The cloud services explosion

	Nine 'everything-as-a-service' (Xaas) companies to watch | Cloud brings foreign IT spending to U.S.
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	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 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Verizon Wireless Verizon Cloud Solutions for business Improve time to market. Scale capacity to demand. Simplify the deployment of apps. Reduce capital investment. Control operating costs. Cloud Solutions from Verizon can enhance your competitive advantage and improve IT flexibility. And since you only pay for the capacity you need, you're more agile and better equipped to support changing demands. Click to continue In this Issue Nine 'everything-as-a-service' (Xaas) companies to watch Cloud brings foreign IT spending to U.S. Hendrickson keeps on truckin' with UCaaS Recent cloud critics, including Wozniak, intensify debate 25 essential business apps for Android Microsoft delivers missing Lync for telemed project Software vendors reach out to users who resist upgrades Microsoft Outlook.com doesn't play well with Android mobile Microsoft debuts cloud app model for Office, SharePoint 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 Nine 'everything-as-a-service' (Xaas) companies to watch Everything as a Service (XaaS) describes, well, everything that can be offered as a cloud-based IT service. It's a pretty wide swath of service categories with a long list of products in each. To narrow the field a bit, we asked industry analysts and practitioners to list the companies they are watching in the three XaaS categories that are currently bubbling to the top in terms of enterprise interest: Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), Monitoring/Management as a Service (MaaS) and Network as aService (NaaS). Read More Cloud brings foreign IT spending to U.S. The United States has been shipping application development work offshore for years, but cloud computing may help make the U.S. a provider of data center services to enterprises in other countries. Read More 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 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant remote support with LogMeIn Rescue With LogMeIn Rescue, you can start a support session in just 60 seconds. Connect 24/7 to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets. You'll get in, solve the problem and save the day without ever leaving your desk. Try it free today. Recent cloud critics, including Wozniak, intensify debate Cloud computing has taken some heat this week. First, over the weekend Apple co-founder and tech icon Steve Wozniak said he's worried about the "horrendous" problems cloud computing could cause as users yield control of their data to service providers. Read More 25 essential business apps for Android As Android devices continue to invade the enterprise, workers are beginning to rely on them as much as, if not more than, than laptops and desktops. In addition to basic email, plenty of other business-related tasks are moving to smartphones, including expense tracking, social media updates and even on-the-go invoicing. It can be tough finding the right app for the right task, but here are 25 essential business apps for Android (note: the last five require an enterprise component). Read More Microsoft delivers missing Lync for telemed project As Microsoft works to convince corporate IT that the underlying VoIP technology in its Lync unified communications platform has the chops to support the slew of applications the Redmond giant has built on top of it, there's no shortage of smaller-scale customers deploying it for interesting uses. Read More 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 Software vendors reach out to users who resist upgrades Several major software companies, including Microsoft and Symantec, kicked off an initiative called International Technology Upgrade Week to persuade customers to keep their code current. Read More Microsoft Outlook.com doesn't play well with Android mobile One of the hot new features of Microsoft's upgraded and renamed email service Outlook.com -- that devices without Office loaded onto them can open Office attachments in the cloud via a browser – won't work with Android mobile devices. Read More Microsoft debuts cloud app model for Office, SharePoint With Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013, Microsoft says it will make it easier than ever to develop, deploy and manage Web-based apps that extend the power of its productivity and collaboration. Read More
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