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	INSIDER Quick guide: 25 tips and tricks for Google Drive power users Odds are you're already using Google Drive, the combination cloud-based storage service, online office suite, and overall connective tissue tying together numerous Google services. But are you making the most of its full potential?To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More WEBCAST: VCE Vblock™ Specialized System for SAP HANA® Deploy SAP HANA® fast and with low risk. VCE brings together all of the necessary components for SAP HANA® into a single, standardized converged infrastructure system to ensure maximum performance at scale even with high data volumes. Learn More In this Issue Pennsylvania, a 'Fortune 20' state, consolidates IT NetApp Private Storage adds an Azure cloud option Box lifts storage limit on Business edition, integrates service with Office Zimbra buys its way into cloud storage market Highs and lows of CEO pay Internet of Things spawns horde of imitators WEBCAST: VMware | IBM Virtualization Infrastructure With IBM and Vmware For over a decade, IBM and VMware have collaborated to deliver integrated virtualization solutions to tens of thousands of customers around the globe. Learn More Pennsylvania, a 'Fortune 20' state, consolidates IT Pennsylvania has signed a deal with Unisys to consolidate its data centers and create an on-demand, cloud computing environment. The just-announced seven-year deal was valued at $681 million by Unisys.Pennsylvania, which describes itself as "the equivalent of a Fortune 20 organization," plans to consolidate seven data centers into two. Its current data center operation is described in planning documents as decentralized and lacking standard processes.The state now has more than 53,000 square feet of raised data center floor space, some 6,000 servers and 2,700 TB of storage, according to request-for-proposals documents. The state's largest data center is 24,000 square feet; the smallest is 1,000 square feet.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More NetApp Private Storage adds an Azure cloud option Microsoft Azure just became the next cloud connection for NetApp Private Storage, which can already link enterprise storage to Amazon Web Services.With NetApp Private Storage (NPS), organizations store their data in collocation centers to get it close to cloud computing services. In most cases, it’s on the enterprise’s own storage gear, though some data-center operators provide the equipment and sell a managed service, according to Phil Brotherton, vice president of NetApp’s Cloud Solutions Group.Public cloud services such as Azure represent an alternative to in-house storage as well as to on-premises computing infrastructure, so in the long term they could prove stiff competition for NetApp’s core business. But as the range of options grows, many enterprises are embracing hybrid approaches today.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: ConnectIT Top Reasons to Attend ConnectIT - New York - Aug 21 Get the latest research on private cloud, data management and storage technologies. Meet with a range of solution providers to advance your data strategy. Learn about the latest solutions in a fast-paced round of presentations. Network with other data-, cloud- and storage-oriented IT professionals. 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Box lifts storage limit on Business edition, integrates service with Office Box has integrated its cloud storage and file share service with Microsoft’s Office productivity apps suite, and will offer unlimited capacity to customers of its Business edition, as the company waits for the right time to go public.The online storage provider already offers unlimited storage with its Enterprise plan, which costs US$35 per user/month, but the capacity was capped at 1TB for the Business edition, which costs $15 per user/month.That 1TB of storage had to be shared among the users in the Business account, and this was a problem for customers who want to roll out Box at a large, company-wide scale using the plan.“Enterprises shouldn’t worry about storage when using Box,” said CEO Aaron Levie.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Zimbra buys its way into cloud storage market Cloud storage and file-sharing fever has hit Zimbra.The company has acquired Mezeo to expand its product lineup, which includes the Zimbra Collaboration email and calendaring system and the Zimbra Community enterprise social networking (ESN) suite.MezeoFile, a file-sync and -share application, and MezeoCloud, a storage platform, include enterprise-grade IT controls, compliance and security, according to Zimbra.Zimbra’s products already have light file sharing and storage, but the capabilities aren’t as robust as those in the Mezeo wares, said Patrick Brandt, CEO of Zimbra.In addition, the file-sharing and storage components of Zimbra’s existing products are hardwired and can’t act as stand-alone storage repositories for other products. Moreover, the Mezeo products are architected to scale up for massive workloads.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software MyIT- Consumer Cool for Business Apps Rich Ptak discusses how BMC's MyIT combines the ease and familiarity of accessing today's consumer apps with the stability, security and strengths of the enterprise IT infrastructure. Learn More Highs and lows of CEO pay This year’s proxy season has come to a close, and after digging through regulatory filings, 10 highlights stand out in our analysis of 62 tech CEOs’ compensation.1. Tech CEOs don’t like to fly coach. Some fringe benefits are on the outs, like tax gross ups and club memberships. But not private jets. A number of employers continue to foot the bill for CEOs’ personal use of corporate aircraft. One frequent flier is Motorola Solutions’ Greg Brown, who logged $273,734 in personal travel last year. Other CEOs accustomed to using company jets for personal travel include: HP’s Meg Whitman (to the tune of $254,162), CSC’s Michael Lawrie ($237,469), CA’s Mike Gregoire ($177,557), IBM’s Virgina Rometty ($151,933), Verizon’s Lowell McAdam ($120,304), and EMC’s Joe Tucci ($106,121).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Internet of Things spawns horde of imitators This was inevitable: Endless hype about the Internet of Things has produced an endless string of imitators; the Internets of This, That and Whatever.There is the Internet of Newsletters, which is devoted to … go ahead, take a wild guess.The Internet of Caring Things feels your pain. So, too, does the Internet of Pain, especially when “suffering goes viral.”The Internet of Odd Future Remix seems to be a song, which, presumably, can be heard on the Internet of Sound.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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