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	Miami Dolphins dive into cloud analytics The Miami Dolphins teamed with IBM to deploy a cloud-based analytics system that helps stadium staff to be proactive about potentially disruptive events, such as parking bottlenecks, concession stand inventory shortages, and inclement weather. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Join the Cisco UCS Webcast on March 8 Hear from leading experts how third-generation fabric computing, delivered through Cisco UCS, meets changing business demands and provides companies with a competitive advantage. Click to continue In this Issue Are community cloud services the next hot thing? Microsoft's Azure cloud suffers serious outage Former Packeteer head has new networking startup How the cloud cuts VC dependencies and democratizes entrepreneurship Ericsson joins OpenStack, aiming at operators with cloud ambitions Harris kills hosted cloud service program How to successfully bring business Into IT IBM debuts partner incentives at conference 3 tips for using cloud services to extend your data center WEBCAST: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Demo This demo shows how simple it is to deliver the right cloud for your business — including the flexibility of configurable multi-tier cloud services, the control of policy-based management, and the usability of industry-leading administrative and user portals. Learn More! Are community cloud services the next hot thing? When Matthew Lodge, senior director of cloud services for VMware, looks out over the cloud landscape and envisions how it will continue to evolve, he sees community clouds playing a big role. And he's not the only one. Read More Microsoft's Azure cloud suffers serious outage Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure and development service experienced a serious outage on Wednesday, with the system's service management component going down worldwide starting at 1:45 a.m. GMT. Read More Former Packeteer head has new networking startup Former Packeteer CEO Craig Elliott has a cloud-based startup in stealth mode called Pertino Networks that is promising to "reinvent networking" by delivering "big IT capabilities in minutes with revolutionary simplicity, security and flexibility." Read More WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel HP reference configuration for Premium OLTP Learn more Learn more How the cloud cuts VC dependencies and democratizes entrepreneurship A decade ago, investors funded projects. Today, venture capital funds scaling up already successful companies. This shift isn't just because VCs have become more rational in their investments. Plenty of startups just don't go looking for cash. The main reason startups can postpone or turn down VC money is cloud computing and SaaS. Read More Ericsson joins OpenStack, aiming at operators with cloud ambitions Ericsson has joined OpenStack as part of its plan to serve operators that want to become cloud computing providers, the company says. Read More Harris kills hosted cloud service program In what could be a sign of hesitation by some IT executives to store sensitive data in the cloud, Harris Corp. has pulled out of its off-premise remote hosting business because of lack of adoption from customers. Read More 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! How to successfully bring business Into IT It's a tough time to be a CIO. The widespread glee over consumer technology has created your most demanding customers yet. The ease with which business leaders can adopt cloud services means less clout for your centralized IT structure. And the aging IT workforce means fewer bodies to do the additional work. Masochist that you are, no doubt, you love these new challenges, but you still need tools for dealing with them. Read More IBM debuts partner incentives at conference To help its partners generate more cloud business, IBM has introduced new training, tools and a financial incentive package at its PartnerWorld conference, being held this week in New Orleans. Read More 3 tips for using cloud services to extend your data center Cloud technology is emerging as a viable option for companies that want to cut costs, increase agility or augment their own IT resources without building out new infrastructure -- or all of the above. But deciding which type of service is the best fit for your specific needs and ensuring the new cloud offerings play nice with your existing application mix is a challenge, to say the least. Read More
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