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	Why VMware spent $1.5B on AirWatch VMware's purchase of AirWatch shows just how important the mobile device management market is for not only end users, but big technology companies too. The move - which at $1.5 billion is the largest acquisition in company history – also sets VMware on a path to further diversity from its core virtualization and cloud computing markets and almost instantly become a major player in the mobile market. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Cloud Insight: 6 facts for defining a cloud strategy Misinformation may be the most daunting obstacle when building an IT infrastructure. To help you separate the facts from the hype, experts from HP Technology Consulting have created this informative guide to provide you with the insight you need to make decisions about successful cloud strategies. Read Now>> In this Issue Amazon posted 16,100 IT job ads last year, tops in U.S. Red Hat refreshes private cloud stacks for the enterprise Start-up takes on threat detection and intelligence-sharing for the enterprise Verizon continues video buying spree with Intel deal Backblaze lists most reliable hard drives based on its massive cloud study Amazon moves to next-generation compute instances SAP expects revenue of $30 billion by 2017, driven by cloud Report: Amazon considering live TV streaming service SAP's revenue mix is slowly shifting to cloud, preliminary figures show RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Open Business Conference Attend the Open Business Conference May 5-6 and discover... How tools for leveraging data have opened up almost completely. From Hadoop to Open Stack to NoSQL and technologies like MongoDB, never have so many powerful technologies been available to so many. As Big Data matures, these tools are becoming increasingly accessible. Register and attend May 5-6, 2014, The Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Click to continue Amazon posted 16,100 IT job ads last year, tops in U.S. The employer with the most IT job postings last year was Amazon.com, with 16,146 ads, exceeding most other IT firms by a wide margin, according to a new report. Read More Red Hat refreshes private cloud stacks for the enterprise Red Hat has updated a number of its products for running private clouds, better preparing them for the complex ways of the enterprise. Read More Start-up takes on threat detection and intelligence-sharing for the enterprise Start-up Confer recently debuted with software and services aimed at detecting stealthy malware and attackers targeting enterprise servers, laptops and mobile devices. Though market competition is fierce, Confer believes it can win through its application behavior-analysis approach and its cloud-managed threat-intelligence platform that makes use of the open protocol called STIX. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell DevOps for the Cloud This white paper delves into why and how integrated cloud management, as part of an overall DevOps strategy, enables true application lifecycle agility. View Now Verizon continues video buying spree with Intel deal Verizon Communications has signed a deal to acquire the assets of Intel Media, developer of the OnCue Cloud TV platform, as it looks to further strengthen its video offering across mobile and fixed networks. Read More Backblaze lists most reliable hard drives based on its massive cloud study Overall, Western Digital's drives on average lasted the longest; Seagate's came in last. Read More Amazon moves to next-generation compute instances Sensing the customer need for more computational muscle in smaller packages, Amazon Web Services has added a number of new packages in its Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) service. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc When Disaster Strikes, Can the Cloud Save Your Business? Find out why the survivors of Hurricane Sandy and other recent calamities say they wish they'd had cloud-based business VoIP communications, rather than "the vulnerability and limitations of the premises-based communications we had in place." Learn more >> SAP expects revenue of $30 billion by 2017, driven by cloud SAP plans to increase its total revenue to at least $30 billion, with revenue from its cloud business expected to grow up to a!3.5 billion by 2017. Read More Report: Amazon considering live TV streaming service Amazon has approached several major media conglomerates to discuss adding live cable TV channels to its Prime Instant Video service, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Read More SAP's revenue mix is slowly shifting to cloud, preliminary figures show SAP's business is gradually shifting to the SaaS (software as a service) model while sales of its Hana in-memory database platform continue to grow quickly, according to preliminary fourth-quarter and year-end results. Read More
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