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	Amazon makes storage service more web-friendly Amazon is adding a Cross-Origin Resource Sharing capability to its S3 Simple Storage Service, allowing developers to more easily build web applications that access data stored in the company's cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: Teradata Experts Share the Five Pieces of Private Cloud Success Private clouds are emerging as a way for enterprises to take advantage of many of the benefits of the cloud model, but with less risk. This eBook discusses why private cloud models are the best choice for many organizations today. Learn more. In this Issue Consolidation: Think beyond virtualization, think cloud Five key takeaways from Workday's IPO filing Cloud security company Zscaler attracts $38 million in funding Rackspace's continues buying spree to boost services Tech CEOs' first jobs: Licorice maker, housekeeper, scuba diver and more Microsoft raises privacy issues with tweaked TOS to share data across the cloud VMworld 2012: Location data will be Holy Grail for real-time apps, tech CEOs say Labor Day weekend: Is your AWS cloud under control? China's Baidu looks to the cloud to tap mobile Internet as rivals rise Sprint follows along BYOD route 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 Consolidation: Think beyond virtualization, think cloud It once made sense to run data center consolidation programs that were solely focused on virtualization. That time is over. To really reduce IT costs, data center consolidation means moving most applications to the cloud, and virtualizing only those that are better run in-house. If you only think about virtualization when you think of consolidation, you will miss opportunities to save. Read More Five key takeaways from Workday's IPO filing The enterprise software market on Thursday suddenly got an intimate look inside Workday, a red-hot startup that makes cloud applications for human resources and financials, with the public release of its S-1 IPO filing. Read More Cloud security company Zscaler attracts $38 million in funding Cloud-security provider Zscaler Thursday announced it has received $38 million in venture-capital funding, naming Lightspeed Ventures as a strategic investor but not the other venture-capital partners involved in the round. 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! Rackspace's continues buying spree to boost services Mergers and acquisitions are a steady source of churn in the technology industry and for cloud-service provider Rackspace, the company's M&A strategy has allowed it to expand into new areas of service, and beef up its existing offerings. Read More Tech CEOs' first jobs: Licorice maker, housekeeper, scuba diver and more Before their corporate jobs, many tech CEOs got their hands dirty, scrubbing oils stains off asphalt, cleaning bathrooms, and shoveling monkey cages. Here are their stories. Read More Microsoft raises privacy issues with tweaked TOS to share data across the cloud Once upon a time, or about two weeks ago, when talking about the new Skydrive.com and why versatility in cloud storage is so important, Microsoft stated, "We believe that your files are not just bits to be synced—and they're certainly not to be scanned to serve advertising. 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. VMworld 2012: Location data will be Holy Grail for real-time apps, tech CEOs say Big data could back a retail revolution for items as sophisticated as jet engines, a panel of CEOs from high-powered tech companies told a VM world audience. Read More Labor Day weekend: Is your AWS cloud under control? What happens behind the scenes in your cloud over Labor Day Weekend? Before you start thinking about lighting up the BBQ, make sure that your AWS cloud is under control and not creating unexpected surprises for Tuesday morning. Read More China's Baidu looks to the cloud to tap mobile Internet as rivals rise Chinese search giant Baidu on Monday said it would invest more than US$1.6 billion to build a new cloud computing center, as the company declared the mobile Internet as a major focus of its next phase of growth. Read More Sprint follows along BYOD route Following on the heels of our last newsletter covering AT&T's solutions for BYOD (bring your own device), today we take note of a recent announcement by Sprint also touting "BYOD Management." In a separate release, Sprint also announced it is providing cloud-enabled Microsoft Office 365 for small to mid-sized businesses (SMB), along with "Productivity Suites" which offers ongoing IT support. Read More
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