DR in the cloud: Vendors jump in; enterprises wade

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	DR in the cloud: Vendors jump in; enterprises wade Disaster recovery and the cloud should be a match made in heaven. Take a function that enterprises love to hate and address it with an outsourced, efficient cloud service that makes it easier and less expensive to reach recoverable nirvana, and presto - instant success. Well, not so fast. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue Get started with Hadoop: Free training resources from Cloudera, MapR and more IBM looks to build out its cloud through partners How to encrypt your cloud storage for free Questions to ask your cloud disaster recovery provider 12 free cloud storage options Apple warns iCloud users of looming storage loss Canonical exec: We're not worried about VMware joining OpenStack National air traffic control switches to virtual desktops and flash storage Netfix to ditch data center, embrace cloud Sophos rolls out mobile apps for anti-malware and encryption Once a basher, now a believer, Oracle chief Larry Ellison has come full circle on cloud computing WHITE PAPER: SafeNet Inc Securing Sensitive Data in Virtual and Cloud Environments This paper reveals how SafeNet ProtectV delivers critical capabilities that combine encryption, access policies, key management, content security, and authentication to help security teams effectively meet governance, compliance, and data protection mandates. Learn More Get started with Hadoop: Free training resources from Cloudera, MapR and more Hadoop training courses and certification programs are available from companies including Cloudera, Hortonworks, IBM and MapR. But if you're not ready to commit to formal training courses, there are also free resources that can get a newcomer started on Hadoop or broaden a veteran's skills. Read More IBM looks to build out its cloud through partners Some have been waiting for IBM to make its big move in the cloud. Today Big Blue took a step in that direction. Read More How to encrypt your cloud storage for free If you want something done right, you need to do it yourself. That may sound like a trite cliche, but the maxim rings true when it comes to securing files that you've stored online: A handful of recent incidents--including breaches of Dropbox and iCloud--underscores the fact that even with built-in encryption and SSL transfers, cloud storage providers can't perfectly ensure the sanctity of your data. Read More WHITE PAPER: FandoTech Understanding Recovery vs. Continuance Understanding the difference between "disaster recovery" and "business continuance" is imperative to finding the right-fit backup, recovery and restoration solution for any organization. Consider the 4 business factors that drive RPO and RTO requirements essential to surviving unplanned outages. Learn more. Questions to ask your cloud disaster recovery provider Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) is a blossoming area of DR and cloud computing. But because it's in its early days, many customers may not know exactly what to look for when shopping around. Read More 12 free cloud storage options With all the public cloud storage offerings on the market today, many vendors just want customers to sign up for their services. So, in return for a new account, many offer free cloud storage. Read More Apple warns iCloud users of looming storage loss Apple on Monday began reminding some iCloud users that they will soon lose the 20GB of free storage they'd received when they migrated from MobileMe. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Standardize on Process-oriented Best Practices If you're looking to adopt IT best practices to realize efficiencies and make better use of your limited resources while keeping pace with the growing demands of the business, ITIL can help! And adopting those best practices put forth by ITIL doesn't have to be a complicated or expensive project! Read Now! Canonical exec: We're not worried about VMware joining OpenStack While the recent addition of VMware to the OpenStack Foundation as a gold member troubled some in the community - including a new member of the board of directors - Canonical cloud vice president Kyle MacDonald says that his company was an enthusiastic backer of the move. Read More National air traffic control switches to virtual desktops and flash storage UK air traffic control organisation NATS says it will save millions of pounds with the help of a virtual desktop and flash-based data storage system for its new cloud infrastructure. Read More Netfix to ditch data center, embrace cloud Netflix no longer wants to run a data center to support its in-house IT services. So it's shifting internal applications to Amazon's cloud and turning to software-as-a-service providers for other business systems. Read More Sophos rolls out mobile apps for anti-malware and encryption Sophos today announced a free anti-virus defense app for Google Android devices which works via the Sophos cloud-based service. Separately Sophos also made available Android and Apple iOS apps for securing files held in the cloud file-storage service Dropbox. Read More Once a basher, now a believer, Oracle chief Larry Ellison has come full circle on cloud computing No longer disparaging, Oracle czar Larry Ellison now sings the praises of cloud computing. Read More
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