The cost of bad cloud-based application performance

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	The cost of bad cloud-based application performance If you were worried about the performance of cloud-based applications, here's fair warning: You'll probably be even more so when you consider findings from a recent survey conducted by Vanson Bourne on the behalf of Compuware. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AccelOps Manage Datacenter & Cloud Security Risks Gartner cites virtualization, consolidation and cloud computing are top CIO priorities, but security is a key concern. How can you mitigate risks while at the same time position yourself strategically for cloud migration? Explore AccelOps' elasticity, multi-tenancy and integration for datacenter and cloud monitoring with our 14 days trial download. In this Issue Had a few too many? Your car's gonna know Helzberg Diamonds tries 'tokenization' for PCI compliance Zyrion's Traverse: BSM done beautifully IBM products aim to speed up, automate virtualization WAN performance in a cloud-based world? 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Read More Helzberg Diamonds tries 'tokenization' for PCI compliance Jewelry retailer Helzberg Diamonds has struggled to achieve compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data-security standards, so it is trying a new tactic: technology called tokenization that lets the retailer "hide" sensitive card data in plain sight. Read More Zyrion's Traverse: BSM done beautifully Network monitoring has always been a complex task for enterprises but with the emergence of virtualization and cloud computing, the job got orders of magnitude harder. And just to make it even more complex, the objective is no longer just network device management but rather the much more complex goal of business service management (BSM). Read More WEBCAST: Adobe Deliver Engaging Communications with PDF Portfolios Learn how easy it is to create and send a single PDF Portfolio using Adobe Acrobat X Pro. See how to create a rich, branded PDF Portfolio containing many types of documents, each with a rich preview experience. Learn More IBM products aim to speed up, automate virtualization IBM is aiming to make it easier for enterprises to manage their virtualized environments, with new features in the Tivoli Provisioning Manager and other software products. Read More WAN performance in a cloud-based world? We've been discussing how to optimize WAN performance in a cloud-based world, and we had a chance to chat with Thierry Grenot, CTO of Ipanema Networks, which offers a suite of products for optimizing the use of network facilities. Read More The 6 biggest misconceptions about IPv6 For 15 years, Internet engineers and policymakers have been publicizing the need to upgrade the 'Net's current addressing scheme -- known as IPv4 -- to handle the network-of-network's explosive growth. Yet many U.S. CIOs and CTOs continue to harbor misinformation that they use to justify why they are not adopting the next-generation IPv6 standard. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Polycom Solutions for Microsoft UC Environments Read how Polycom empowers Microsoft Unified Communications with a full suite of HD voice, video, telepresence and infrastructure solutions; Allowing organizations to increase productivity, reduce costs and unify dispersed teams. Read More ITU, IETF push dueling standards on MPLS features The Internet Engineering Task Force is slamming a decision by the International Telecommunication Union to pursue its own standard for troubleshooting and fault detection in service-provider networks. Read More IE wins, Firefox loses as Internet population shifts Geographic shifts in Internet usage caused Firefox to lose browser share in February to the benefit of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, while Google's Chrome browser inched up. Read More Extreme takes aim at secure mobile networking Extreme Networks is going mobile. The company today wheeled out a roadmap that will steer the company's product line toward mobile device and application access, availability and management support. Read More HP broadens scope of project management software With the new update of its Project and Portfolio Management software, Hewlett-Packard is broadening the potential scope of the software to manage all organizational projects, not just IT projects. Read More
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