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	Cisco releases OpenStack distribution Further showing its commitment to the OpenStack project, Cisco has rolled out a free distribution of the open source cloud management platform, which it will package other services on top of, including virtual networking and high-availability features. Read More WEBCAST: Dell SonicWall Why First Generation Firewalls Aren't Making the Grade In this exclusive webinar, learn from Dell-SonicWALL's Patrick Sweeney, how today's Next-Generation Firewalls allow businesses to scale their network security to meet the demands of emerging threats and new technology trends, while ensuring performance to meet key business objectives. Resister Now! 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Nevertheless, I'm going to venture into unfamiliar territory and disagree with the growing chorus of criticism being directed at a Microsoft marketing video called "Cloud Rap: World's Fastest Rapper on Windows Azure Cloud." Read More Doctor's orders: Healthcare in the cloud Judy Klickstein is a cloud believer. As CIO of Cambridge Health Alliance, a midsized healthcare provider just outside of Boston, she's excited about the efficiencies cloud computing can bring to her organization. Read More Polycom upgrades video platforms Polycom's developers have been very busy lately, based on a slew of product upgrades and announcements coming from the company. Polycom's latest upgrades the its RealPresence Platform are designed to improve video collaboration from private, public and hybrid clouds, ensure multi-vendor interoperability, and bring down the cost for enterprises service providers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Rescue: Remote Support for PCs and mobile devices. Rescue lets you remotely connect, troubleshoot and repair PCs and todays' most popular smartphones. With Rescue, IT can instantly connect, diagnose and solve. This enables IT to do more, and spend time on the tough IT cases. Do more and improve customer satisfaction and outcomes. Find out what IT knows. Do More. Try Rescue today Help desk, rebooted: Social, mobile remake tech support At least one analyst is predicting social, mobile and cloud technologies will spell the end of the corporate help desk. Not so fast, say corporate IT leaders. Read More 5 key forces driving open source today From the rise of foundations to emerging revenue models, the open source movement is primed for even greater impact on tomorrow's technologies. Read More OpenStack 'clock is ticking,' Forrester analyst warns OpenStack needs to get a move on it, a leading Forrester analyst says. Member companies need to start seeing a return on their investments or else they may become disinterested. 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Read More BMC to package Amazon cloud services as part of expanded partnership Systems management company BMC has scored somewhat of a coup by announcing an expanded partnership with Amazon Web Services, which many consider the leading public cloud provider. Read More Looking to cloud shop? Marketplaces are the new place to do it A few weeks ago Amazon Web Services announced a marketplace for its cloud services in which users could order a variety of applications to run on the company's cloud servers. Not surprisingly, other cloud providers are now rolling out almost the exact same feature, with Savvis being the latest. Read More Japanese virtualization start-up invades the USA Midokura, a Japanese startup focused on network virtualization, this week said it is entering the U.S. market with a distributed software defined network product designed for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Read More
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