Cloud, SaaS are bright spots in tech's weak M&A market

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	Cloud, SaaS are bright spots in tech's weak M&A market The total value of technology mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fell 35% in 2012 compared to 2011 on concerns of sluggish macroeconomic conditions, but cloud computing represented a bright spot, with software as a service (SaaS) companies specifically being a hot target for activity, according accounting firm Ernst & Young. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Mellanox Technologies Reduce Your Application Cost. Try an InfiniBand Cloud Today! InfiniBand enables the creation of world-leading cloud infrastructures around the globe. Utilizing InfiniBand to connect their cloud compute and storage services, industry leading cloud vendors were able to maximize their cloud efficiency and reduce its cost per application to offer customers a more robust cloud hosting service. We encourage you to try an InfiniBand based cloud infrastructure and see for yourself how your application can run faster! In this Issue 3 deep, dark secrets of cloud computing Forrester: SharePoint faces challenging future Ultimate Google toolbox: 20 tips, tricks, and hacks PaaS Primer: What is platform as a service and why does it matter? You can't be too rich, too thin, or have too much Internet bandwidth 7 reasons to move DR to the cloud NuoDB, a new approach to SQL databases How joining Google Gmail with encryption system helps high-tech firm meet government security rules Cloud views for 2013 Regulations and the cloud: HIPAA modification provides clarity WEBCAST: HP Determine Your Cloud Storage Readiness Cloud will impact your storage environment. Hear what a HP Storage expert has to say. View Now! 3 deep, dark secrets of cloud computing Everybody uses the cloud. How can there be any secrets? Many companies had to learn these three little lessons the hard way, but there's no reason your business can't learn from those mistakes. Read More Forrester: SharePoint faces challenging future Despite strong support from IT pros, SharePoint faces increased skepticism from business leaders and it's unclear whether the collaboration product will deliver cloud, social and mobile advancements needed for future growth. Read More Ultimate Google toolbox: 20 tips, tricks, and hacks Google's search, mail, maps, and cloud services are practically de facto public utilities. Fire up your browser, and there Google is. But don't take Google for granted--there's much more to its core services than meets the eye. Read More WEBCAST: CDW Corporation The Best Path to SaaS Cloud computing is here to stay. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is particularly popular because it can lower cost while enabling business agility. But not all applications are suited to SaaS. In this Webcast you will learn the best applications for SaaS deployment and how to avoid SaaS pitfalls and cost overruns. Learn More. PaaS Primer: What is platform as a service and why does it matter? Even most non-techies probably have an idea of what cloud computing is by now, but when you start getting into IaaS vs. SaaS vs. PaaS, even those of us in the industry can struggle. Read More You can't be too rich, too thin, or have too much Internet bandwidth As we move into the era of the cloud, and further into the era of BYOD, having much more bandwidth at each enterprise location will be critical to the efficiency of enterprise IT. Yet the topic is rarely given the consideration it's due. Read More 7 reasons to move DR to the cloud It's well-known that disaster recovery is vital to sustaining a business. Organizations simply cannot function without their IT systems. That first wave of DR solutions dating back to the 1970s created a safety net for computer systems, but still involved days of downtime. Modern-day disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) are a world apart. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Forrester: Defining the Next-Generation Workspace How will you meet the needs of a mobile workforce? In this Forrester study, discover approaches to BYOD and desktop virtualization. Learn why Cisco Unified Workspace may be the solution for your mobility, virtualization, and security challenges. Read Now NuoDB, a new approach to SQL databases I feel like some kind of dubious character from a crime movie: "Psst, buddy! Wanna cloud database that's non-stop, geographically and elastically scalable? And it's also ACID compliant, roughly 75% of the cost of using Oracle, good at hybrid workloads, SQL-compliant, ridiculously easy to install, equally easy to manage, and runs on multiple platforms. And did I mention cheap? Oh yeah, I did." Read More How joining Google Gmail with encryption system helps high-tech firm meet government security rules When a relatively small high-tech company with some big aerospace and defense customers wanted to adopt cloud-based email for its employees, it faced the challenge that whatever choice of cloud service it adopted, it had to meet the government's security regulations known as ITAR, or the "International Traffic in Arms Regulations." Read More Cloud views for 2013 Gartner predicted in December 2011 that cloud computing would be getting real in 2012. They said cloud computing "is becoming a reality." But did that happen? In my view, not exactly. Read More Regulations and the cloud: HIPAA modification provides clarity Many regulatory requirements that impact cloud computing were enacted before cloud computing came into existence. As a result, they don't directly or effectively address issues that can arise because of the cloud, leaving both client organizations and cloud vendors without clear guidance on how to comply. While such laws are typically updated at a much slower pace than the cloud evolves, now that the cloud is becoming more established, some regulations are starting to catch up. A case in point is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Read More
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