9 things to know before you store data in the cloud

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	9 things to know before you store data in the cloud The amount of electronic information (e.g., documents, images, emails, videos) organizations produce is staggering. Storing all your digital data in your data center can be expensive. That's why cloud storage -- which often comes at a fraction of the cost of storing the information on-premises -- has become increasingly popular. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Alert Logic, Inc. Free Report: Understand Security Threats in the Cloud Alert Logic's Threat Research Team has analyzed real incident data to identify the unique risk profile of cloud IT based on actual user experience. Download this free report for insight for your cloud security planning. In this Issue Docker becomes de facto Linux standard How to use service catalogs to combat cloud sprawl Canonical's new Ubuntu focuses on the long haul Jetpack for WordPress pushes patch for two year-old flaw Collaboration 2.0: Old meets new Dropbox diversifies beyond storage with photos, collaboration apps Google steps up competition with Amazon, expands Cloud Platform to Asia SAP reports strong growth in cloud amid slow overall revenue growth CorvisaCloud delivers contact center platform Tibco 6.0 moves outside the data center Government CIOs face data center consolidation challenges WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems, Cisco, & NetApp Infographic: Eliminating Desktop Virtualization Bottlenecks Organizations are turning to desktop virtualization to provide greater mobility, reduce IT costs and improve security. Find out why more and more organizations today are turning to converged architectures to deploy virtual desktops efficiently. Learn more Docker becomes de facto Linux standard Lots of news coming out of the Red Hat Summit this week. A lot of the buzz is around containerization in general and Docker in particular. Docker is set to ship with the latest version of RHEL (RHEL 7.0). Also Docker will integrate with Red Hat's Open Shift PaaS. Read More How to use service catalogs to combat cloud sprawl Cloud usage is growing dramatically, but unfortunately some of that growth is the result of employees going around IT and obtaining services directly, resulting in cloud sprawl. Service catalogs can help you get your arms around cloud services, regain control of business processes, and enable you to better serve business users. Read More Canonical's new Ubuntu focuses on the long haul As organizations move in-house systems to the cloud, Canonical wants them to consider switching their OSes as well. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems, Cisco, & NetApp University of Tennesse Knoxville success story The University of Tennessee Knoxville needed a desktop virtualization solution to support anywhere, anytime student computing while conserving IT resources and budget. Discover how an integrated infrastructure from NetApp, Cisco and Citrix helped them simplify deployment, reduce costs and minimize risk. Learn more Jetpack for WordPress pushes patch for two year-old flaw The developers behind Jetpack, one of WordPress' most popular plugins, have patched a serious flaw introduced in 2012 that would enable an attacker bypass access controls and publish posts to any website hosted on the blogging platform. Read More Collaboration 2.0: Old meets new Today's tools are a lot like yesterday's in some respects, except they add features for cloud, social, Web and mobile. They're also a whole lot easier to use. Read More Dropbox diversifies beyond storage with photos, collaboration apps Dropbox, the cloud storage and file sharing vendor, is expanding its scope into photo management and document collaboration. Read More WHITE PAPER: RES Software Bridging the Gap Between Business and IT There's a growing gap between business users and IT services. Differences between what users want and what IT can provide are driving a wedge between these two camps. Learn how this gap can be closed with the RES IT Store delivering automation in an easy-to-use and easy-to-implement package. Learn more Google steps up competition with Amazon, expands Cloud Platform to Asia Google has expanded its Cloud Platform to include locally hosted computing capacity, storage and data bases for the Asia-Pacific region. Read More SAP reports strong growth in cloud amid slow overall revenue growth SAP reported a strong growth in cloud revenue and fast adoption of its HANA platform in the first quarter, while its software revenue dipped from the same quarter in the previous year. Read More CorvisaCloud delivers contact center platform CorvisaCloud, a cloud-based contact center software provider, has just released its hosted voice and SMS platform with general availability to the public. The service had been in beta test with multiple customers, also accepting registrants that can now take advantage of the service. The service, provided as a product-plus-platform solution, is designed to offer an existing feature suite, also giving businesses and developers the ability to build custom applications. Read More Tibco 6.0 moves outside the data center Updating its platform for the hyper-connected cloud era, Tibco has equipped the new version of its flagship application-integration software with the ability to communicate with external applications. Read More Government CIOs face data center consolidation challenges Federal CIOs face pressure to consolidate their agencies' data center infrastructure. Those challenge are much bigger than just an IT, and experts advise CIOs to develop strategic plans so that consolidation improves application delivery and supports priorities such as cloud computing and virtualization. Read More
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