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FROM THE NETWORK COMPUTING BLOG:  Cloud Focus For Alcatel-Lucent Upgrades By Robert Mullins Network equipment vendor Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise is introducing new switches and other feature enhancements to a collection of technologies it calls the “Application Fluency” network. This network platform recognizes the device seeking access to the network, authenticates a particular user and identifies the application they are running, and provides the appropriate degree of connectivity required. The company says these innovations are designed to enable enterprises to deliver cloud-based services. Finding Fault With App Management By Robert Mullins With software applications being delivered from on-premise hardware and the cloud, with access to them coming from mobile devices as well as networked computers, and myriad application and network control systems now being deployed, network managers are scrambling like Lucy Ricardo in the candy factory scene. A new survey chronicling the challenges faced by application managers identifies the number one headache as being finding out where the trouble with an app is occurring. Evaluating Cloud-Based ID Management Solutions By Robert Dutt The process of managing identity for enterprise applications and services is hard to begin with, but a lack of identity standards across cloud-based applications means that organizations looking to manage employee access to those applications will find it doubly hard. WEBCASTS: Self-Service without the Chaos Enterprises are conflicted about their cloud strategies and it has to do with perception. You might be sold on the benefits of cloud, but there are a few perceived showstoppers. In this informative webinar with William Fellows of the 451 Research, we will explore how to ensure you can create self-service without the chaos to ensure you achieve the full benefits of cloud computing. It happens Thursday, March 22, 2012. More Information & Registration | |  | RESOURCES AND EVENTS: Take Our Public Cloud Survey InformationWeek is conducting a survey on the state of private cloud use in the enterprise. Upon completion of our survey, you will be eligible to enter a drawing to receive an 32-GB Apple iPod Touch. Additionally, you will receive a discount code good for 25% off Flex and Conference passes to Interop Las Vegas 2012, to be held at the Mandalay Bay, May 6-10. It happens March 25-29 in Orlando, Fla. | |
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