Interop 2014: Mobile is here, cloud is next, SDN is coming

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	Interop 2014: Mobile is here, cloud is next, SDN is coming Interop, one of the premier shows for networking each year, kicked off its general session on Wednesday proclaiming that a new era of IT is upon the world, led by a mobile revolution and supported by cloud computing. And more change is on the way as software-defined networking quickly matures into a platform for enterprises to seriously consider. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: ShoreTel ShoreTel UC Virtualization Simplifies Network, Reduces Costs A challenge to deploy, Unified Communications requires a dedicated server per application. Virtualizing UC and consolidating apps on hardware conserves cost, space and maintenance. UC virtualization is unique with the ability to mix and match hardware and virtual appliances in a single network, managed by a single web-based interface. Check out how to select the UC deployment model that best suits your needs In this Issue Cisco's Intercloud strategy is no threat to its channel partners Hot products at Interop Apple, cloud computing share the blame in new "Sex Tape" movie Salesforce.com pins growth hopes on industries, wants to be bigger than SAP Canonical to close Ubuntu One cloud-storage service Cisco reveals OpenFlow SDN killer Researchers publicly disclose vulnerabilities in Oracle Java Cloud Service Western Digital's 'MyCloud' has been broken for 5 days Nadella unveils mobile managment suite for iPad, and eventually Android Tidemark wants to save European companies from Excel hell, says CEO WEBCAST: IBM Evolving Your Integration Strategy to Extend Beyond IT These days, integration is no longer optional, but this ubiquity can hide the massive and rapid change which integration is undergoing. In the next few years, we will see new approaches to integration being adopted by central IT and lines of business, increasing demand for more agile and hybrid deployments, and analytics and API networks. Learn More Cisco's Intercloud strategy is no threat to its channel partners By far, the biggest news last week from Cisco's channel event, Partner Summit, was the Intercloud announcement, where the company outlined its vision for a world of interconnected, federated clouds. Read More Hot products at Interop These products are on display at the annual tech conference in Vegas. Read More Apple, cloud computing share the blame in new "Sex Tape" movie You'd almost think Apple rival Samsung underwrote the upcoming movie "Sex Tape" when you see the just released NSFW trailer. Read More WHITE PAPER: Intigua Systems Management Virtualization Discover how virtualizing the management layer, by de-coupling agents from the underlying server infrastructure, eliminates the need to install physical agents on servers and makes ongoing management tasks such as provisioning and updating agents as simple as copying a single "virtual agent" file to all required servers. Read more. Learn More Salesforce.com pins growth hopes on industries, wants to be bigger than SAP Salesforce.com is betting that a push into industry-specific versions of its cloud-based software can help it maintain its breakneck pace of growth, and even usurp SAP as the industry's largest enterprise application vendor. Read More Canonical to close Ubuntu One cloud-storage service Canonical is shutting down its Ubuntu One cloud-storage service rather than continue to go up against competitors such as Dropbox, Google Drive and EMC Syncplicity. Read More Cisco reveals OpenFlow SDN killer At Interop this week, Cisco is unveiling an alternative to OpenFlow for software-defined networking and proposing it as a standard, while adding it as a vital component of the company's new programmable architecture. Read More WHITE PAPER: Spirent Hardware Test is the Key to Accurate Network Testing Surprisingly, many organizations are not adequately testing their networks. Network testing is crucial for any IT organization that wants to ensure availability, security and performance of applications and services running on their networks. Learn More>> Researchers publicly disclose vulnerabilities in Oracle Java Cloud Service Security researchers released technical details and proof-of-concept code for 30 security issues affecting Oracle's Java Cloud Service, some of which could allow attackers to compromise business-critical Java applications deployed on it. Read More Western Digital's 'MyCloud' has been broken for 5 days WDs My Cloud and My Book Live have been experiencing intermittent server issues that have disrupted remote access for customers attempting to connect to the cloud storage products for five days. Read More Nadella unveils mobile managment suite for iPad, and eventually Android Along with Office on the iPad, Microsoft Thursday released a comprehensive Enterprise Mobility Suite for managing and securing mobile devices, mobile applications and user identity and access -- all from the cloud. Read More Tidemark wants to save European companies from Excel hell, says CEO Tidemark is expanding to Europe, where it hopes its cloud-based apps and HTML5-based clients will help wean businesses off their dependency on Excel and email for financial planning and analytics. Read More
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