8 questions that will dominate enterprise cloud adoption

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	8 questions that will dominate enterprise cloud adoption Enterprises have spent the past few years considering if they'll embrace cloud computing. For the many that have made the move, their attention has now turned to managing the cloud and getting business value from it, says IDC Chief Cloud Analyst Frank Gens. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Verizon Wireless Verizon Cloud Solutions for business Improve time to market. Scale capacity to demand. Simplify the deployment of apps. Reduce capital investment. Control operating costs. Cloud Solutions from Verizon can enhance your competitive advantage and improve IT flexibility. And since you only pay for the capacity you need, you're more agile and better equipped to support changing demands. Click to continue In this Issue Cloud federation: It's happening Does VMware move signal that Big Data is ready for prime time? Cisco router software connects enterprises to the cloud SaaS and ASCAP make beautiful music together INSIDER Global economic woes slow IT spending Amazon pitches MySQL in the cloud for $19 a month Securing mixed cloud environments Symantec and Microsoft team for disaster-recovery service LinkedIn user alerts mistakenly blocked as spam Microsoft readies post-Flame Windows Update changes NYSE-Euronext network chief Andrew Bach joins Juniper WHITE PAPER: Teradata Cloud Computing Models for Data Warehousing Gain better business intelligence through private cloud self service capabilities. In this whitepaper, analyst Mark Madsen explores why private cloud computing is a better choice to meet your analytical needs as business conditions fluctuate and grow. Learn more. Cloud federation: It's happening Although far from a fait accompli, cloud federation is in the works. Like ants in the Internet ant hill, cloud providers are beginning to join forces to improve their individual prospects for long-term growth and sustainability. Read More Does VMware move signal that Big Data is ready for prime time? Deploying, configuring and maintaining Hadoop clusters is challenging and time-intensive, but VMware aims to change that with a new open source project that virtualizes the Hadoop cluster and makes it ready for the cloud. Read More Cisco router software connects enterprises to the cloud As expected, Cisco this week rolled out the Cloud Connected Solution, software for its ISR and ASR routers that's designed to enable enterprises to implement and access cloud networks and services. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAP Collaborate with Your Business Network in the Cloud In this article, we will look at SAP's business network framework and solutions that can help you more effectively manage collaboration with your partner network and gain insights to reduce risk and improve performance. Learn More SaaS and ASCAP make beautiful music together Over the years, our main mode of music consumption went from vinyl to 8-track tapes to CDs to iPods to services like Pandora and Spotify that can stream music to just about any device. Read More INSIDER Global economic woes slow IT spending IT budgets are expected to increase an average of only 3 percent this year, down from 6 percent reported last year, according to CIOmagazine's latest Tech Poll of 200 IT leaders. The survey, conducted in April, showed that budget increases are in store for nearly half of CIOs, up from 32 percent roughly 9 months ago. Just one in five CIOs anticipate IT budget cuts. Read More Amazon pitches MySQL in the cloud for $19 a month Amazon Web Services has introduced a micro version of its cloud-based database service RDS running MySQL and priced from US$19 a month, the company said on Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Easing the Transition to a Virtual Endpoint Infrastructure This Technology Spotlight discusses the drivers, benefits, and challenges of creating virtual desktop environments, and looks at the role EMC Global Services plays in helping companies achieve successful deployments of this important technology. Learn More Securing mixed cloud environments Securing cloud computing environments is challenging enough, but is made all the more complicated when a mix of cloud options are employed, an approach that will become increasingly common. Read More Symantec and Microsoft team for disaster-recovery service Symantec today announced a partnership with Microsoft to use Symantec storage and disaster-recovery products in tandem with Microsoft's Azure to allow continuous computing if a customer's main data site is severely disrupted. Read More LinkedIn user alerts mistakenly blocked as spam Many of the LinkedIn emails alerts instructing users on how to reset passwords accessed by hackers were dumped into spam boxes, according to email security vendor Cloudmark. Read More Microsoft readies post-Flame Windows Update changes Microsoft will start feeding users an update to the critical Windows Update service in the next few days, several security experts said today. Read More NYSE-Euronext network chief Andrew Bach joins Juniper Andrew Bach, who oversaw significant upgrades to network infrastructure for the global exchange company NYSE-Euronext, has joined Juniper Networks as chief architect of the networking vendor's Financial Services Team. Read More
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