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	Cisco, VMware doing just fine, thank you Just when everyone was preparing for a crack, Cisco and VMware say they have expanded their strategic relationship to offer integrated products for cloud infrastructures. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems 9 Reasons Why Citrix NetScaler Beats F5 Is your network ready for the Cloud? Not with F5. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. • 2x consolidation – for less • 2x faster 2048-bit SSL performance • 5x capacity on demand – no new hardware. • All functionality, all devices, all the time. Download 9 Reasons Citrix NetScaler beats F5. Learn More In this Issue IBM to buy cloud HR software vendor Kenexa for $1.3B How the cloud changes the virtual desktop landscape IT services deals decline 20% in second quarter Amazon's Glacier storage service could give tape a run for its money Dell expands private cloud offerings Twitter latest big name to join Linux Foundation Home Wi-Fi routers could operate as emergency network, say scientists Cloud's commodity pricing squeezes service providers, creates opportunities New VMware products, services target small, medium businesses at VMworld Salesforce.com future includes a marketing cloud, deeper Workday links and more HTML5 WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Join the scale revolution for cloud ready networks Today's cloud evolution requires a full scale revolution. Citrix TriScale technology transforms enterprise data centers into highly scalable enterprise clouds. Download this whitepaper and learn how to scale your cloud network for more elastic performance, seamless expansion and simple consolidation. Learn More IBM to buy cloud HR software vendor Kenexa for $1.3B IBM plans to boost its enterprise social line of software by acquiring Kenexa, a maker of cloud-based human resources applications. Read More How the cloud changes the virtual desktop landscape While cloud computing and virtualization, along with a focus on small and midsize businesses, are expected to be major trends at this year's VMworld show, the virtual desktop infrastructure players are looking to make some news this week as well. Read More IT services deals decline 20% in second quarter The number of new IT and business process outsourcing contracts worldwide dropped by 20 percent to 411 in the second quarter from 516 in the same quarter a year ago, with average contract values also sliding, according to research firm Everest Group. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Capitalize on the Cloud with a Sound Network Strategy New research underscores cloud computing's challenging effects on corporate networks, but solutions are available. Learn More! Amazon's Glacier storage service could give tape a run for its money Amazon Web Services is no stranger to being a first-mover in offering new cloud-based services, which analysts says it has done by introducing Glacier, a long-term cloud-based archival service that is meant to be an inexpensive way to dump data into technology's equivalent of cold storage. Read More Dell expands private cloud offerings Dell on Thursday said it will offer dedicated servers in its data centers and off-premises application and storage services for companies looking to establish private clouds. Read More Twitter latest big name to join Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation will announce next week that Twitter has joined the organization, along with open source storage services company Inktank and high-performance data center manufacturer Servergy. 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. Home Wi-Fi routers could operate as emergency network, say scientists German researchers have proposed using home Wi-Fi routers as a backup mesh network in the event that cell and phone systems in cities and towns are overwhelmed during emergencies. Read More Cloud's commodity pricing squeezes service providers, creates opportunities Cloud service providers are already starting to feel downward price pressures as basic capacity and services are quickly becoming commodities. A price wars heat up, the excess capacity that providers need for peak traffic can become a drag on profits, but it also represents new opportunities. Read More New VMware products, services target small, medium businesses at VMworld Businesses with less than 1,000 employees get special attention at VMware's VMworld conference in San Francisco where it will introduce products and partnerships to make virtualization friendlier to firms with limited resources. Read More Salesforce.com future includes a marketing cloud, deeper Workday links and more HTML5 Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce event is coming up in just a few weeks, but during Thursday's second-quarter earnings call, CEO Marc Benioff couldn't help but share some of the big announcements the cloud software vendor has planned for the show. Read More
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