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	10 cloud development tools to set you free Browser-based tools for programmers are becoming common as JavaScript-based editors deliver the same features as the best desktop tools -- complete integrated environments for building, debugging, and even deploying our wonderful code. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco The Cisco Unified Workspace Trends such as mobility, virtualization, video, collaboration, knowledge management, and cloud have come to the forefront as companies struggle with how to integrate iPads, tablets, and smartphones into their business and IT models. In response, the Cisco Unified Workspace provides a solution for creating an organization-wide mobility strategy. Learn More. In this Issue Amazon Cloud is great, but not for business 100GB of free cloud storage ... with a catch Marketo IPO may spark suitors, including Salesforce.com CloudSigma goes all SSD in its cloud 10 cloud IDEs to set you free Cloud prices: How low can they go? Nuage sprouts Alcatel's software-only bid to automate clouds Cloudian upgrades storage software with management, encryption features Know the key legal and security risks in a cloud-computing contract More SDN-friendly Arista switches could boost cloud services It's twilight for small in-house data centers Microsoft touts Office 365 wins, but customers want more RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: InterMapper The #1 real-time network mapping and monitoring tool. InterMapper provides an at-a-glance, real-time view of your network devices, services, applications, connections and traffic patterns. Drilling down on maps uncovers details needed to fix performance problems. It is an industrial strength monitoring, mapping and alerting tool that empowers network administrators to maintain healthy IT environments. Amazon Cloud is great, but not for business Amazon added a new element to its Cloud Drive service this week that expands it usefulness. The new Cloud Drive Sync app keeps files in sync across different devices and platforms, and pits Amazon Cloud Drive head-to-head against rivals such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple. However, businesses should steer clear of Amazon Cloud Drive. Read More 100GB of free cloud storage ... with a catch A variety of cloud services offer free storage to get users signed up and on a path to become paying customers. Normally these free offers start at 2GB and range on up to maybe 10GB. Read More Marketo IPO may spark suitors, including Salesforce.com Cloud-based marketing automation vendor Marketo's plans to raise up to $75 million in an initial public offering, which were revealed this week, could influence larger companies to acquire the company, including Salesforce.com and SAP. Read More CloudSigma goes all SSD in its cloud In what one analyst calls a harbinger of future advancements by cloud providers, European infrastructure as a service (IaaS) company CloudSigma has announced that its cloud storage will run completely on solid state drives (SSD). Read More WHITE PAPER: Phoenix NAP Eliminate Virtualization Management Challenges 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. 10 cloud IDEs to set you free These cool Web-based development tools bring coding to the browser. Read More Cloud prices: How low can they go? Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud providers are battling in a price war that has seen 29 price reductions by the four major providers during the past 14 months, a trend industry analysts expect to continue. Read More Nuage sprouts Alcatel's software-only bid to automate clouds Alcatel-Lucent is promising more manageable cloud computing through Nuage Networks, an internal startup that is making its formal debut on Tuesday. Read More Cloudian upgrades storage software with management, encryption features Cloudian has upgraded its storage platform with improved reliability and security, as well as better integration with Amazon's Simple Storage Service. Read More WHITE PAPER: Eaton Corporation The Essential Guide to Managing Power In this interactive KnowledgeVault, you'll find short videos, white papers, case studies, briefs and more, all designed to tackle the issues surrounding electrical power and how to better manage it in light of the demands caused by virtualization and cloud computing. Learn More Know the key legal and security risks in a cloud-computing contract Youre no longer in control of your data once you hand it over to a cloud storage provider, but youre legally still responsible for it. Knowing whats in your cloud-provider contract is critical, says tech attorney Milton Petersen. Read More More SDN-friendly Arista switches could boost cloud services Arista Networks this week unveiled software-defined networking (SDN) extensions to its data center switch operating system that tie the company's products into cloud orchestration and flow management systems. Read More It's twilight for small in-house data centers Virtualization, cloud services and SaaS is making it much easier to shift IT infrastructure operations to service providers, and that is exactly what many users are doing. Read More Microsoft touts Office 365 wins, but customers want more Microsoft is trumpeting Office 365 customer successes at its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit on Tuesday, but some of those otherwise happy clients have a wish list of features and enhancements they'd like to see in the vendor's cloud email and collaboration suite. Read More
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