How to protect your intellectual property in the cloud

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	How to protect your intellectual property in the cloud IT professionals know that handing data over to a third-party is always risky, but cloud computing creates unique concerns for IP. Here are nine tips to protect critical corporate data wherever it goes. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Can you deploy a new application in days rather than months? In this executive Q&A, Cloud Luminary and PGi CTO David Guthrie discusses how the cloud computing platform helped his company scale up immediately by getting his applications running efficiently in a matter of days, rather than months. Learn More In this Issue Cloudyn monitors and optimizes AWS usage Armored-truck company entrusts tracking software to Windows Azure cloud Alfresco 4.0 heads for the cloud ShoreTel acquires M5 Networks Managing the unmanageable BMC and VCE partnership shows consortium is gaining power Systems management, cloud services likely in Dell's software acquisition plans Symantec releases faster next-gen NetBackup, Backup Exec software How to avoid cloud customer support worst practices Hundreds of DreamHost websites abused by spammers WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Defend Against Insider Threats Organizations must accept the reality that insider threats are no longer an abstract concept. This paper explains the factors that are increasing the insider threat and details a proactive approach that leverages identity and access management to reduce risk and improve compliance. Learn More Cloudyn monitors and optimizes AWS usage Cloudyn is launching a hosted service that aims to monitor a company's cloud usage and recommend ways to optimize that usage in order to cut costs. Read More Armored-truck company entrusts tracking software to Windows Azure cloud U.K.-based cash-transport firm G4S is trusting the security of Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud service to keep safe the application that tracks where the money is as it travels to and from customers and the company's vaults in armored trucks. Read More Alfresco 4.0 heads for the cloud In anticipation of offering its open-source content management software as a service, Alfresco has upgraded its namesake product to work with multiple clients and to interact with a wider range of form factors, the company announced Thursday. 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! ShoreTel acquires M5 Networks ShoreTel had a blockbuster week, announcing it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire M5 Networks, giving its customers a choice between on-premise and hosted UC solutions. The acquisition allows ShoreTel to quickly offer cloud-based unified communications as a service (UCaaS) to customers that are looking to deploy IP communications through a hosted model. Read More Managing the unmanageable Cloud firewall management vendors unleash new wares aimed to taming virtual firewall sprawl. Read More BMC and VCE partnership shows consortium is gaining power Is there strength in numbers? The deal VCE recently struck with BMC suggests that a consortium of companies layering in best-in-class technology might be a more effective approach to win large-scale government and enterprise customers in the private cloud space, writes CIO.com's Rob Enderle. 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 Systems management, cloud services likely in Dell's software acquisition plans Dell's formation of a new software group, which was announced Thursday, could be the forerunner to a string of acquisitions by the vendor, with some observers predicting a focus on systems management and cloud services provisioning. Read More Symantec releases faster next-gen NetBackup, Backup Exec software Symantec announced new versions of its flagship backup applications for SMBs and the enterprise adding more support for virtual machines, a cloud storage offering and integration of snapshot and backup management. Read More How to avoid cloud customer support worst practices Customer support organizations were the earliest of adopters for CRM systems. Thanks to call center software and the need to drive cost reductions and faster service turn-around cycles, the customer support organization developed solid business processes, comprehensive measurement and good discipline. But that's all so last-century. Read More Hundreds of DreamHost websites abused by spammers Rogue PHP pages that redirect users to work-at-home scams have been added to hundreds of websites hosted at DreamHost following a security breach suffered by the company in January, researchers from cloud security vendor Zscaler said. Read More
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