Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Chef muscles up with Microsoft, Amazon

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Chef muscles up with Microsoft, Amazon
Chef, a popular open source software program for managing the configuration settings of servers, software and other IT components, now can reach deeper into the data center with the help of some intertwined services from Microsoft, VMware and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Read More


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WEBCAST: Xirrus/Cisco/Aerohive/Extreme Networks/Motorola

Is a Cloud-Based Wi-Fi Right for Your Enterprise?
Mathew Edwards from Aerohive, Mike Leibovitz from Extreme Networks and Robin start by defining a cloud-based Wi-Fi offering. They then review the pros and cons of two different types of cloud offerings. They finish up by exploring the cost implications and key questions to ask any possible cloud-based vendors. View now

Riverbed teases with free SteelStore offering
Riverbed announced today that customers can now use the virtual edition of the company's SteelStore storage appliance for free, bundling the product with six months of Amazon S3 cloud storage (at 8TB per month of volume) on the house. Read More

Cisco's UCS splash: some unfinished business
Cisco executives say this week's launch of its expanded UCS servers is "the most significant technology announcement from Cisco this year" but there's more to come. Read More

Netflix looking to hire a 'Chaos Engineer'
Here's a job offering you don't see every day (asterisks mine): "Netflix is hiring a 'Chaos Engineer' … Basically, somebody to go in and f**k s**t up to prove we can recover. Read More


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The Cloud BI that IT and Developers Demand
Jaspersoft for AWS allows developers and IT professionals to easily and affordably build business intelligence solutions as well as embed visualizations and analytics inside applications. Pricing starts at <$1/hr in a pay-as-you-go model. Learn more

Hackers launch Apple ID phishing campaign playing on iCloud security worries
Phishing emails masquerade as security alerts from Apple about rogue iTunes purchases, researchers from Symantec said. Read More

Good vibrations will power IoT for a California offshore mussel ranch
The Internet of Things already includes cows and pigs, but it's about to branch out into another form of agriculture: an underwater ranch. Read More

Malicious advertising hits Amazon, YouTube and Yahoo, Cisco says
The 'Kyle and Stan' network has been running since May. Read More


WHITE PAPER: CradlePoint

Mitigating Security Risks at the Network's Edge
This white paper provides strategies and best practices for distributed enterprises to protect their networks against vulnerabilities, threats, and malicious attacks. Learn More

Cloud host DigitalOcean catches Docker fever
Digital Ocean now offers CoreOS virtual machines, with built-in Docker support. Read More

Microsoft rolls out migration tool for porting apps into Azure cloud
One of the big problems with IaaS cloud computing is how to get apps up into the cloud. There are a variety of emerging technologies for solving this problem, but Microsoft is one of the first big vendors to acquire a company that specializes in this and today the company is making the service available in its cloud. Read More

Debunking the top open source myths
Today many IT executives choose open source over proprietary software for everything from cloud computing to facilitating teamwork among remote workers. Read More

IBM secures SoftLayer with Intel trusted modules
Intel's Trusted Execution Technology helps the IBM cloud service meet stringent compliance and auditing regulations. Read More


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