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Navy CIO: Use the cloud, but be careful
The U.S. Navy's CIO has directed that Naval information systems be migrated to commercial cloud service providers, but only for information that has already been approved for public release. Read More

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Top Reasons to Attend Collaboration in the Cloud Event
Coming to 8 U.S. Cities, in April-May, 2013, register to attend this complimentary event! Learn why enterprise-grade communication and collaboration suites are leading candidates for moving to the cloud. See why video levels the collaboration playing field for the growing numbers of enterprise mobile and remote workers. Presented by Network World and Computerworld. Learn more

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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.

The state of cloud encryption: From fiction to actionable reality
The risks of data privacy, residency, security and regulatory compliance remain significant barriers to cloud adoption for many enterprises. While encryption seems like an obvious solution, historically the technology produced usability issues for cloud applications. To complicate matters, putting encryption into the hands of cloud service providers still left the enterprise open to risks such as insider fraud, hacking and disclosure demands from law enforcement. Read More

What's your favorite enterprise IT product?
It's time for Fave Raves, our annual call for the best products, as chosen by readers. Do you have a favorite enterprise IT product you can't live without? Tell us about it and we'll share your raves with our readers. Read More

Gartner: Long hard climb to high level of cloud computing security
It's still a long, hard climb to get to a high level of security in cloud computing, according to Gartner research vice president Jay Heiser, who said business and government organizations with sensitive data appear likely to hold back from cloud-based services until things improve. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Latisys

Best Practices into Cloud Adoption
Cloud includes a variety of different delivery options as well as a lot of terms for those options. But, which is best for you? Learn More

Afraid of being shut out of WWDC? There's an app for that.
While Apple has yet to confirm the dates for its insanely popular Worldwide Developers Conference, the event will almost certainly be held June 10-14 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. A more closely guarded secret, however, is when registration for the conference will open, and that's cause for consternation because last year tickets sold out in two hours. Read More

Windows 8 takes blame for 'brutal' PC sales slide
Microsoft's Windows 8 took another knock Wednesday as research firm IDC laid much of the blame for the first quarter's historically-horrible PC numbers at the feet of the beleaguered operating system. Read More

The sync conundrum: Rethinking Apple's cloud services
In just a few short weeks, iCloud turns two years old, and there is much cause for celebration. Introduced at the 2011 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) during what turned out to be Steve Jobs's last keynote, the successor to Apple's infamous MobileMe has by many standards become a huge success, with a reported 250 million accounts created as of last January and mostly smooth sailing since launch. But despite those numbers, for many developers the relationship with iCloud has become increasingly stormy, and that frustration is finally beginning to strike users. 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

Dropbox to add single sign-on
Dropbox, whose cloud storage and file-sharing application has been adopted by millions of consumers, will add single sign-on (SSO), its latest feature for businesses as it seeks to penetrate the workplace market. Read More

The Cloud saved my Windows 8 disaster
If there is one lesson I have learned in my life, it is that nothing ever goes easy, Murphy's Law. So why I thought that when I installed Ubuntu and messed up my Windows partition it would be an easy fix is beyond me. I guess I will never learn. Thank goodness the cloud saved my bacon. Read More

Salesforce.com launches new services for mobile app development
Salesforce.com is giving customers and partners access to a new set of tools and services for building mobile applications on its cloud platform. Read More

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