CIOs bemoan 'false flexibility' of the cloud

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	CIOs bemoan lock-in and the 'false flexibility' of the cloud Despite the promise of portability from service providers, the reality of the cloud for big customers is a similar type of lock-in as they experience with on-premise apps vendors such as Oracle and SAP, two CIOs say. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Top 10 Cloud Backup and DR Best Practices Leveraging the cloud for backup and DR can be a cost-effective strategy. The best practices in this guide will get you thinking about: • Replication technologies to provide CDP in the cloud • Why backup at the hypervisor level may not be enough • Running recovery directly in the cloud Learn More In this Issue 5 tips for avoiding private cloud failures How will cloud, virtualization and SDN complicate future firewall security? Stack wars: OpenStack v. CloudStack v. Eucalyptus Transporter device offers cloud storage without service fees The worst cloud outages of 2013 (so far) Top 10 cloud tools Taking aim at Amazon, Google, Joyent melds compute/storage services How to build a private cloud Microsoft updates mobile OneNote app WEBCAST: Ruckus Wireless BYOD Meets Smarter WI-Fi The BYOD phenomenon is no longer a phenomenon but a way of life for IT managers. Dealing with every user now armed with multiple smart devices, some of which are IT sanctioned, the others of which aren't, are driving network manager to the brink of insanity. View Now 5 tips for avoiding private cloud failures According to Piston Cloud Computing's CTO, the rate at which his customer's pilot projects turn into production private clouds is pretty typical of most OpenStack-based providers – and it's pretty low. Read More How will cloud, virtualization and SDN complicate future firewall security? The firewall in decades past was mainly the port-based guardian of the Internet. Now vendors are vying to build so-called "next-generation firewalls" that are "application-aware" because they can monitor and control access based on application use. Read More Stack wars: OpenStack v. CloudStack v. Eucalyptus OpenStack has the buzz, CloudStack has the bucks, Eucalyptus has the bonds with Amazon. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Tackling Peak Traffic Demands in Today's Data Center As demands on data center infrastructure increase, both IT professionals and their tools will need to adapt. Learn how application delivery controllers (ADCs) can accommodate enterprise needs for performance and scalability while providing a unified platform for application services. Download the report today. Download Now Transporter device offers cloud storage without service fees At the Pepcom Digital Experience event in New York, Craig Mathias chats with Connected Data about its Transporter device, a network-attached storage unit that can also offer offsite cloud storage and backup without any service fees. (Video) Read More The worst cloud outages of 2013 (so far) From Amazon to Dropbox and Microsoft to Google, we've seen some nasty cloud outages in the first half of the year. Which company failed the worst? Read More Top 10 cloud tools Cloud vendors are delivering boatloads of new tools to help enterprise IT build, buy, manage, monitor, tweak and track cloud services. These tools are designed to help IT execs free up their budgets and their staff so both can be used towards more strategic, line of business projects. We surveyed cloud practitioners and came up with this list of the most useful cloud tools. Here are their top 10 picks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Verizon Building the Best Network for the Cloud In this Verizon Knowledge Vault, you'll learn from videos and other downloadable resources how to move large amounts of data reliably and securely, how to increase performance for the cloud and how to balance risk and opportunity in the cloud era with the help of Verizon Network and Cloud Solutions. Learn More Taking aim at Amazon, Google, Joyent melds compute/storage services Cloud computing provider Joyent, a company with robust engineering chops that's looking to compete with the heavyweights of the industry, today rolled out Manta, its newest service that offers object storage with baked in compute features. Read More How to build a private cloud A private cloud looks and acts like a public cloud, giving your corporation all the speed, agility and cost savings promised by cloud technology, only it's single tenant and that tenant is you, right? Well, that's the goal, but it's not quite the reality yet for most enterprises. Read More Microsoft updates mobile OneNote app Microsoft has updated the mobile version of its OneNote note-taking application for iPads, iPhones and Android devices, creating a consistent look for notes across all computers, smartphones and tablets in which they're viewed. Read More
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