Hybrid cloud: The year of adoption is upon us

	2014 outlook: Innovation agenda makes shadow IT OK | Hackers claim to expose phone information of 4.6 million Snapchat users
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	Hybrid cloud: The year of adoption is upon us 2013 was the year vendors got their hybrid cloud strategies out in the open, and 2014 will be the year when customers start using them. Read More WHITE PAPER: iLand Internet Solutions Transparency in the Public Cloud To date, IT organizations have been forced to sacrifice transparency to get the scalability, improved performance, and other benefits provided by a public cloud. This paper discusses how you can now get the same visibility in the public cloud that you have in your own data center – or even better. Learn More In this Issue 2014 outlook: Innovation agenda makes shadow IT OK Hackers claim to expose phone information of 4.6 million Snapchat users The worst cloud outages of 2013 (part 2) Cloud computing 2014: Moving to a zero-trust security model SDN in 2014: More of everything What to expect of Internet of Things in 2014 Chromebooks' success punches Microsoft in the gut SaaS predictions for 2014 Virtualization, security advances on tap for ADCs WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Virtualizing Your Infrastructure with a Path to the Cloud IT needs to deliver more services, with greater agility and a high level of availability while keeping operational expenses low. This paper explains 5 reasons to deploy blades as you build out your virtualized infrastructure. Learn More 2014 outlook: Innovation agenda makes shadow IT OK A rise in operational spending bodes well for hiring, which remains a bright spot in the tech industry. The biggest drivers of IT spending growth are cloud computing, mobility, big data and social networking technologies. Read More Hackers claim to expose phone information of 4.6 million Snapchat users Phone numbers paired with user names of over 4.6 million alleged Snapchat users were posted online by hackers, a few days after a security research group claimed a vulnerability in the social sharing service that could allow attackers to match phone numbers to Snapchat accounts. Read More The worst cloud outages of 2013 (part 2) We've seen some embarrassingly bad cloud outages in 2013 from some of the biggest names in technology. So which fail was the worst of them all? Read More 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 >> Cloud computing 2014: Moving to a zero-trust security model The leaking of classified documents detailing the data collection activities of the U.S. National Security Agency reignited some long-standing concerns about the vulnerability of enterprise data stored in the cloud. Read More SDN in 2014: More of everything Last year saw tons of activity in software-defined networking, including the introduction of Cisco's response to the hardware-marginalizing trend. This year promises to be no different for SDN. Read More What to expect of Internet of Things in 2014 The Internet of Things will continue to creep into consumers' homes in 2014, but the real growth in the next year is likely to be in the enterprise. 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. Chromebooks' success punches Microsoft in the gut Chromebooks had a very good year, according to retailer Amazon.com and industry analysts. And that's bad news for Microsoft. Read More SaaS predictions for 2014 While the bulk of enterprise software is still deployed on-premises, SaaS (software as a service) continues to undergo rapid growth. Gartner has said the total market will top $22 billion through 2015, up from more than $14 billion in 2012. Read More Virtualization, security advances on tap for ADCs As 2014 kicks off, two of the main issues for the growing ADC market are security and virtualization – the technology has several features that have implications for denial-of-service protection, and the trend toward SDN and network virtualization has many people looking for software-only application delivery. Read More
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