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	SDN showdown: Examining the differences between VMware's NSX and Cisco's ACI The arrival of Software Defined Networking (SDN), which is often talked about as a game changing technology, is pitting two industry kingpins and former allies against each other: Cisco and VMware. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Bloor Research: The Economics of Cloud-Managed Integration Save time and money with cloud-managed integration Are you concerned about the cost and length of time it takes to integrate applications and data? You shouldn't be – cloud-based integration platforms dramatically speed results, increase productivity and lower costs. Learn more in this new white paper by Bloor Research. View now In this Issue Thanks to the NSA, quantum computing may some day be in the cloud 2014 by the numbers: Predictions and projections Why one company declined cloud-based 'crisis communications system' Ubuntu 13.10 takes aim at Microsoft, Apple, Google Microsoft buys Parature for customer self-service software Enterprise apps in 2014: What's in store By 2018, cars will be self-aware Global IT spending outlook 'better but subpar' for 2014, Forrester says Hybrid cloud: The year of adoption is upon us WEBCAST: Dell and Intel® Unleashing the potential of your virtual environment IT organizations continue to strive for efficiency in their virtual environments. These efforts are often undermined by traditional practices involving the purchase and deployment of infrastructure resulting in suboptimal management environments and inflexible architectures. View Now Thanks to the NSA, quantum computing may some day be in the cloud The NSA is spending some $80 million in basic research on quantum computing, money that may ultimately help commercialize quantum computing for the private sector. Read More 2014 by the numbers: Predictions and projections Cloud, mobility, big data, SDN, wearables -- see what's in store for 2014. Read More Why one company declined cloud-based 'crisis communications system' Cloud-based services are still often seen as too risky for sensitive information. Take the case at Kingsport, Tenn.-based Eastman Chemical Company, which said "no" to the cloud when designing its new crisis communications system. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors HP StoreOnce Extends its Industry Leadership In this competitive whitepaper, Edison Group provides an independent, third-party perspective and evaluation of HP's new B6200 StoreOnce Backup System versus EMC Data Domain. Criteria considered included scalability (including capacity and performance), high availability, architectural approach, pricing, and licensing. Learn More Ubuntu 13.10 takes aim at Microsoft, Apple, Google Canonical is making a serious run at the cloud, client, server and smartphone markets. Read More Microsoft buys Parature for customer self-service software Microsoft is rounding out its Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) product by acquiring Parature, maker of cloud-based software companies can use to create self-service portals for customers. Read More Enterprise apps in 2014: What's in store If recent history is any indication, 2014 will be a busy year for the enterprise applications industry as vendors jockey for position and customers ponder moves from legacy ERP (enterprise resource planning) and CRM (customer relationship management) implementations to cloud-based services. Here's a look at what some of the sector's main players are likely to do as the year unfolds. Read More WHITE PAPER: Attachmate The Need for Enterprise-Grade File Transfer From email to Dropbox and FTP, the status quo of file transfer in most organizations is UFT—or Unmanaged File Transfer. That's the troubling finding of a 2013 survey conducted by Osterman Research. Read this paper to learn how enterprise-grade Managed File Transfer (MFT) can help. View Now By 2018, cars will be self-aware As car telematics systems become connected to the Internet, cars will become one more device on consumer mobile data plans. But connecting to the cloud also means vehicles will be aware of everything around them. Read More Global IT spending outlook 'better but subpar' for 2014, Forrester says Global spending on technology will rise 6.2 percent in U.S. dollars to US$2.22 trillion in 2014, helped by an improving economy and growing interest in areas such as mobility and cloud computing, according to new data from Forrester Research. Read More 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
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