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TOP STORY Private Cloud Automation By Jake McTigue It's not easy or inexpensive to implement, but without automation you'll never get self service or self healing, or realize maximum ROI. Here's how to get started. MUST READ Twitter Crash: Hack Or Hardware Fail? Twitter blames a cascading bug, but hacking group UGNazi claims responsibility. Deduplication Performance: More Than Processing Power Storage performance problems can't be solved by just throwing more processing power at them. NASA Drops OpenStack For Amazon Cloud Space agency touts Amazon cost savings to explain why it's no longer using the OpenStack open source cloud project it co-founded. Obama Seeks To Speed Broadband Infrastructure Deployment White House announces federal working group, public-private partnership to boost development and usefulness of high-speed broadband networks. Cisco Answers Software-Defined Networking Challenge Cisco introduces the Open Network Environment, its take on SDN, at Cisco Live. Learn about its approach. Cisco's Cloud Play: Three Strong Examples Cisco CEO John Chambers talks a lot about listening to customers, and this time it looks like the company really has. MORE NETWORKING NEWS

ALSO IN THIS EDITION • Cisco Answers Software-Defined Networking Challenge • Cisco's Cloud Play: Three Strong Examples • Research: Alternative Application Delivery • Planning Security Budgets: Quantify the Financial Risk of DDoS • Foxconn CEO: iPhone 5 Beats Galaxy S III • Strategies for Managing Distributed IT Environments • Virtual Event: Big Data Analytics JOIN THE CONVERSATION Posted By PJS880: "What's more disturbing than Miller gaining access to these systems is that NERSC security measures did not catch him." In reply to: 'Feds Bust Hacker For Selling Government Supercomputer Access' View Entire Response | Post Your Own Reply

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FEATURED REPORT Research: Alternative Application Delivery IT must efficiently and securely deliver all the applications employees need, no matter where they are or what devices they're equipped with. Nearly 500 IT pros weighed in on how they get this done. The biggest surprise was the popularity of application virtualization, which is in widespread use by 35% of respondents. DOWNLOAD NOW (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) MORE REPORTS

FEATURED WHITEPAPERS Planning Security Budgets: Quantify the Financial Risk of DDoS Size, frequency and complexity of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are on the rise, making data center security and availability a top concern for most enterprises. IT security managers have the difficult task of assessing the threat landscape and allocating limited funds to minimize their exposure to DDoS attacks. This paper offers guidelines and a framework for proactively managing your risk. DOWNLOAD NOW (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) MORE WHITEPAPERS

 

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