Citrix wins VDI faceoff

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	Citrix wins VDI faceoff We compared hosted VDI software from Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, Oracle and Ericom and came to many conclusions, but the most important one is this: Setting up hosted desktop sessions in a BYOD world is a complex undertaking. 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 Apple looks to pick off engineers from Amazon, OpenStack to build out iCloud Chambers: Cisco will become the number 1 IT company HP, NEC to develop next-generation x86 servers Veterans agency backs out of cloud e-mail project Does F5's ScaleN foreshadow the end of SDN controllers? Salesforce.com launches Sales Performance Accelerator 5 Elements Your Cloud Infrastructure Needs to Enable Application Agility Puppet acquires DevOps startup Cloudsmith SAP posts growth but lowers outlook in main software business 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 Apple looks to pick off engineers from Amazon, OpenStack to build out iCloud Apple is on the hunt for cloud infrastructure engineers familiar with building large-scale deployments like those at Amazon Web Services and OpenStack companies, according to a job posting. Read More Chambers: Cisco will become the number 1 IT company Think software-defined networking will change the industry? You're thinking way too small, according to Cisco CEO John Chambers. In Cisco's strategy, SDN is just a single element in a holistic architecture that brings intelligence, programmability and application awareness to every facet of your infrastructure and spans the data center to the cloud. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Chambers spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about the power of Cisco's Unified Framework and how delivering on that vision could make Cisco the number one IT company overall. No small ambition there. Read More HP, NEC to develop next-generation x86 servers Hewlett Packard and Japan's NEC will expand their existing partnership to develop high-end x86-based servers for cloud and Web applications. Read More WEBCAST: Egnyte The Benefits of Hybrid Cloud Sharing Security. Scalability. Control. These are just some of the many benefits of enterprise cloud file-sharing that you'll discover in this KnowledgeVault, packed with short videos, white papers and demos. View Now! Veterans agency backs out of cloud e-mail project The federal government's Department of Veterans Affairs has nixed a five-year $36 million contract to move to a hosted e-mail platform. Read More Does F5's ScaleN foreshadow the end of SDN controllers? Application delivery controllers are on a collision course with SDN controllers. Read More Salesforce.com launches Sales Performance Accelerator Salesforce.com is hoping customers will tap more pieces of its growing cloud software portfolio with a new product, Sales Performance Accelerator, that combines its CRM software with its Work.com performance management application as well as customer lead information from Data.com. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Boost Profitability with Better Planning & Mobile Reporting This session will discuss how Ashurst, a top-tier legal service provider for private and public sector clients worldwide, was able to effectively manage organizational change and improve their profitability using IBM Business Analytics. Learn More. 5 Elements Your Cloud Infrastructure Needs to Enable Application Agility Cloud computing offers affordability and agility, but that doesn't mean it automatically enables business agility. To achieve that, you may need to rethink the way you design, deploy and manage the application development lifecycle. Read More Puppet acquires DevOps startup Cloudsmith Open-source IT automation software vendor Puppet Labs has acquired Cloudsmith, which provides tools and services that can help administrators and developers more easily use the Puppet software. Read More SAP posts growth but lowers outlook in main software business SAP reported revenue growth in the second quarter driven by growth in cloud subscriptions and revenue from support and its HANA in-memory database. Read More
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