How to get your IT team ready for the cloud

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	INSIDER How to get your IT team ready for the cloud So you received word that cloud is now a priority for your organization. The challenge is how do you get your team cloud-ready? 'The cloud is changing so rapidly there's no book you can buy to get up to speed,' says Ross Lambert, software architect and development lead for electricity storage provider Demand Energy Networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks A Wireless LAN that Understands Apple Let your users wirelessly print from iPads, project in conference rooms, and share content using Apple TVs. Aruba AirGroup makes it possible to use Apple Bonjour services in the enterprise or in classrooms. With AirGroup, only the necessary set of services are made visible to mobile devices, based on the user identity and location. Read now. In this Issue Kurzweil: Brains will extend to the cloud How to free up iCloud storage space EMC names new CTO to oversee cloud, big data strategy How to track cost allocation for cloud apps Amazon Web Services adds free version of database in the cloud Ellison hawks Oracle's cloud stack, calls out Salesforce.com CEATEC 2012: Now your laundry is in the cloud TraceSecurity rolls out cloud-based risk, compliance and audit tool Oracle set to build out cloud service capabilities, rivalry with Salesforce.com New Acrobat version integrated with e-sign and online forms cloud apps WEBCAST: VCE & Xerox Building a Cloud Foundation on IaaS In this exclusive webcast from VCE, you'll learn how IaaS accelerates your business in adaptable approaches, across geographies; and provides granular visibility and access control. Best of all, IaaS assures adoption, productivity and the innovative benefits of truly flexible infrastructure. Learn more. Kurzweil: Brains will extend to the cloud Futurist and computer pioneer Ray Kurzweil says it will be possible to "repurpose" human brains to learn new things. Read More How to free up iCloud storage space When Apple introduced iCloud in 2011, it announced that every customer with an Apple ID would receive 5GB of iCloud storage space for free. You can add more storage at a rate of $2 per gigabyte per year, in 10GB, 20GB, or 50GB increments. But if you're not interested in ponying up extra cash for iCloud storage, that 5GB can quickly get tight. Read More EMC names new CTO to oversee cloud, big data strategy EMC appointed former Huawei Technologies executive John Roese as its new CTO. Roese will play a key role in shaping EMC's technology strategy. Roese replaces Jeff Nick, who has been EMC's CTO for eight years. 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 How to track cost allocation for cloud apps One of the most interesting aspects of cloud computing is the way it changes cost allocation over the lifetime of an application. Many people understand that pay-as-you go is an attractive cost model, but fail to understand the implications that the new cost allocation model imposes on IT organizations. Read More Amazon Web Services adds free version of database in the cloud Amazon Web Services has expanded its free service tier to include its Relational Database Service (RDS), the company said on Tuesday. Read More Ellison hawks Oracle's cloud stack, calls out Salesforce.com Oracle CEO Larry Ellison made a vigorous sales pitch on Tuesday for his company's next-generation Fusion Applications and underlying technology platform, saying they constitute a more modern approach to cloud-based software than offerings from rivals like Salesforce.com. 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. CEATEC 2012: Now your laundry is in the cloud At Japan's biggest electronics exhibition, Panasonic shows its line of smart appliances. (Video) Read More TraceSecurity rolls out cloud-based risk, compliance and audit tool TraceSecurity today announced a cloud-based risk, compliance and audit tool that lets enterprises poll internal network assets and deliver live reports about how well the enterprise is keeping up complying with various security standards and regulations. Read More Oracle set to build out cloud service capabilities, rivalry with Salesforce.com Oracle is planning to broaden the footprint of its cloud software portfolio with seven new services covering developer team services, analytics, collaboration and other areas, Executive Vice President of Product Development Thomas Kurian announced during the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. Read More New Acrobat version integrated with e-sign and online forms cloud apps Adobe announced a new version of its Acrobat desktop application for creating and editing PDF documents that now features integration with other Adobe cloud services and with Microsoft PowerPoint. Read More
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