1.5 billion purchase of cloud software vendor RightNow Technologies took another step forward as a vast majority of RightNow shareholders approved the deal. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More 2011: When cloud computing shook the data center In a year of surging private cloud activity and major build-outs in public cloud capacity, the cloud's promised simplification remains elusive. Read More Dropbox optimizes app for Android 4.0 Cloud storage company Dropbox has added offline storage and bulk upload to an redesigned version of its Android application, which has been optimized for Android 4.0. Read More 12 IT outsourcing predictions for 2012 In 2011, the IT outsourcing industry was marked by smaller deals, leery customers, profit-squeezed IT service providers and a lot of cloud computing talk. Much of that could continue next year, but as our 12 predictions for 2012 indicate, you can expect some new IT outsourcing developments--maybe even a few firsts. Read More
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