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	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 WHITE PAPER: Cisco Transitioning to the Private Cloud with Confidence Gain a clear understanding of cloud characteristics and the respective benefits of the different cloud models. Look closely at how enterprises are minimizing risk and utilizing private cloud to overcome the barriers to cloud computing. Read Now In this Issue How Intel built its own private cloud "Tsunami" of bandwidth demand pushes IEEE 400G Ethernet standards process Amazon.com upgrades Cloud Drive with file syncing Is Android in the business world to stay? More SDN-friendly Arista switches could boost cloud services Alcatel-Lucent adds OpenTouch cloud services, new customer service suite Magor rolls out cloud-based visual conversations Google fellows Dean and Ghemawat earn ACM-Infosys Foundation Award for cloud computing breakthroughs Windows XP decline stalls as users hold onto aged OS, flaunt 2014 deadline Feedly gains 3M new users after Google's RSS death warrant, plans paid subscriptions WHITE PAPER: Cisco Design Guide: Cisco Virtualized Data Center, Version 2.2 Don't miss this in-depth guide. The Cisco VMTD system defines an end-to-end architecture, providing a reference for the migration or build-out of virtualized, highly-secure multi-tenant data centers for new cloud-based service models. Read Now How Intel built its own private cloud Intel not only embraces cloud computing and the technology behind it, the company uses it in a big way. Read More "Tsunami" of bandwidth demand pushes IEEE 400G Ethernet standards process The IEEE this week launched a study group to explore development of a 400Gbps Ethernet standard to support booming demand for network bandwidth. Read More Amazon.com upgrades Cloud Drive with file syncing Amazon.com has added a file-syncing feature to its online storage product, Cloud Drive, putting the service on par with competitors such as Dropbox and Google's Drive. 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 Is Android in the business world to stay? It's official, and it's been official for a while -- Android is far and away the most popular smartphone OS in America. Ever since January 2011, when the platform surpassed RIM to take the top spot for the first time in comScore's monthly market share rankings, Google's operating system has continued to grow its user base, which accounts for 52% of the market as of this January. 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 Alcatel-Lucent adds OpenTouch cloud services, new customer service suite Still catching up on announcements made at Enterprise Connect held earlier this month in Orlando, Fla., today we highlight two recent Alcatel-Lucent announcements. The company unveiled new cloud-based communications services addressing both the larger enterprise and the small business market with the OpenTouch Suite for Cloud providing three segmented solutions: the Enterprise Cloud, the Office Cloud and the Personal Cloud. Alcatel-Lucent also introduced a new OpenTouch Customer Service solution that leverages a technology relationship between Alcatel-Lucent and Altitude Software. 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. Magor rolls out cloud-based visual conversations At Enterprise Connect, Magor reinforces the value of visual conversations hosted in the cloud. Read More Google fellows Dean and Ghemawat earn ACM-Infosys Foundation Award for cloud computing breakthroughs Move over Sergey Brin and Larry Page, at least for the moment. Read More Windows XP decline stalls as users hold onto aged OS, flaunt 2014 deadline The decline in usage share of Windows XP, which is slated for retirement in 53 weeks, has slowed significantly, hinting that millions of its users will hold onto the operating system much longer than some, including Microsoft, expect. Read More Feedly gains 3M new users after Google's RSS death warrant, plans paid subscriptions Feedly, which today announced it has added more than 3 million new users to its free RSS service since Google decided to retire Reader, said that it plans to offer a paid option this year. Read More
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