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	Cisco, HP run the cloud "The cloud" can be an amorphous term, but underneath it all is compute, network and storage hardware. Which companies supply the most hardware that runs the cloud?According to new figures from Synergy Research Group, Cisco is the leading arms dealer for hardware that runs public clouds and HP gear is the most prevalent hardware for private clouds. Both companies have maintained their leads in these categories and together they make up 27% of overall revenues.+MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: Google vs. AWS cloud storage just got a whole lot more interesting +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   Five Levers to Lower Mainframe MLC Costs This paper discusses five levers you can use to lower your mainframe MLC costs by up to 20 percent or more. Explore best practices and real-world examples of dramatic savings through a mainframe MLC optimization strategy based on higher visibility, predictability, and automation. Learn More In this Issue Google vs. AWS cloud storage just got a whole lot more interesting Google offers low-cost, cloud-based backup service VCE expands its converged infrastructure portfolio Oldest dot-com address sits sadly underused 30 years after its historic registration Apple stores redefining mall economics WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   Best Practices Guide to Manage Mainframe Software Charges Monthly license charges (MLC) are rising by 7% or more each year, and account for 30% of total mainframe costs. Yet managing MLC costs is an inexact science. This best practice guide provides a step-by-step process to reduce mainframe MLC costs up to 20% without compromising business critical services. Learn More Google vs. AWS cloud storage just got a whole lot more interesting Google unveiled a new beta cloud storage offering named Nearline today that aims squarely at the company's biggest rival in the cloud, Amazon Web Services.Nearline is a public IaaS cloud service that allows customers to store data at a low cost with fast retrieval (in seconds). It competes most directly with AWS's Glacier "cold" storage service, which promises customers inexpensive storage in exchange for long wait times (up to hours) to access data.+MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: The myth about how Amazon's cloud started just won't die +To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   : NexGen Storage Achieve Consistent Performance With Hybrid Flash Array Download now and examine Orangefield's journey to find a solution that would meet, and exceed, their performance and capacity requirements. Learn More Google offers low-cost, cloud-based backup service Google has unveiled a new backup storage service designed to provide enterprises and startups with a low-cost way of storing and archiving large amounts of information.The Google Cloud Storage Nearline offers enterprises an alternative to running in-house storage systems, or startups with mobile apps a way to store user data.Google has partnered with a number of enterprise storage system providers, including NetApp and Symantec, to make Nearline available through their products.Google Cloud Storage Nearline stores data in the cloud for US$0.01 per GB per month, making it less costly than Google's standard storage price of $0.026 per GB per month. It's also less expensive than many other cloud storage services.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   WHITE PAPER: PC Connection   Infographic: Re-Define Simplicity with EMC VSPEX BLUE EMC Redefines Simplicity With VSPEX BLUE Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance. It delivers compute, storage, networking and management in an agile, scalable, trusted and easy to manage hyper-converged infrastructure appliance. Learn More VCE expands its converged infrastructure portfolio Software and virtualization continues to evolve the data center faster than ever before. As in the case with everything in life, there's never a free lunch, and the price for this rapid evolution has been increased complexity. Historically, data center infrastructure was deployed in nice, neat silos where every application had its own servers, storage, and network resources. The obvious downside of this type of deployment model is poor resource utilization. Now we innovate in software and make everything virtual to maximize utilization, but we also drive up complexity.An argument can be made that no company has been more successful at simplifying this complexity than VCE, particularly for multi-vendor environments. Late last year, VCE was rolled into EMC's federation of companies to give it a single owner and enable it to roll out new products that address a broader set of needs than just its flagship product, VBlock.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Oldest dot-com address sits sadly underused 30 years after its historic registration   Someone had to go first, so on March 15, 1985, Lisp computer maker Symbolics, Inc., registered the Internet's first dot-com address: Symbolics.com.Sunday will mark the 30th anniversary of that registration.The Cambridge-headquartered company went out of business about a decade ago (though remnants live on) and in August 2009 the Symbolics.com address was sold for an undisclosed sum to XF.com Investments, whose CEO Aron Meystedt said in a press release: "For us to own the first domain is very special to our company, and we feel blessed for having the ability to obtain this unique property."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Apple stores redefining mall economics If you've visited an Apple store at your local mall the chances are good that you've visited a crowded Apple store at your local mall.And, not surprisingly, those crowds don't necessarily get right back into their cars after buying their iWhatevers. They do more shopping. In fact, an Apple store alone can boost overall mall sales by 10%, says one research firm, and Apple is using that clout to its advantage.From a Wall Street Journal report: In the past, malls typically operated according to a straightforward bargain. Department stores that anchored the ends of the malls either owned their own stores or paid almost nothing aside from fees to maintain common spaces in exchange for drawing much of the traffic, while specialty retailers in the smaller spaces between the anchors typically paid the bulk of a mall's rent.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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