What giant companies WON’T put in the cloud; must-have cloud skills

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	What giant companies WON'T put in the cloud In our interviews with CIOs at large enterprises, we found that adoption levels vary from simple experimentation to heavy use of cloud apps and infrastructure in public and private settings. Yet even among the most cloud-focused businesses, there are resources CIOs won't consider migrating to the cloud – at least not yet. Read More WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Integrating Mobility with Unified Access Meeting mobility demands of 4500 students, faculty and staff at a university is no small task. Join this Webcast to hear the Director of Enterprise Infrastructure explain the steps Abilene Christian University took to deliver a new level of student-faculty interaction. Learn More In this Issue CIOs Share Must-Have Cloud Skills Data Center SDN growing 65% this year 10 mirroring devices let you present without wires Why the Surface Pro 3 has quietly replaced my work PC How giant companies see the cloud Microsoft dabbles in per-user Windows licensing EMC to buy OpenStack cloud guru Cloudscaling Top 6 threats to iOS devices Microsoft patches 3 zero-days including Sandworm on Patch Tuesday RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Brocade Communications Systems The Trick to Future-Proofing Your Networking Career Get a leg up on your peers with a free Brocade Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Certification to future-proof your career and your network. This course will help you: Understand sophisticated, multitier networks within virtualized environments and stand out from your peers by becoming an expert within your IT organization Sign up today and get a promo code for the free Brocade Network Functions Virtualization Certification program (a $650 value), and a free 60-day trial of the Brocade Vyatta vRouter. CIOs Share Must-Have Cloud Skills As the clouds roll in, IT organizations are recasting their tech talent requirements. 'You don't need people to build servers anymore. You need somebody good at managing another organization responsible for doing that. That's a different skill,' says Josh Jewett, CIO at Family Dollar. Read More Data Center SDN growing 65% this year SDN is exiting the hype phase and entering the usage stage. The data center software-defined networking market is expected to grow more than 65% in 2014, reflecting the maturity of architectures and the deployments under way, according to Dell'Oro Group. Read More 10 mirroring devices let you present without wires Whether you're leading a routine sales call, a training session or that hoped-for breakthrough presentation to the higher-ups, why not wow them by wirelessly connecting your laptop, tablet or phone to the room's projector or large display? It's easier than you might think. Read More WEBCAST: Dell and RedHat Realize the benefits of open private cloud solutions Cloud computing is driving a rapid pace of change in the datacenter as enterprises look to develop innovative ways to take advantage of its inherent benefits. Open private cloud solutions are quickly becoming a platform of choice as the foundation for hyperscale cloud deployments Learn More Why the Surface Pro 3 has quietly replaced my work PC About two weeks ago, I unplugged my Lenovo ThinkPad Twist laptop and set it aside. I replaced it with the Surface Pro 3, connected my peripherals to Microsoft's docking station, and powered everything up. For the first time in my life, I'm working from a Windows tablet. Full time. For work and play. Read More How giant companies see the cloud CIOs and cloud leaders at large enterprises -- Campbell Soup, Dow Chemical, GE, Nationwide, Western Union, Whirlpool and others -- talk about their successes and challenges as they deploy resources to public, private and hybrid cloud environments. Read More Microsoft dabbles in per-user Windows licensing For the first time, Microsoft will offer user-based Windows licenses to enterprises, a change one expert called "substantial" but another downplayed as unlikely to have much of an impact. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell | Symantec Strategies for Gaining Control and Securing Mobility We are in the midst of a mobile revolution. Numbers of mobile devices are growing with some experts predicting that employees will be carrying three or more devices. Growth is not limited to just devices. As the number of enterprise apps rapidly expands, "an app for everything" is a slogan few would question. Learn More EMC to buy OpenStack cloud guru Cloudscaling An EMC spokesperson this afternoon confirmed that the company will buy Cloudscaling, which builds clouds based on the OpenStack software. The deal would mark the latest in a wave of consolidation in the cloud industry, with previous big acquisitions including HP snapping up Euclayptus and Cisco buying OpenStack vendor Metacloud. Read More Top 6 threats to iOS devices Given the recent iOS update and iPhone announcement, Lacoon Mobile Security has released the top threats you should be aware of to your iOS devices. Read More Microsoft patches 3 zero-days including Sandworm on Patch Tuesday Ladies and gentlemen, for this National Cyber Security Awareness month, prepare yourself for a monster load of patches and restarts. Microsoft released nine Security Bulletins, but only eight security patches. Read More
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