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	Etsy gets crafty with big data Handmade marketplace Etsy runs dozens of workflows each night on Amazon's cloud-based Elastic MapReduce service. Rather than keeping a single cluster running continuously, Etsy brings up a new cluster for each job so it can tailor the number and types of instances to the workload. 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 Cisco virtual router targets the cloud Start-up tracks risky security behavior in the cloud Zendesk hack a reminder of SaaS risk INSIDER How Arista Networks got out in front of the SDN craze Salesforce.com delivers mobile customer service apps Should Azure customers worry about reliability? New Box security features aimed at user, device and content protection MasterCard to expand digital wallet service beyond NFC SAP and Ericsson join forces on M2M services Qualys streamlines vulnerability scanning of Amazon cloud instances WHITE PAPER: Phoenix NAP Advantages of a Hosted Private Cloud A hosted private cloud can offer many advantages for organizations looking to benefit from a secure cloud model. This white paper details how the hosted private cloud can address security and compliance concerns, deliver scale-up and scale-down capabilities, reduce costs and improve IT utilization all while minimizing loss of control by IT. Learn more. Cisco virtual router targets the cloud The Cisco CSR 1000V router is designed for enterprise network managers who want to have a little piece of their Cisco infrastructure in the cloud. Read More Start-up tracks risky security behavior in the cloud Start-up Skyhigh Networks today introduced a service aimed at tracking risk associated with enterprise use of about 2,000 cloud services, in order to spot any rogue cloud services or to identify high-risk exposure that cloud use might bring to the enterprise. Read More Zendesk hack a reminder of SaaS risk Third-party cloud provider hack behind compromised user data from Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest. 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. INSIDER How Arista Networks got out in front of the SDN craze n this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about the reality and hype around SDN, and why the data center requires a different network than your father's general-purpose Cisco net. She also explored how her work at Cisco shaped Arista's strategy, and shared insights on how Arista's partnerships with VMware and Cloudera are making it easier to move to cloud and embrace big data, respectively. Read More Salesforce.com delivers mobile customer service apps Salesforce.com is planning to add a series of mobile applications to its Service Cloud line of customer service software, in a response to the rampant rise of mobile devices both in the consumer and business worlds. Read More Should Azure customers worry about reliability? It's hard to stay on top of everything all the time so it's understandable that something like renewing a security certificate could fall through the cracks as it did to Microsoft last week, grinding its Azure Cloud Service to a halt. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Service Cloud: Deliver Next Generation of Customer Service Realize the value and operating challenges of online support communities. Chatter Communities for Service solves nearly all of the traditional problems of online communities. Use it as a force multiplier for your support organization, and revenue generator for your sales and marketing teams. Read Now! New Box security features aimed at user, device and content protection Box is rolling out several new security features aimed at making its 150,000 business customers feel more confident in its cloud storage and file sharing service. Read More MasterCard to expand digital wallet service beyond NFC MasterCard revised its year-old mobile payment strategy by unveiling a digital, cloud-based service called MasterPass that moves well beyond near-field communication technology used in smartphones to also support QR codes, traditional credit cards and other ways to make payments. Read More SAP and Ericsson join forces on M2M services Ericsson and SAP will jointly market and sell cloud-based, machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services to enterprises via operators around the globe. Read More Qualys streamlines vulnerability scanning of Amazon cloud instances Security firm Qualys has improved the integration of its QualysGuard vulnerability management service with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday, allowing its customers to scan their AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) instances for vulnerabilities more easily and without requiring explicit approval from Amazon. Read More
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