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	Startup Piston 'ready for fight' with VMware Having just released its new cloud operating system, Piston Cloud Computing finds itself in a contentious position -- and company co-founder Josh McKenty says that's exactly where the company wants to be. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Improve Your Business Capabilities Cisco enables businesses to realize the benefits of cloud computing - improved agility, better economics, enhanced security and a dynamic, assured experience. Cisco CloudVerse combines three key cloud elements - Unified Data Center, Cloud Intelligent Network, and Cloud Applications and Services. Learn more. In this Issue 10 best Windows Phone apps for staying productive Out with SOPA, in with cloud The Patriot Act and your data: Should you ask cloud providers about protection? T-Mobile enhances Bobsled with mobile calling app and messaging RSA says 2012 will focus on mobile, cloud security NetApp's Tom Georgens: How we got big, stayed nimble, and view storage today Google looks to speed up the Internet Sourcefire debuts anti-malware software FireAMP for enterprise Prepping the network for VDI Foreign cloud privacy issues dismissed by U.S. officials 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! 10 best Windows Phone apps for staying productive Here are the coolest Windows Phone apps we could find for business-related tasks such as scanning documents, backing up files to the cloud and analyzing Web traffic. Read More Out with SOPA, in with cloud Count us among the critics of SOPA and PIPA, the two ill-conceived bills that were intended to protect American firms against copyright infringement by foreign websites. Read More The Patriot Act and your data: Should you ask cloud providers about protection? Does the USA Patriot Act give the U.S. government too much access to data stored on the cloud servers of American providers regardless of where those servers are located? That's the concern among European IT leaders. 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! T-Mobile enhances Bobsled with mobile calling app and messaging Expanding upon the Bobsled Calling service introduced earlier this year, the latest addition of Bobsled Messaging provides a cloud-based messaging application that allows consumers to send and receive individual and group messages with friends and family from any Android-powered smartphone or tablet, and almost any Web-connected, browser-enabled device. Read More RSA says 2012 will focus on mobile, cloud security Beyond addressing details about its big breach of 2011, RSA Security executives this week outlined its 2012 product strategy that is centered on three areas: mobility, anti-threat and cloud security. Read More NetApp's Tom Georgens: How we got big, stayed nimble, and view storage today In an exclusive interview, NetApp CEO Tom Georgens talks about virtualization, the private cloud, and how his company defines big data. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Big Data: Managing Explosive Growth Are you experiencing a data explosion? The trend toward leveraging Big Data for competitive advantage helps IT professionals successfully meet business goals. Learn how to reliably manage, store and access vast amounts of archived data while protecting it and keeping costs low. View Now Google looks to speed up the Internet The search giant proposes enhancements for the Web's TCP transport layer to reduce latency. Read More Sourcefire debuts anti-malware software FireAMP for enterprise Sourcefire today announced anti-malware software for Windows-based devices that combines signature- and behavior-based detection methods to identify malicious code trying to invade the enterprise network, tracking it down through cloud-based analysis. Read More Prepping the network for VDI From the cloud to the new wireless edge, conversations in the IT department are revolving around what the network will do next. One technology that has managed to escape much of the spotlight -- while still transforming IT --- is virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Read More Foreign cloud privacy issues dismissed by U.S. officials Amid rising concerns over foreign 'digital protectionism,' leaders at Justice and State Departments look to quell controversy about U.S. jurisdiction over cloud data U.S. companies store overseas. Read More
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