Verizon Enterprise chief: We're headed for cloud computing's A-list

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	Verizon Enterprise chief: We're headed for cloud computing's A-list In the battle for the next generation of enterprise IT, John Stratton carries a lot of weapons. Stratton is president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions, the nearly $30 billion unit formed just over a year ago to deliver networking, cloud, mobility, managed security, telematics and a host of other services in a more coordinated fashion for Verizon's top enterprise buyers. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Stratton spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about Verizon Enterprise's progress since its inception, including a dramatic streamlining of internal systems and processes designed to make life much easier for the company's customers. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Mobile Application Monitoring Breeds Business Possibilities Mobile applications are radically altering the way businesses operate and how they interact with their employees and customers. 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Google triples free storage to 15GB Google said it is increasing the amount of free storage for users of its Google Drive cloud storage service to 15 GB. Read More Court orders names to be withheld before release of Aaron Swartz records A U.S. federal court has modified a protective order to allow disclosure of the court records of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, but ruled that names and other personal identifying information of those involved in his arrest and prosecution should be redacted. Read More HP Q&A: Converged Cloud is company's chief initiative Saar Gillai, named head of Hewlett-Packard's cloud operations in January, is on the hot seat. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com The Science of Social Listening for Customer Experience Customers today expect immediate service and fast resolutions from the social Web. These conversations are happening right now, on millions of sites, among millions of people. Are you listening? Learn how your business can transform the customer service experience into a more social one. Learn More! IDC: Cloud, mobility exposing limitations of existing networks The combination of highly virtualized environments inside enterprise networks, along with an explosion of mobile traffic, are exposing the limitations of existing networks, and driving the need for a new era of dynamic and scalable networks of the future, IDC researchers said in a panel discussion at Interop this week. Read More Intel's McAfee brings biometric authentication to cloud storage Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed after users are verified by an authentication scheme including face and voice recognition. Read More McAfee rethinks consumer security service delivery McAfee, part of Intel, today announced a profound shift in how it distributes and prices its consumer security products by introducing LiveSafe, a service that combines anti-malware plus a score of other capabilities, such as anti-theft protection and a so-called "safety deposit box" in the cloud that can only be accessed by means of the user's face or voice biometric. Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire Five Tips for Outsmarting the Information Age Adversary Today's attackers vigilantly wait for you to slip up before they strike your information systems and compromise your data. Learn five actions you can take to improve your information risk management and security strategy and stay one step ahead of the information age adversary. Read More 5 pioneering paths for software development's new frontier Size (and mobility) matters. As desktop PCs lose ground to tablets and smartphones, and the cloud becomes a more mainstream means for software deployment, desktop applications are being elbowed aside by mobile apps and Web services, resulting in a significant shift in the way software is created. Read More HP updates IT automation suite for cloud deployments Further pursuing its strategy to help enterprises move workloads to hosted environments, Hewlett-Packard has updated a number of its IT management tools with more capabilities to work with public and private clouds. Read More Dell and OnApp cooperate on pretested cloud packages OnApp and Dell have teamed up to create pretested cloud packages for service providers and make it easier for them to roll out services, which could result in more competition in the cloud space. 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