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	Four crazy tech ideas from Google's Solve for X project Google promised radical technology proposals would be a part of its Solve for X project and its initial offerings so far haven't disappointed. 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 In this Issue Red Hat launches storage appliance for Amazon's cloud Private cloud vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud Amazon Web Services lowers price of storage in its cloud FBI declares cloud vendors must meet CJIS security rules Why one insurance company ditched its own hardware- for a cloud -based SAN HP moves load testing software to the cloud Microsoft teams up with 24/7 for customer service software VMware makes it easier to wholesale clouds Large data center coming to India, as regional demand booms Google Chrome will no longer check for revoked SSL certificates online 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! Red Hat launches storage appliance for Amazon's cloud Red Hat has announced the Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services (AWS), which can take advantage of Amazon's cloud while at the same time offering excellent performance, the company says. Read More Private cloud vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud Which you choose will depend on regulatory requirements, need for speed and more. Read More Amazon Web Services lowers price of storage in its cloud Amazon Web Services has cut the cost of storing data using its Simple Storage Service (S3) -- saving users with 50 TB stored on the service around 12 percent on their monthly bill, the company said on Monday. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Reduced TCO for Communications Applications Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 10:00 AM PST Learn how using Oracle Solaris 11, the industry's leading carrier grade OS, with new SPARC systems can speed OSS/BSS application performance and enable you to efficiently consolidate your data center. Register Now! FBI declares cloud vendors must meet CJIS security rules The FBI Tuesday reaffirmed its rule that all cloud products sold to to U.S. law enforcement agencies must comply with the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Systems security requirements. Read More Why one insurance company ditched its own hardware- for a cloud -based SAN Why do some enterprise managers decide to brave their way into the new and unknown of cloud-based services? Sometimes it's simply because the old technology just isn't working out that well anymore. Read More HP moves load testing software to the cloud With the release of its new LoadRunner in the Cloud application load testing solution, HP aims to provide the flexibility of software-as-a-service in tools that traditionally entailed substantial investments to implement. 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 Microsoft teams up with 24/7 for customer service software Microsoft has entered into a broad partnership with customer-service software provider 24/7 that the companies expect will yield a superior cloud-based platform that large companies can use to better address their customers' needs. Read More VMware makes it easier to wholesale clouds VMware has introduced a new software platform that makes it easier for service providers to wholesale their cloud-services infrastructure to other providers. Read More Large data center coming to India, as regional demand booms Tulip Data Center Services is setting up a 900,000 square foot (83,612.7 square meters) data center in Bangalore, the largest in India, to benefit from scale and target growing demand for collocation, cloud, and managed services in India and neighboring countries. Read More Google Chrome will no longer check for revoked SSL certificates online Google plans to remove online certificate revocation checks from future versions of Chrome, because it considers the process inefficient and slow. Read More
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