IDC: Apps will drive public cloud spending

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	IDC: Apps will drive public cloud spending to sustained double-digit growth Global spending on public cloud services reached US$45.7 billion last year and will experience a 23 percent compound annual growth rate through 2018, according to analyst firm IDC. Read More WEBCAST: HP Meg Whitman presents Unlocking IT with Big Data Today, the industry is at an inflection point - driven by a triple storm of Big Data, cloud, and mobility; and in this new environment, security is paramount. The New Style of IT is about how businesses and IT leverage this rapid change for enterprise growth. Learn More In this Issue Tech companies pick up tab for pricey CEO perks You don't know Docs from Drive: Google's productivity apps, explained Gartner scales back Windows forecast Google's Larry Page talks of killing the 40-hour work week Lights out for Yahoo's Shine site, Xobni email apps, other products EMC acquires TwinStrata to push corporate data into the cloud IT Operations Analytics (ITOA) provides real time monitoring of large volumes of data Samsung waves white flag on content push, closes Video Hub No-IP regains control of some domains wrested by Microsoft RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Boston IT Roadmap Boston – 7/17 Register Now! IT Roadmap is the one day, cost free, professional-level conference and expo that's full of job-ready solutions you can put to work now. IT Roadmap Boston is the place where IT leaders come to explore high-priority IT issues -- and learn how to meet today's requirements for anytime, anywhere business interactions. Click to continue Tech companies pick up tab for pricey CEO perks CEO perks are a magnet for shareholder criticism, but some extras are hard for execs to relinquish. Find out which tech CEOs indulged the most. Read More You don't know Docs from Drive: Google's productivity apps, explained Google's recent upgrades to Drive have made clear the company's going head-to-head with Microsoft on productivity services. Unfortunately, in its efforts to emulate the industry standard, Google's made its cloud-based apps every bit as Byzantine as Office365. Read More Gartner scales back Windows forecast Gartner today scaled back its forecast of Windows' near future, saying that while Microsoft's operating system will power an increasing number of devices this year and next, the gains will be smaller than it projected six months ago. Read More WEBCAST: IBM The Next Generation of Big Data Learn about IBM's new and expanded Information Management capabilities now delivered in the cloud. Learn More Google's Larry Page talks of killing the 40-hour work week Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page said we may someday see more part-time work weeks than we do today. Read More Lights out for Yahoo's Shine site, Xobni email apps, other products Yahoo is shutting down a range of products, including apps from its acquisition of email management service Xobni, and its Shine women's lifestyle site. Read More EMC acquires TwinStrata to push corporate data into the cloud EMC will embed TwinStrata's CloudArray into its new VMAX3 enterprise data service platform. Read More WEBCAST: Network Instruments 3 Choices for Effective UC Management 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 IT Operations Analytics (ITOA) provides real time monitoring of large volumes of data Now that you have initiatives to migrate to the cloud, extend to the mobile web and integrate all the pieces from the bring your own device (BYOD) movement, the next hurdle is going to be keeping an eye on all these moving pieces. Read More Samsung waves white flag on content push, closes Video Hub After shutting down its in-house book and music services, Samsung Electronics is closing the company's Video and Media Hub, which hasn't been able to compete with the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Google. Read More No-IP regains control of some domains wrested by Microsoft A Nevada-based company has regained control of the majority of domains seized by Microsoft in a legal action aimed at shutting down botnets. Read More
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