Google launches a service for storing big data

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	Google launches a service for storing big data Google has introduced a service for storing large amounts of data online, potentially enabling organizations to execute big data analysis as a cloud service. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Infoblox Empowering Private Cloud Agility with Network Automation There are vast benefits to private cloud strategies, but be careful. While some elements of private cloud deployments are well understood and highly automated like servers and storage, other elements are mostly manual and can cause problems with your networking. Find out how to reap the benefits of private cloud solutions. In this white paper, "Simplifying Private Cloud Deployments through Network Automation," you'll see how easy it can be to bring agility, scalability, reliability, and low overhead to your private cloud. In this Issue Interview of Everything: Cisco CEO Chambers on white boxes, SDN, leadership and the cloud You'll never guess who the web's second-largest hoster is Google senior VP talks about when the company nearly failed Debunking the myths dogging the hybrid cloud Anticipating IoT traffic growth? Why a colo, not the cloud, might be in your future SAP brings its S/4Hana data platform to the cloud Microsoft boasts that new tool will control Amazon's cloud, too Microsoft aims to increase confidence in cloud services with better networking Microsoft said to be considering a bid for Salesforce SAP sets its sights on the IoT with new cloud services WHITE PAPER: VMTurbo, Inc. Making the Case for a Software-Defined Data Center In this paper, we outline the need for "Software-Driven Control" - the intelligence or "control plane" that can take advantage of new software-defined capabilities. Learn More Interview of Everything: Cisco CEO Chambers on white boxes, SDN, leadership and the cloud Little did we know that our interview with John Chambers at Cisco's Texas Data Center Day in April might be our last with him as the company's CEO. As we learned this week, he'll hand the reins to Chuck Robbins in July, though will remain the company's chairman and become its executive chairman as well. Read More You'll never guess who the web's second-largest hoster is English researcher Netcarft has new numbers out today claiming that startup Digital Ocean is the second largest web-hoster with 163,000 public-facing servers, trailing only Amazon Web Services. AWS, the behemoth of the public IaaS cloud computing market, has more than twice as many web-facing computers as Digital Ocean. Read More Google senior VP talks about when the company nearly failed The eighth person hired at Google, and its first vice president of engineering, talked today about how the world's largest Internet company nearly failed. Urs Holzle, senior vice president of technical infrastructure and a Google Fellow, spoke today at the Collision conference in Las Vegas about avoiding failure, not being lazy and when Google will "turn on the faucet" for its cloud business. Read More WHITE PAPER: XO Communications Putting the Kibosh on Shadow IT Read this paper to learn best practices for setting up an internal, IT-based cloud brokerage function that service the entire organization. Find out how this approach enables you to retain top-down visibility and control of network security and manage the impact of cloud traffic on your WAN. Learn More Debunking the myths dogging the hybrid cloud Many companies face the dilemma of how to get the most out of legacy IT equipment and applications while taking advantage of the latest cloud advances to keep their company competitive and nimble. A hybrid approach to IT infrastructure enables internal IT groups to support legacy systems with the flexibility to optimize service delivery and performance thru third-party providers. Read More Anticipating IoT traffic growth? Why a colo, not the cloud, might be in your future The Internet of Things is coming, and drastic traffic growth is going to blow your network sky-high. Should you scale up your on-premises data center? No. Should you move to the cloud? No. The best strategy, according to a speaker at the Interop 2015 conference, is to move your servers, applications, and data into your own servers in a top-tier colocation facility. Read More SAP brings its S/4Hana data platform to the cloud Building on the launch of the fourth generation of its enterprise software suite earlier this year, SAP on Wednesday unveiled the cloud version of S/4Hana. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. 3 Tough Business Challenges a Private Cloud Can Handle More organizations are realizing that private cloud gives IT the right foundation to tackle three of their toughest business challenges. With the ability to leverage investments you've already made, a private cloud solution can be adopted incrementally and deliver a big payoff in the long run. Learn More Microsoft boasts that new tool will control Amazon's cloud, too Microsoft this week launched a tool that initially is best for managing its public and private clouds but that the company says will soon enable enterprises to control hybrid clouds based on Amazon Web Services and VMware clouds, too. Read More Microsoft aims to increase confidence in cloud services with better networking Microsoft has announced Azure networking improvements that will give IT staff more flexibility, and in the process help convince them to move more applications to the cloud. Read More Microsoft said to be considering a bid for Salesforce Less than a week after rumors surfaced that Salesforce.com is fielding buyout offers, Microsoft is reportedly considering throwing its hat in the ring. Read More SAP sets its sights on the IoT with new cloud services Targeting the 25 billion or so devices expected to be connected to the Internet by 2020, SAP on Wednesday announced a new suite of cloud services designed specifically for the so-called Internet of Things. Read More
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