Cloud optimization tools go hybrid; Box enlists CIOs

	Box to enlist CIOs as it targets vertical industries | GoGrid wants to be your open source alternative to Amazon's cloud databases
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	Cloud optimization tools go hybrid One of the hottest categories of tools to help manage your cloud computing deployment has been optimization and price performance services that recommend how you can more efficiently use cloud resources. Up until now, however, these services have been focused on public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services and Rackspace. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xirrus BYOD Requires New Network Strategies The concept of bring-your–own-device (BYOD) is driving the most significant IT shift since the dawn of computing. The migration to mobile computing promises to bring us closer to the vision of being able to deliver any content to any device. Learn more>> In this Issue Box to enlist CIOs as it targets vertical industries GoGrid wants to be your open source alternative to Amazon's cloud databases Tip of the Hat: The 'forking' of Android is inevitable 23 Signs Your Cloud Project May Be in Trouble Slack exits beta with its tool for information overload Denial-of-service vulnerability puts Apache Tomcat servers at risk Ericsson readies mobile unified communications push How DevOps Can Accelerate the Cloud Application Lifecycle Companies looking to DevOps to automate more and save time Verizon denies throttling Amazon's cloud, Netflix services WHITE PAPER: RES Software Automation for a Better Tomorrow Check out the five most common annoyances facing enterprise IT service desks today, and how automation can resolve all of them. Download the white paper Learn more Box to enlist CIOs as it targets vertical industries Box will beef up its consulting team this year with several CIOs as it seeks to grow sales and adoption of its enterprise cloud storage and file sharing service in specific industries. Read More GoGrid wants to be your open source alternative to Amazon's cloud databases Amazon Web Services is a juggernaut in the infrastructure as a service market, but GoGrid, a midsize IaaS competitor that aims to be the cloud for big data, says it wants to offer an alternative to AWS's platform. And it's hoping to do so through open source databases. Read More Tip of the Hat: The 'forking' of Android is inevitable The open source code that made Android a success is started blunting Google's control over mobile platform. Device makers like Amazon and Nokia are modifying -- or forking -- Android's source code to support its apps rather than Google's. 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>> 23 Signs Your Cloud Project May Be in Trouble On many an old map, unknown territories were marked, 'Here be dragons!' Sure, it's actionable, but it's not very informative. Centuries later, do we have the same problem with software project management? Here's how to slay the dragons that threaten to set your cloud projects aflame. Read More Slack exits beta with its tool for information overload With information besieging users from all sides and ending up archived -- or not -- in email, cloud storage or simply lurking in social media streams, keeping everything organized can be a chore. A service now out of beta from the co-founder of Flickr claims to have a better way. Read More Denial-of-service vulnerability puts Apache Tomcat servers at risk Security researchers published a proof-of-concept exploit for a recently disclosed vulnerability that allows attackers to launch denial-of-service attacks against websites hosted on Apache Tomcat servers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism The 2013 Mobile App Performance Management Report Most enterprises are looking for ways to leverage their investments in web technology to handle mobile app performance, but between monitoring, OS variants, screen sizes and OEMs, this can be a costly and complex approach. This 2013 Mobile APM Report highlights best practices for meeting mobile app challenges and ensuring mobile app performance. Read more! Ericsson readies mobile unified communications push Enterprises will in the future get hosted unified communication services via mobile networks, according to telecom vendor Ericsson, which has developed the underlying platform to make that possible. Read More How DevOps Can Accelerate the Cloud Application Lifecycle In the past, infrastructure deployment and application updates both slowed the development lifecycle. Now that cloud computing lets organizations provision resources in minutes, not months, it's time to alter the application lifecycle accordingly. DevOps can help -- but only if it extends beyond 'culture change' to actually achieve continuous deployment. Read More Companies looking to DevOps to automate more and save time As I have written about before, back in October I attended a DevOps conference sponsored by SoftLayer/IBM and JumpCloud. Just the other day JumpCloud released the results of a survey taken of the 200+ attendees. Read More Verizon denies throttling Amazon's cloud, Netflix services Verizon is denying a charge leveled by a security expert – and seemingly acknowledged by its own customer service department – that it is "limiting bandwidth" to Amazon Web Services, and by extension Netflix, in response to a recent court decision. Read More
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