6 amazing advances in cloud technology

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	6 amazing advances in cloud technology The cloud is more than just dirt-cheap data storage and lightning-fast apps. These six innovations show that it's possible to manage servers, develop applications, run virtual machines and even sequence the human genome using cloud technology. Read More WEBCAST: CA Technologies LIVE EVENT: 5/7, The End of Data Protection As We Know It. Traditional backup is going away, but where does this leave end-users? Learn more! In this Issue Would Amazon dare to make a phone? Of course Microsoft's Office for iPad shakes up mobile enterprise 10 Big Data startups to watch With a Wi-Fi cloud service, Ruckus aims to help hotspot owners make money Box patches Heartbleed flaw in its cloud storage systems Salesforce.com to spend nearly $700 million to expand headquarters Industrial Internet can't succeed without Big Data and cloud, GE says Big data drives 47% growth for top 50 public cloud companies Amazons says cloud customers can take precautions to defend against Heartbleed Rimini Street diversifies with cloud services for Workday, Salesforce.com WHITE PAPER: Google Apps Radicati: Cloud Business Email - Market Quadrant 2013 Google was named the top cloud business email provider in a recent report by research firm Radicati. Out of 14 key players, Google Apps for Business leads the pack in both functionality and estimated adoption. Learn more! Would Amazon dare to make a phone? Of course The idea of an Amazon smartphone, reportedly in the works for a September release, may seem far-fetched or foolhardy but isn't that big a stretch for the ambitious shopping, device and content giant. Read More Microsoft's Office for iPad shakes up mobile enterprise It's hard to overstate the impact of the Microsoft Office for iPad. The arrival of the dominant productivity suite on the dominant tablet promises to change how iPads are viewed in the enterprise. Office for iPad may also crush competitive apps, shut out cloud storage providers and limit MDM vendors. Read More 10 Big Data startups to watch The Big Data space is heating up – to the point that many pundits already see it as the over-hyped heir to "cloud." The hype may be a bit much, but Big Data is already living up to its potential, transforming entire business lines, such as marketing, pharmaceutical research, and cyber-security. Read More WEBCAST: Brocade Communications Top 3 Network Challenges Limiting IT Agility Are technical challenges preventing you from building cloud infrastructures? This Webinar will explain the top three challenges facing network architects today, along with the key steps for improving IT agility. View Now>> With a Wi-Fi cloud service, Ruckus aims to help hotspot owners make money The latest entrant into cloud-based Wi-Fi plans to apply the technique to public Wi-Fi hotspots, helping enterprises and service providers to better manage and monetize their networks. Read More Box patches Heartbleed flaw in its cloud storage systems Box has patched the Heartbleed security hole on its servers and has advised its customers to change their passwords. Read More Salesforce.com to spend nearly $700 million to expand headquarters Fast-growing cloud software vendor Salesforce.com is planning to expand its San Francisco headquarters by more than 700,000 square feet, taking a 15.5-year lease on a 61-story office building under construction. Read More WEBCAST: Network Instruments 5 Best Practices for Optimizing UC Monitoring This webcast discusses five best practices on how to successfully optimize and manage UC, as well as how to gain clear picture of overall performance and quickly troubleshoot when the inevitable issues arise. Learn More Industrial Internet can't succeed without Big Data and cloud, GE says Hear the phrases 'Industrial Internet' or 'Internet of Things' and you probably think of billions of connected devices. That's all well and good, but without the computing power to assess all the data coming from these devices, GE suggests that enterprises won't realize the full potential of the industrial Internet. Read More Big data drives 47% growth for top 50 public cloud companies Big data analytics are driving rapid growth for public cloud computing vendors with revenues for the top 50 public cloud providers shooting up 47% in the fourth quarter last year to $6.2 billion, according to Technology Business Review Inc. Read More Amazons says cloud customers can take precautions to defend against Heartbleed Amazon Web Services, one of the most popular cloud computing platforms, which hosts a large number of websites on the Internet, said this week that it has been able to mitigate the impact of the Heartbleed OpenSSL bug revealed this week. But, it because of a "shared security" model that AWS operates under, some customers can take action if they want to take extra precautions. Read More Rimini Street diversifies with cloud services for Workday, Salesforce.com Independent Oracle and SAP support provider Rimini Street will now offer integration services for customers who want to adopt SaaS (software-as-a-service) offerings from the likes of Salesforce.com and Workday. Read More
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