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12 ways the cloud changes everything

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12 ways the cloud changes everything
Despite fears over reliability and security, enterprises are slowly but steadily moving their applications to the cloud, and the migration is going to change those companies in profound ways. Some 80% of new enterprise apps will be developed for the cloud in 2011, and in the past year, adoption has moved into the "early majority" phase, says Frank Gens, senior vice president and chief analyst for IDC. Read More


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Is Your Infrastructure Mobile Ready?
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Microsoft confirms cloud outage
User complaints began rolling in today that Microsoft's cloud, BPOS, was down with users unable to sign in to the service. Plus, as part of the outage, the BPOS Health Dashboard was also down, leaving IT administrators completely in the dark. Microsoft confirmed the outage via its msonline Twitter account. Read More

Most IT pros don't fear losing their jobs to the cloud
Most people in the IT industry are sure that enterprise cloud computing usage will double in the next two years. But they also feel that IT professionals will not be displaced from their enterprise jobs because of the cloud. Read More

IBM expands cloud disaster recovery services
IBM announced two cloud-based disaster recovery services for businesses: the IBM SmartCloud Virtualized Server Recovery and the IBM SmartCloud Archive. Read More


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Ponemon: Security of Cloud Computing Providers
This report offers the cloud providers beliefs on the state of cloud security. In addition, it compares the findings from both reports, determining similarities and discrepancies between cloud computing users and providers. Learn More

Enterprise 2.0: Adobe exec calls context the new king
Making sense of massive amounts of content and putting it in context will be one of many challenges for enterprises, said Adobe principal customer experience strategist Ben Watson at Enterprise 2.0 in Boston. Read More

Microsoft: Cloud computing won't hurt us
Microsoft's new Server & Tools president insists cloud computing isn't the end of Microsoft. Read More

Startup Bromium takes aim at cloud security
Simon Crosby, the former CTO of Citrix Systems' data center and cloud business, has formed a startup called Bromium that will aim to solve security problems in a cloud environment. Read More


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Distributed Virtualization Management from Big Iron
Many enterprises started virtualization efforts to reap the benefits of consolidating their distributed infrastructure. This consolidation, however, has not ended datacenter infrastructure heterogeneity since enterprises seem intent on acquiring different virtualization platforms as well as heterogeneous hardware platforms. Read Now

A Cisco engineer says changes at Cisco are good
While attending the Cloud Leadership Forum in Santa Clara this week, I had lunch today with a Cisco engineer who has worked for the company for 11 years. He was strikingly optimistic about the company, telling me that it feels like the old Cisco from about eight years ago, is coming back. "Crises is good," he told me. Read More

Moving VoIP and UC into the cloud
Over the past few months, Webtorials and Delphi have collaborated to produce the "2011 Sourcebook for VoIP and UC Services." This sourcebook is an extensive reference with comparative information from almost fifty companies on a worldwide basis. Read More

Box.net integrates with Google Docs
Box.net has integrated its cloud-hosted content management application with Google's Docs online office productivity suite. Read More

ISVs need to change licensing to fit clouds, says Penguin
More vendors in the high-performance computing (HPC) sector need to become cloud-friendly and offer on-demand product licensing, according to Penguin Computing, which is offering a cloud that has been customized for HPC applications. Read More



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