Inside Dropbox's plans for enterprise domination

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	Inside Dropbox's plans for enterprise domination Last week, Dropbox announced a deal calling for Dell's global sales team to sell its Dropbox for Business cloud-based storage and file-sharing services, with or without Dell Data Protection encryption, and for Dell to pre-install Dropbox on all its PC and tablets. It's a big deal for Dropbox, but only the latest step in the company's master plan to move from plucky storage startup to ubiquitous storage and file sharing option for consumers and enterprises Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Understanding Enterprise Cloud Governance This whitepaper covers how to deliver the agility of cloud computing address while still maintaining operational control, through the use of cloud management software, View Now In this Issue iCloud backup tricks for the iPhone and iPad Bruce Schneier leaving 'security futurologist' position at telco employer BT Microsoft adds service provider partners to Cloud OS vision Verizon LTE getting AWS upgrades, even as execs admit to some performance 'hot spots' 5 tips to keep your data secure on the cloud Dell and Red Hat: Two OpenStack heavy hitters team up to take on the cloud Box has been thinking outside of the cloud Dell joins forces with Dropbox to boost hosted storage for enterprises Rackspace banks on DevOps to help companies automate cloud management WHITE PAPER: Fortinet High Performance Data Center Firewall Survey With Data Centers consolidating and virtualizing, the core infrastructure is upgrading to 10G, 40G and even 100G. The Firewall must keep pace with these changes otherwise it becomes a bottleneck. Does your Firewall have the horsepower to keep up? View now >> iCloud backup tricks for the iPhone and iPad It's important to back up your iOS device, just as you should your Mac. You can back your iPad or iPhone up to your computer using iTunes, or you can back it up to Apple's iCloud. If you do the latter, the device backs up whenever you're connected to a Wi-Fi network, keeping your data well protected. Read More Bruce Schneier leaving 'security futurologist' position at telco employer BT What does the future hold for security and privacy expert Bruce Schneier after parting ways with the UK telecommunications company BT Group? It's where Schneier was employed for eight years as a security futurologist. Schneier said of his future plans: "Answer cloudy, ask again later." Read More Microsoft adds service provider partners to Cloud OS vision Microsofts Cloud OS Network is designed to give IT customers the flexibility of a consistent platform that spans data centers, Windows Azure and service provider clouds. Read More WHITE PAPER: Stratacache Maximizing the Online Experience with Cache Technology In this enlightening interview, we explore how retail cache technology reduces latency and diminishes bandwidth requirements for an optimal user experience. Learn More. Verizon LTE getting AWS upgrades, even as execs admit to some performance 'hot spots' Verizon Wireless Monday continued to maintain that it has the "largest and most reliable 4G LTE network" in the U.S. despite the recent admission by some company executives of some dents in the armor. Read More 5 tips to keep your data secure on the cloud The number of personal cloud users increases every year and is not about to slow down. Back in 2012 Gartner predicted the complete shift from offline PC work to mostly on-cloud by 2014. And it's happening. Read More Dell and Red Hat: Two OpenStack heavy hitters team up to take on the cloud Dell has its big conference this week in Texas and while perhaps the audience was wowed by Elon Musk rolling into Dell World in a Telsa Model S (yup, that's him in the passenger seat making his grand entrance courtesy of @stu) the bigger news from the show, from a cloud perspective, was the announcement of a partnership between Dell and Red Hat. Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T Transforming Your Organization with Mobility This whitepaper intends to help organizations understand the critical elements of a mobilization solution, the value and inter-dependencies, and important enablement assessment questions. Learn More Box has been thinking outside of the cloud Many people think of Box as a cloud company. But really, it's a collaboration company, says Vikrant Karnik, senior vice president of enterprise cloud consulting services for systems integrator Capgemini, a newly minted Box partner. Read More Dell joins forces with Dropbox to boost hosted storage for enterprises Dropbox is getting help from Dell to convince enterprises to pick its hosted storage and file-sharing platform, and also to make it more secure. Read More Rackspace banks on DevOps to help companies automate cloud management Rackspace Hosting is extending its support offerings to include DevOps tools such as Chef to help enterprises automate the management of their clouds. Read More
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