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	Gartner: Hype could hurt cloud adoption The hype around cloud computing and misuse of the term by some providers creates confusion in the market and if that continues, research firm Gartner says, it could detract from the technology's many benefits. 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 VMware, Rackspace offer free or low-cost cloud trials IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS Microsoft revamps SkyDrive cloud storage service Hendrickson keeps on truckin' with UCaaS LittlePrinter is well-named, oddly intriguing and pricey The cloud services explosion Gartner: Cloud computing's most over-hyped terms Red Hat to release enterprise-ready OpenStack package Yammer seeks to simplify enterprise social network usage with upgrade WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Join the Scale Revolution in Cloud Networking Transform your enterprise data centers into a highly scalable enterprise clouds. Learn how to scale your cloud network for more elastic performance, seamless expansion and simple consolidation. Download whitepaper and enable multi-dimensional scalability for your enterprise cloud. Learn More VMware, Rackspace offer free or low-cost cloud trials Two of the bigger names in cloud computing -- VMware and Rackspace -- have each released today low-cost or free trial versions of their cloud offerings. Read More IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS Several different flavors have sprung up in cloud computing and each has their pros and cons. Add to these the plethora of vendor-created acronyms and it can be confusing to figure out the best option. Read More Microsoft revamps SkyDrive cloud storage service Microsoft has given a makeover to its SkyDrive cloud storage service, including a new Web interface, as well as improvements to its desktop applications and developer API, the company announced on Tuesday. Read More WEBCAST: Hortonworks Apache Hadoop Just Got Simpler Hortonworks recently unveiled the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP), which is 100% open source data management software powered by Apache Hadoop. HDP makes Hadoop easier to install, integrate, manage and use for enterprises and solution providers. View Now Hendrickson keeps on truckin' with UCaaS Hendrickson International Corporation is a leading global supplier of truck, tractor, bus and recreational vehicle suspension and heavy-duty spring components to the commercial transportation industry. Read More LittlePrinter is well-named, oddly intriguing and pricey A tiny, cloud-connected printer that can be used for offline news, puzzles and even social media content is now available for pre-order. Read More The cloud services explosion If you follow cloud computing, you're no doubt familiar with software-as a service, typically associated with Salesforce.com, or infrastructure as a service, which was pioneered by Amazon.com. But how about CaaS, SECaaS, DaaS, MaaS and BaaS? Read More WHITE PAPER: Good Technology Data Loss Prevention Whitepaper: When MDM Isn't Enough This paper explores common methods of data loss that cannot be prevented through MDM alone. In addition, this paper will introduce Good for Enterprise and its unique approach to managing security on mobile devices, which does address some of the shortcomings of an MDM-only strategy Learn More Now! Gartner: Cloud computing's most over-hyped terms Cloud computing is a hyped-up term, a recent report from Gartner found. But behind the hype there are significant benefits to some technologies in the cloud industry and some of the terms being floated around in the cloud are bigger buzzwords than others. Read More Red Hat to release enterprise-ready OpenStack package Red Hat plans to release an enterprise grade version of the OpenStack open source software for hosting IaaS (infrastructure as a service) deployments. The company has posted an unsupported preview edition of the package, ahead of its full commercial release, expected in early 2013. Read More Yammer seeks to simplify enterprise social network usage with upgrade Yammer has upgraded its cloud-based enterprise social networking software with new and improved features designed to make it easier for end users to manage their content. Read More
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