Top 10 Amazon cloud challengers

	Hackers may cash in when XP is retired | SSDs still maturing, new memory tech still 10 years away
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	Top 10 Amazon cloud challengers While industry analysts don't foresee any public cloud service vendor making a noticeable dent in Amazon's huge market lead anytime soon, Cloud Technology Partners, Forrester Research and Gartner do consistently name 10 providers that have a shot of picking up significant future revenue as the overall demand for public compute, infrastructure and storage services grows in the next three to five years. Here are the 10 companies and why they have a shot at challenging Amazon. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Powerful and secure remote support with LogMeIn Rescue For companies that want to compete in their industry, improving the customer experience is a top priority. To do that, having an on-demand remote support solution is essential. That's why companies around the world choose LogMeIn Rescue to provide powerful, secure support of any device, anytime, anywhere. Rescue offers a simple, reliable interface packed with all the features technicians want. Check out LogMeIn Rescue to learn more and start your free trial today. In this Issue Hackers may cash in when XP is retired SSDs still maturing, new memory tech still 10 years away HSA targets native parallel execution in Java virtual machines by 2015 New global warming rules put the heat on data centers Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message Packet loss problem in Amazon's cloud wobbles Airbnb, Vine Ahead of VMworld, Arista finds a DANZ partner in ExtraHop WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Networks Free Appliance for Application Performance Monitoring The ExtraHop Discovery Edition is a free virtual appliance will help you to discover the performance of your applications across the network, web, VDI, database, and storage tiers. Get yours today! Learn More>> Hackers may cash in when XP is retired Hackers may bank their Windows XP zero-day exploits and cash them in after Microsoft stops patching the aged operating system next April. Read More SSDs still maturing, new memory tech still 10 years away Solid-state drive adoption will continue to grow and it will be more than 10 years before it is ultimately replaced by a new memory technology, experts said. Read More WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies Guide to 50% Faster VMs - No Hardware Required For administrators seeking to increase performance in their virtual environment without investing in more hardware, this white paper outlines how I/O optimization technologies deliver performance at a fraction of the cost of hardware for applications with the heaviest workloads. Read more. Read Now! HSA targets native parallel execution in Java virtual machines by 2015 Industry consortium HSA Foundation intends to bring native support for parallel acceleration in Java virtual machines, which would make it easier to tap into multiple processors like graphics processors to speed up code execution. Read More New global warming rules put the heat on data centers California is rolling out a new law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from electric generating plants, and the cost of the effort is expected to be passed along to data centers, which are among the biggest consumers of electric power in the state. Read More WEBCAST: PC Connection Cisco Secure BYOD Demo Join a live demonstration of Cisco Solutions for ensuring you don't lose control while implementing a BYOD policy in your environment. Cisco Identity Services Engine provides a centralized, simple user interface for onboarding devices and enforcing customized security policies. View Now Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message It was 22 years ago on Sunday that Linus Torvalds announced in a newsgroup posting that he was creating a free operating system, a message he echoed in his announcement Sunday of the latest Linux kernel release candidate. Read More Packet loss problem in Amazon's cloud wobbles Airbnb, Vine Amazon Web Services resolved service problems on Sunday that caused issues for several websites, including Airbnb's booking site and Twitter's Vine video application, which rely on its computing platform. Read More Ahead of VMworld, Arista finds a DANZ partner in ExtraHop It's the end of August, which means "Tis the season." What season is that? It's now the end of the summer, which means back to school for our kids. It's also NFL preseason, so all of us going through football withdrawal are close to getting some real football soon – time for Tebow mania, the football equivalent of SDNs. But, for those of us in tech, the end of August means VMworld time.... Read More
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