As apps move to the cloud, next up is optimizing them

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	As apps move to the cloud, next up is optimizing them As enterprises continue to open up to the idea of hosting applications in the cloud, a slew of companies are looking to optimize how they're managed in the new cloud environment. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Boundary Optimizing for "Big Data" and the Cloud There's one common problem in optimizing on "big data" technologies or a public/private cloud. Visibility. These infrastructures are stateless compared to traditional network infrastructures. Current tools that monitor hosts are not enough. Applications don't fail like they used to (up/down). How do you find faults in a cascading chain of failures? Get full visibility of your dynamic infrastructure with real-time performance metrics of your network flows and applications in a view that was not possible until now. Sign up for a trial. Deploy our meters. Pick up jaw. In this Issue McAfee tightens integration of cloud security products Forrester: Cloud is not the future of IT Microsoft touts Windows Server 2012, Azure for data center 'cloud OS' What to look for in cloud data migration tools Mobile devices bring cloud storage -- and security risks -- to work Securing mixed cloud environments Microsoft developing Hyper-V support for OpenStack Researcher: Interdependencies could lead to cloud 'meltdowns' Ellison: Oracle will deliver world's 'most comprehensive cloud' Microsoft opens Azure to IaaS, Linux 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. McAfee tightens integration of cloud security products McAfee has tightened the integration between components of its cloud security platform to improve reporting on web traffic and the ability to wrap policies around data leaving an organization to social media sites. Read More Forrester: Cloud is not the future of IT Cloud computing is not the future of IT and commoditisation is, says analyst house Forrester, although the two support each other. Read More Microsoft touts Windows Server 2012, Azure for data center 'cloud OS' Microsoft kicked off its TechEd North America conference with a wide-ranging keynote session that was short on "wow" news but heavy on positioning for Windows Server 2012, Windows Azure and server-side products as key components of what the company is calling "the era of the cloud OS." Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Lower Costs of Your Product Lifecycle Management This paper includes sizing guidelines with recommended configurations for small, medium, and large installations along with test results and best practices for configuring the environment to optimize performance and reliability on Sun x86 servers from Oracle. Learn More! What to look for in cloud data migration tools Enterprise data centers, from small to large, are moving or planning to move significant amounts of their applications and data to the cloud, but data migration is a big concern and implementation on existing infrastructures can be time-consuming, complex, and costly. Read More Mobile devices bring cloud storage -- and security risks -- to work As the bring-your-own-device trend accelerates, companies are struggling to deal with employees who now use cloud storage services while at work. Read 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 WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Transforming Tier 1 Applications through Virtualization This Technology Spotlight will explore the benefits of virtualizing tier 1 applications and discuss the role that EMC Consulting plays in virtualizing top tier Microsoft applications (including Exchange, SharePoint and SQL) on the VMware platform. Learn More Microsoft developing Hyper-V support for OpenStack Microsoft is attempting to reintegrate support for Hyper-V back into OpenStack, months after the open source cloud-building project dropped support for the hypervisor in its latest release. Read More Researcher: Interdependencies could lead to cloud 'meltdowns' As the use of cloud computing becomes more and more mainstream, serious operational "meltdowns" could arise as end-users and vendors mix, match and bundle services for various means, a researcher argues in a new paper set for discussion next week at the USENIX HotCloud '12 conference in Boston. Read More Ellison: Oracle will deliver world's 'most comprehensive cloud' Oracle CEO Larry Ellison declared the company is ready to offer "the most comprehensive cloud on the planet Earth," during a webcast event on Wednesday. Read More Microsoft opens Azure to IaaS, Linux Microsoft unveiled new capabilities for Azure that move the cloud offering from a platform as a service into the competitive landscape of infrastructure as a service, while embracing open-source operating systems. Read More
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