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Little-known Cisco open source project among contributors to OpenStack Neutron policy blueprint
Multiple vendors, including an open source project within Cisco, have had a policy blueprint approved for the OpenStack cloud platform's Neutron networking component. Read More


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From Application Chaos to Application Fluency
IT and business units living in harmony, embracing application and device freedom, sounds more like science fiction than reality? But this is not only possible, it has become essential for today's business to achieve growth and remain competitive. Learn More

25 geeky Mother's Day gifts
Mother's Day is coming up, and we've found 25 gifts inspired by tech, science and math for geek-minded matriarchs. Read More

Run your own cloud storage for less, EMC says
EMC is taking on Amazon's cloud storage service with a private cloud platform it says will cost less to use. Read More

White House Calls for Big Data and Cloud Privacy Overhaul
Leading tech groups welcome call for data breach law and outdated cloud privacy statute, but warn against overreaching consumer privacy legislation. Read More


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Become a Social Business in the Cloud
Deepen your customer relationships. Drive operational effectiveness. Optimize your workforce. Read this solution brief to see how using IBM SmartCloud for Social Business services to become a social business can help your organization simplify, speed up and enhance interactions in practically all areas of the business. Learn More

Afraid of the cloud? How to handle your fears
A study released this week shows that 73% of IT executives believe cloud providers are hiding performance problems. Read More

Why is a former NFL cheerleader making Google and Facebook nervous?
What's so bad about one former cheerleader that Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Amazon, Gawker and BuzzFeed are all teaming up legally against her? She may finally make Websites liable for their content. Read More

What's behind Amazon's reported dive into the smartphone business?
An Amazon smartphone is in the news again. Amazon is already in the smartphone business, selling many manufacturers smartphones and most carriers' plans through its marketplace. Its management knows that smartphones are a dog-eat-dog commodity business, and it is no secret that Samsung and Apple are the only profitable manufacturers in the smartphone business. Read More


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Oracle will allow customers to swap on-premises software for cloud services
Oracle will allow customers to convert money they're now spending on annual support for on-premises into software subscriptions for its SaaS (software as a service) applications, in a bid to block defections to competitors such as Workday and Salesforce.com. Read More

CTO says cloud services earn vote of international election monitoring group
The National Democratic Institute has workers in 65 countries -- not all of them friendly. To support its growing global mission, and to improve efficiency without buying more hardware, the nonpartisan nonprofit has spent the last four years migrating to the cloud. Read More

Cloud apps soar, CIOs take on new role
As cloud apps become more business-critical, the CIO is emerging as the cloud services broker. In this new IT model, which is expected to expand rapidly in the next 12 months, CIOs can push cloud service providers to deliver detailed SLAs. Read More


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