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	Review: NAS goes outside the box Earlier this year we tested Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. Now we're reviewing software-based NAS that you can load onto your own equipment—whether it's a PC, server, virtual machine, or in the cloud. We looked at FreeNAS, Openfiler, Open-E DSS, NexentaStor, and SoftNAS. All offer some sort of free solution or service, with some being fully open sourced. Read More WHITE PAPER: Boundary, Inc. Benefits of Consolidated Operations Management Points of failure are now more distributed than ever. Organizations have to manage hybrid on-premise and cloud applications. Pulling this information together in one place has been almost impossible. Read now! In this Issue 12 IT jobs getting biggest raises in 2014 Microsoft preps mobile app for Office 365 admins Money, money: Box, others bask in hot VC market HP private cloud service leads the pack, followed by Cisco and Microsoft, Forrester says With iOS app update, Microsoft wants SkyDrive to displace "camera roll" tools Alcatel-Lucent says focus on fast broadband, IP is key to comeback Microsoft adds load balancing as Azure availability stutters One million Xbox One consoles sold but Microsoft's cloud choked on launch day How to determine if your application is suitable for the cloud WHITE PAPER: Exablox Data Storage: An Interactive eGuide In this eGuide, InfoWorld and sister publication Computerworld examine some of the newer storage approaches that enterprises are taking. Read on to learn about new storage technologies that can help you get a handle on your data. Read now! 12 IT jobs getting biggest raises in 2014 The average salary for newly hired IT pros is expected to increase 5.6% in the coming year. Pre-sales engineers and mobile application developers are in line for the biggest raises, says staffing firm Robert Half. Read More Microsoft preps mobile app for Office 365 admins IT administrators of the Office 365 cloud email and collaboration suite will now be able to check their management console from their mobile devices. Read More Money, money: Box, others bask in hot VC market Recent investments by venture capitalists in cloud, big data and converged infrastructure companies show not only the healthy interest among financiers to back next-generation technologies, but provide a preview of what technologies from startups today could be mainstream in tomorrow's IT world. Read More WEBCAST: SAP Major forces drive requirement for new application platform Cloud computing, rampant mobility, Big Data, and social business have created challenges never seen before. There is a need for a new application platform. In this webcast, find out about the forces shaping the 'third platform', and why the move to the third platform is the only way to meet customer needs. Learn more HP private cloud service leads the pack, followed by Cisco and Microsoft, Forrester says Enterprises are expected to significantly ramp up their pursuit of internal private clouds within the next year, and HP, Cisco and Microsoft have the strongest product offerings for those deployments, according to a new Wave report by research firm Forrester. Read More With iOS app update, Microsoft wants SkyDrive to displace "camera roll" tools Microsoft has sharpened the photo management capabilities of its SkyDrive app for iOS, a step intended to make the cloud storage product the de facto "camera roll" tool across users' multiple devices. Read More Alcatel-Lucent says focus on fast broadband, IP is key to comeback With its new-found focus on IP networking and fast broadband access, Alcatel-Lucent is poised to take advantage of a worldwide explosion in mobile devices and the rush of service providers and operators to the cloud, company executives said at the networking vendor's tech symposium. Read More WEBCAST: Egnyte Consider Hybrid Approach to File-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! Microsoft adds load balancing as Azure availability stutters Microsoft struggled this week with multiple performance problems on its Azure cloud platform, while it also made the hosted load balancing service Traffic Manager generally available. Read More One million Xbox One consoles sold but Microsoft's cloud choked on launch day Microsoft launched Xbox One game consoles in 13 countries, selling over one million consoles within 24 hours, making Xbox One the biggest launch in Xbox history. In the first 24 hours, Microsoft reported that Xbox One gamers killed over 60 million zombies in "Dead Rising 3," and drove more than 3.6 million miles in "Forza Motorsport 5." Read More How to determine if your application is suitable for the cloud The factors to consider when evaluating whether a particular application is suitable for the cloud. Read More
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