Monday, July 23, 2012

How to choose an IaaS provider

Mayer to Yahoo employees: 'Keep moving' | Office 2013: Finally, a true cloud Office suite

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How to choose an IaaS provider
Move over, Amazon: Google, HP, and Microsoft, and others want a seat at the table. How do you choose among all those IaaS providers? Start with this quick primer. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

Bring Your Own Mobile Devices to School
In today's educational environments, more and more students, guests, and faculty are bringing in their own Wi-Fi devices into the school's network. This paper discusses the challenges and solutions IT administrators are facing and how to address the security and management of the multiple devices being introduced into the wireless/wired network. Learn more.

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Mayer to Yahoo employees: 'Keep moving'
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's new CEO, reached out to company employees for the first time and asked them to stay focused while she devises a strategy to get Yahoo back on track. Read More

Office 2013: Finally, a true cloud Office suite
For some time, Microsoft has had two separate-but-unequal Office suites, one installed on a PC and one available on-demand. Now, with its latest Office, Microsoft has finally merged the two. Read More

iPad Mini not likely to follow new iPad's enterprise success
The third-generation iPad is an enterprise hit, a new survey says. But enterprise adoption of the much-rumored iPad mini is far from certain given its small, eye-straining screen and presumed lack of a Retina display. Read More


WHITE PAPER: EVault (formerly i365)

12 Best Practices for Data Backup and Recovery
When your backup completes, you know the data is secure and accessible on the disk drive. With tapes you never really know if your data is usable until you try to restore it, at which point it's too late. View Now

Google corporate IT builds before buying
Bucking the corporate practice of buying instead of building internally, Google's corporate IT department will typically build management software itself, or adopt an open source software package, before investigating the feasibility of purchasing proprietary software. Read More

Microsoft's shift to the cloud: What it means for you
Microsoft's announcement of Office 2013 is another linchpin in the company's effort to assume a leadership role as a cloud-computing services provider. Read More

Tech's center of gravity shifts north to San Francisco
The venture capitalist Vinod Khosla recently described Silicon Valley as a state of mind, rather than a geographical place. If that's the case, that state of mind can increasingly be found in San Francisco. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aerohive

The iEverything Enterprise
Virtualization, cloud computing, and wireless technology are fundamentally changing enterprise computing, providing revolutionary gains in productivity and cost savings. Powerful enterprise applications can now be delivered to almost any device, anywhere, at any time. Learn more.

Three reasons you should switch to Office 365
Office 2013 will soon be here, along with a new and improved version of the cloud-based Office 365. If you're looking to upgrade, you have to decide whether the traditional desktop version of Office is the way to go, or if Office 365 is a better fit for your needs. Read More

Bitcoin: Seven reasons to be wary
Of all the virtual currencies out there, BitCoin is the most interesting from a technical perspective - and the least interesting from the business point of view. BitCoin is a peer-to-peer virtual currency that uses cryptography to control the creation and transfer of money. Read More

Dell's cloud plans slip behind schedule
Dell announced an aggressive schedule last year to roll out cloud-based application services, but it now looks like the schedule was a little too aggressive. Read More



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