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	8 sure-fire ways to screw up a cloud contract Cloud licensing's become so complex that it's easy to pay too much or get burned later on. Here are some tips to make sure you're getting your money's worth. Read More WHITE PAPER: Internap The Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid in the Cloud While the cloud offers the promise of rapid scalability, flexibility and efficiency, there are important caveats to keep in mind when deploying in your organization. Learn the five most common mistakes (and how to avoid them) to help you ensure successful cloud deployment and adoption. View Now In this Issue Amazon ratchets up enterprise cloud focus Salesforce.com and HP to offer 'Superpod' for large enterprises Why the cloud requires a totally different data center Healthcare finally warming to cloud technology AWS re:Invent showcases Amazon's Cloud leadership Amazon hints at details on its CIA Franken-cloud Rise seen in use of Google service for mobile botnets As promised, Apple adds real-time collaboration to iWork for iCloud The Grill: Rosetta Stone CIO Pradeep Mannakkara makes a rapid move to the cloud Amazon offers PostgreSQL from the cloud WHITE PAPER: Exablox How to Leverage New Storage Strategies This ebook covers some of the key challenges organizations are encountering with storage management, data protection and cost containment. It also shows how IT organizations can effectively address these difficulties while getting the most out of their valuable information assets. Read now! Amazon ratchets up enterprise cloud focus If there's one overarching theme of Amazon Web Services' second annual cloud user conference, it's that this company is aiming for enterprise. Read More Salesforce.com and HP to offer 'Superpod' for large enterprises Customers of Salesforce.com who want their own dedicated infrastructure within the vendor's cloud will now be able to get one through a partnership with Hewlett-Packard. Read More Why the cloud requires a totally different data center If there's one mind-blowing statistic about Amazon Web Services, it's the company's scale. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM The Power of Cloud: Driving Business Model Innovation Companies worldwide are beginning to recognize cloud's capabilities to generate new business models and promote sustainable competitive advantage. To manage and respond to these market pressures, IBM offers a comprehensive suite of system and software solutions that can help you scale your IT investments as your business grows. Read Now Healthcare finally warming to cloud technology Ever the risk-averse industry, healthcare is finally beginning to trust cloud for the storage of protected health information. Experts credit better cloud security, dropping costs and the growing need for disparate organizations to share information. What's more, this only appears to be the tip of the healthcare cloud iceberg. Read More AWS re:Invent showcases Amazon's Cloud leadership The AWS re:Invent conference out in Las Vegas has evidently become the "must go" event in the Cloud world. Read More Amazon hints at details on its CIA Franken-cloud Amazon Web Services recently won a reported $600 million contract to build the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) a cloud. But that cloud will not look like any other cloud on the planet. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Accelerating Application Development & Deployment This product brief examines how organizations can redefine the way they develop applications in order to be more responsive to customers and the market. View Now Rise seen in use of Google service for mobile botnets Mobile botnets are on the rise and cybercriminals are using the Google Cloud Messaging service as a conduit for sending data from command-and-control servers to malware, a new report says. Read More As promised, Apple adds real-time collaboration to iWork for iCloud Apple updated its online iWork for iCloud productivity apps, adding collaboration tools that let users simultaneously edit documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Read More The Grill: Rosetta Stone CIO Pradeep Mannakkara makes a rapid move to the cloud When Pradeep Mannakkara took the CIO position at Rosetta Stone, he encountered an IT infrastructure that was nearly the same age as the 21-year-old language-learning company. So Mannakkara established a plan to not only update, but also transform Rosetta Stone's technology stack and its 70-person IT department. Read More Amazon offers PostgreSQL from the cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) is offering the open-source PostgreSQL relational database as part of its RDS (Relational Database Service). Read More
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