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	Rackspace exec warns of Amazon lock-in Customers of Amazon Web Services may be unknowingly locking their data and computational logic in with the popular cloud service, making it difficult to move or significantly modify those resources, the president of a competing cloud provider asserted Wednesday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Ditch Your Spreadsheets with FREE IP Address Tracker Tool! Tired of using home-grown IP address tools to track down conflicting addresses and to see which ones are free? Ditch your spreadsheet for good! Our FREE tool gives you a unified view of your IP address space and the tools to manage it. Download the free IP Address Tracker tool today! In this Issue Cloud failures cost more than $70 million since 2007, researchers estimate Microsoft, Google, IBM and SalesForce.com heat up PaaS Eucalyptus moves to GitHub Samsung mulls enterprise cloud services for mobile devices Some thoughts on transparency in the cloud What you really need to know about cloud security ShoreTel Mobility release showcases M5 cloud capabilities Eucalyptus makes moves to stand apart from open source cloud rivals Applicasa expands server-side mobile app dev service to Android WEBCAST: Cisco Systems Listen and Learn: "Countdown to Cloud" Webcast Cisco TechWiseTV's Jimmy Ray Purser walks through steps required to prepare your WAN for public, private, & hybrid clouds, as well as how to best scale those services across your organization. Listen See how you can deliver a better cloud experience with a Cisco Cloud Intelligent Network. Watch Now Learn more. Cloud failures cost more than $70 million since 2007, researchers estimate A total of 568 hours of downtime at 13 well-known cloud services since 2007 had an economic impact of more than US$71.7 million dollars, said the International Working Group on Cloud Computing Resiliency (IWGCR) on Monday. Read More Microsoft, Google, IBM and SalesForce.com heat up PaaS What do you get when you get four of the biggest cloud vendors in a room to talk about one of the hottest emerging trends in the industry? Not a whole lot of agreement for one thing. Read More Eucalyptus moves to GitHub Eucalyptus Systems has updated its IaaS (infrastructure as a platform) cloud computing software so that computing jobs may be started more easily. Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath 6 Best Practices to Ensure a Thorough Evaluation Identify 6 key situations that demonstrate when it's time to consider managed network services, plus 6 best practices to ensure your evaluation of managed network service providers is thorough enough to support your decision. View Now Samsung mulls enterprise cloud services for mobile devices Samsung is looking into the idea of hosting its own cloud services to extend the appeal of its Android-based consumer smartphones and tablets to enterprises, the company said on Wednesday. Read More Some thoughts on transparency in the cloud David Lingenfelter from Fiberlink is on enough working groups about "cloud" to float away, if he so desired. From the Cloud Security Alliance to NIST Cloud groups, the man knows the players on the circuit. Read More What you really need to know about cloud security Despite all of the hand wringing over cloud security, major cloud security breaches haven't been grabbing headlines. The past year has seen major breaches, such as the ones that hit Sony and Epsilon, but we haven't heard much of an emphasis about the cloud being a weakness. Read More WHITE PAPER: Certeon The Evolution of Cloud Networking This cloud networking report closely examines the cloud's impact on the network. Learn how IT organizations are changing their networking approach, get tips to evaluate a cloud service provider, learn the role cloud balancing plays, and leverage survey data to compare your cloud networking plans with your peers. Learn more. ShoreTel Mobility release showcases M5 cloud capabilities ShoreTel has announced the release of ShoreTel Mobility, extending voice and unified communications (UC) applications onto mobile devices for customers of ShoreTel's M5 cloud division. The initial launch will support iPhones, with support planned in a subsequent release this summer for other smartphone and tablet devices running Android and BlackBerry operating systems. The solution is available to ShoreTel's Cloud Division clients for a monthly fee per user. Read More Eucalyptus makes moves to stand apart from open source cloud rivals Eucalyptus has released the latest software update, but some experts say the open source cloud project still has an uphill climb compared to OpenStack and CloudStack. Read More Applicasa expands server-side mobile app dev service to Android The service enables native developers to build cloud-connected back ends without having to write server code. Read More
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