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VMware CEO: OpenStack is not for the enterprise
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger says he doesn't expect open source cloud project OpenStack to catch on significantly in the enterprise market, instead he says it's more of a platform for service providers to build public clouds. 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.

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WHITE PAPER: Cisco Wi-Fi Challenge NWW Jun-Aug13

Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences
Whether you are in retail, hospitality, healthcare, transportation, or another industry, keeping and attracting customers is crucial to the success of your organization. Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences can help you improve customer loyalty and increase revenue. Learn more.

Cisco cuts 4,000 jobs in restructuring effort
Cisco today said it would slice 4,000 jobs – or 5% of its workforce in a global restricting effort. Shares of the network equipment giant fell nearly 10% after-trading hours. Read More

Start isolating critical XP systems now, experts warn
Lack of updates after April 8, 2014 adds security complications for companies, retailers running specialty software dependent on XP Read More

WHITE PAPER: HP

Unleash the full potential of BYOD with confidence
Growing numbers of smartphones and tablets are pushing enterprise networks to the limit and creating security and management challenges for IT organizations. This white paper reviews BYOD administration, performance, and security implications, and describes how the HP BYOD solution lets you realize all the benefits of BYOD, with confidence. Learn more.

What are the next Big Space Life Questions?
Getting NASA's astrobiology community to agree on a set of specific future space life exploration goals must be like herding cats - there are over 500 members, but the group is currently trying to do just that by defining the most important questions it want to focus on for the 2014 Strategic Plan. Read More

Cybercriminals use Google Cloud Messaging service to control malware on Android devices
Cybercriminals are controlling malware on Android devices through a Google service that enables developers to send messages to their applications, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks

10 Steps to Improving the Mobile User Experience
This paper will outline the essential network infrastructure and support best practices necessary to deliver an optimized mobile end-user experience, and offer 10 recommended steps that lead to higher end-user satisfaction. Learn more.

INSIDER

VMware CEO talks software-defined data centers, OpenStack and dueling Amazon
As a top executive at Intel and EMC, Pat Gelsinger helped build the data centers of today. Now, as CEO of VMware, he's promising to deliver the data centers of tomorrow. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Gelsinger spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant and Network World Senior Writer Brandon Butler about what he's accomplished one year into his tenure, and why the company is uniquely positioned to deliver on the vision of software-defined data centers. Gelsinger detailed the company's plans for its upcoming infrastructure-as-a-service offerings and how it will out-duel early leader Amazon in that market. He also discussed VMware's plans to simplify mobility and explained how, rather than threatening the company, OpenStack is widening VMware's market. (Oh, one other thing about OpenStack: He doesn't see it gaining traction in the enterprise.) Gelsinger also shared thoughts on VMware's competitors and discussed how he'll work with former VMware CEO Paul Maritz's new Pivotal spin off. Read More

Encryption news: What you need to know
We probably should have seen this coming, what with government spying dominating headlines for the summer, but encryption suddenly became a hot topic this week. Read More

What exactly is 'cloud testing' anyway?
Over the last weeks, I have found myself in several rather intense discussions about "cloud testing": what it is, what it isn't, and what it means for testing and QA professionals. The major source of confusion in these discussions usually revolves around the definition of cloud itself; if you try look up cloud computing on the Internet, you will find it hard to get a formal definition. Read... Read More

Welcome to Cloud Chronicles!
Technology is a fast-changing industry, but every once in a while a technology comes along that fundamentally resets the landscape. The move from mainframes to client-servers was a titanic shift in the industry. The advent of compute virtualization opened up massive new opportunities years later. Read More

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