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Rackspace joins forces with Hortonworks on hosted Hadoop
Enterprises can now run Hortonworks' Hadoop-based Data Platform in Rackspace's managed hosting environment and its public cloud. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Boundary, Inc.

Benefits of Consolidated Operations Management
Points of failure are now more distributed than ever. Organizations have to manage hybrid on-premise and cloud applications. Pulling this information together in one place has been almost impossible. Read now!

WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel®

Cloud Computing for CIOs
No longer is moving to the cloud only spearheaded by small IT groups - increasingly, CIOs and CFOs are getting involved in the process. This white paper discusses how CIOs that establish a combined approach with CFOs on cloud IT investments are seeing more real business value for their organization. Learn more.

Microsoft goes big data with new Hadoop Azure service
In much the same way that Microsoft brought spreadsheet crunching to the business world through its now-ubiquitous Excel, the company is hoping to make a similar impact with big data analysis with its new Windows Azure HDInsight service. Read More

WebEx vs. GoToMeeting vs. MyTrueCloud
Thomas Friedman famously announced that "the world is flat" in his 2005 book of that name. He was writing about globalization. In Friedman's view, voice over Internet (VoIP), file sharing, and wireless were the "steroids" that have accelerated the flattening of global commerce. Today I would add video over Internet, which has become more and more prevalent as bandwidth has improved. Read More

Raising awareness quickly: Avoiding problems in the cloud
In the fourth, and final, awareness tip for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Rapid7 discusses the cloud, and how to avoid common problems while using it. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc.

The Five Big Lies Leaders Hear About "Going Mobile"
Mobile hasn't been around long, but it has already made a tremendous impact. With such a new technology, it's not surprising that a lot of misinformation is floating around. Don't be taken in. Get the truth by reading this paper. It lays out how to develop an effective mobile initiative, one you need to succeed. Learn More

Apple iCloud Keychain in OS X Mavericks gets mixed reviews
Security researchers have mixed opinions about the new password manager Apple has included with Mavericks, the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system. Read More

Verizon launches cloud for sharing data from patient remote monitoring devices
Verizon announced the launch of its Converged Health Management service, which stores data from patient remote monitoring devices to be shared with clinicians. Read More

NTT expands data center, cloud to US with acquisition
Japanese NTT Communications has acquired Virtela Technology Services and a majority stake in RagingWire Data Centers as part of its worldwide data center and cloud push. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc.

Solution Guide: Application Performance Management
Application performance management today sits at a juncture that crosses many disciplines and domains such as software dev, IT services, mainframes, mobile, cloud services, virtualization, app testing, network infrastructure, and storage. This report aims to clarify the definition of an APM solution, and how vendors are taking them forward. Learn More

Cloud-based app suite takes aim at e-discovery speed and cost
A company that helps enterprises through e-discovery will give customers new tools to streamline the process and cut costs. Read More

Startup offers hefty storage with pay-per-use pricing
The model of buying cloud computing resources is different from that of buying traditional hardware and software. Instead of buying licenses and investing in equipment, in a cloud computing model, users pay for the resources they use – no more, no less. That model has been proven out extensively on the compute side, with services like Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), and a variety of other IaaS offerings on the market. But storage has been slow to catch up. Read More

ERP Comes to the Cloud and (Finally) Smaller Businesses
Trek Global claims that its cloud-based ERP service can help midmarket and small businesses leverage ERP to create efficiencies. Read More


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