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	Cisco puts its unified computing servers into OpenStack clouds The top executives leading Cisco's OpenStack efforts today said customers can run the open source cloud computing platform with its Unified Computing System (UCS) and Nexus hardware devices, and that the company will provide advanced support to help customers deploy OpenStack clouds. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: ShoreTel Defying complexity and cost, ShoreTel raises the bar for UC The typical UC solution is so labor-intensive that empowering your workforce with essential communication tools can feel like a hard bargain. But ShoreTel is designed to be light on IT resources, and kind to your bottom line. As easy to deploy and manage as it is to use, ShoreTel delivers the industry's lowest TCO – raising the bar for UC. Independent analyst research confirms it. Download the reports today. In this Issue 10 companies making the Internet of Things a reality Gartner: Cloud-based security as a service set to take off Arista fires broadside at Cisco/Insieme with new switches SecuriSync: cloud storage employees and IT admins will love Google Apps, once a leader, faces growing cloud app rivals Salesforce.com Identity tackles only the 'really easy' stuff, Okta CEO says Free cloud storage service MegaCloud goes dark The Obamacare Web debacle: A cautionary note for the cloud VCE is kicking the tires on OpenStack IBM to nix SmartCloud Enterprise, migrate customers to newly acquired SoftLayer cloud WHITE PAPER: CDW Cloud Storage and Backup The proliferation of cloud computing options has begun to change the way storage is thought about, procured and used. IT managers and departments need to think through how cloud options might fit into and complement their onsite data infrastructures. Read Now 10 companies making the Internet of Things a reality The first ever Internet of Things World Forum was held in Barcelona over the last week of October. If there was any doubt, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a very real trend and it's just a matter of time before IoT has a significant impact on the way we live our lives. These were the top 10 companies on display at the World Forum, many of which are helping IoT move from vision to reality. Read More Gartner: Cloud-based security as a service set to take off Gartner is predicting the cloud-based security services market, which includes secure email or web gateways, identity and access management (IAM), remote vulnerability assessment, security information and event management to hit $4.13 billion by 2017. Read More Arista fires broadside at Cisco/Insieme with new switches Kicking off a week that promises to be rich in data center and cloud networking news, Arista Networks today unveiled a new line of switches designed to bring programmable provisioning to smaller, more cost conscious deployments. Read More WEBCAST: PC Connection EMC VSPEX Helps Optimize Business Performance Businesses need to be as efficient as possible today and need solutions that will help them move to the cloud when and if they are ready. Learn how EMC's VSPEX solution lets you optimize business performance and accelerate your organization's journey to the cloud. Learn More SecuriSync: cloud storage employees and IT admins will love You may love Dropbox, but your IT admin likely hates it. Consumer cloud platforms create headaches for the folks who worry about the security of corporate data and what happens to files when a person leaves the company. Read More Google Apps, once a leader, faces growing cloud app rivals When Google Apps arrived in 2006, it stood on the cutting edge of Web-hosted email and collaboration suites for businesses, a bold pioneer clearing a path in the new, wild frontier of enterprise cloud computing. Read More Salesforce.com Identity tackles only the 'really easy' stuff, Okta CEO says You might think Okta CEO Todd McKinnon would be concerned by the fact that Salesforce.com just launched a competing cloud identity management service, but if McKinnon indeed is, he's good at hiding it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell Mobile Zen: Balancing End-User Productivity and IT Control Mobility is often seen as a zero-sum game: either end users or IT can win, but never both. Learn how users can have the convenience and mobile productivity they need, while IT retains control over enterprise goods. Victory for both sides. Learn More Free cloud storage service MegaCloud goes dark The website for MegaCloud, a provider of free and paid consumer cloud storage, is inaccessible and users of the service are complaining on social media sites that they have not had access to their data for days. Read More The Obamacare Web debacle: A cautionary note for the cloud I've been following all of the outrageous news, or hyperbole, depending upon your personal politics, regarding the Website that is a key element of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, a/k/a Obamacare. And, as I've noted before and irrespective of the politics central to this specific example, if software projects like this one are really this expensive and really this risky, then the future of mobility itself is in doubt. Read More VCE is kicking the tires on OpenStack Engineers at VCE, which is the company formed when EMC and Cisco came together with investments from VMware and Intel to create a converged infrastructure platform, are exploring how VCE vBlocks can be used as underlying hardware for OpenStack clouds. Read More IBM to nix SmartCloud Enterprise, migrate customers to newly acquired SoftLayer cloud IBM has informed its customers that it will be phasing out its SmartCloud Enterprise cloud computing platform and is offering free migration of workloads to SoftLayer's cloud, which IBM recently purchased. Read More
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