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Five tips from a CIO on dealing with massive DDoS attacks
LiveJournal is a social-media blogging site that attracts millions of users each month from across the globe, especially the U.S. and Russia. Owned by Moscow-based SUP Media, its website is hosted in a Montana data center, and according to Tim Turner, the firm's London-based CIO, LiveJournal regularly faces massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Read More

WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel®

Cloud Insight: 6 facts for defining a cloud strategy
Misinformation may be the most daunting obstacle when building an IT infrastructure. To help you separate the facts from the hype, experts from HP Technology Consulting have created this informative guide to provide you with the insight you need to make decisions about successful cloud strategies. Read Now>>

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WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks

Predictive Performance: Measuring the Digital Experience
As websites get more immersive and more complex, organizations need to rethink what, and how, digital experience performance is measured. Speed (or responsiveness) is only one of several factors to consider. Learn More

When to use Google instead of Amazon's cloud
Late last year Google finally took the beta wrapping off of Google Compute Engine (GCE), the company's infrastructure as a service cloud platform it's aiming to take on Amazon Web Services with. Today, consultants at Cloudyn, a firm that helps customers optimize their public cloud usage, say GCE has matured to a point that's it's not only ready for enterprises to use it, but for some applications it could be a better destination to run workloads compared to AWS for price and performance. Read More

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Big Data Helps Walgreens Treat Walk-in Patients
Cloud-based electronic medical records and analytics systems give Walgreens health data to diagnose and treat patients at in-store clinics. Read More

Internet of Things in five words: sensor, monkey, radio, cloud, Paris
If you want to build your own Internet of Things, try the toy monkey hack. Read More

WHITE PAPER: OutSystems

OutSystems Platform & Force.com: Comparing PaaS
This whitepaper, authored by Bloor Research practice leader David Norfolk, compares two different PaaS (platform as a service) solutions - OutSystems Platform and Force.com and includes a comprehensive analysis of the two PaaS solutions. Learn more

Cisco unveils 'fog computing' to bridge clouds and the Internet of Things
If the hardest part of the "Internet of Things" is getting to the Things, Cisco Systems is offering a lifeline. Read More

Troll sues movie distributors for distributing movies via cell
A patent troll, Red Pine Point LLC, is suing Apple, Amazon and Mark Cuban's Magnolia Pictures for distributing movies over cellular networks to mobile phones (but only under certain circumstances). Read More

First AWS Meetup Group meeting in Boulder/Denver
Over the last few months I have been spending a lot of time attending meetup and user groups for DevOps, AWS, Startups, etc. It is all tied into the several projects I am working on outside of my Network World writing. Last night I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural meeting of the Boulder/Denver AWS Meetup Group. Read More

WHITE PAPER: VCE

The Cornerstone of New In-House IT Operation for CP Railways
As part of this sweeping transformation, Canadian Pacific Railways (CP) took a fresh look at its outsourced IT and decided to bring the entire operation in-house. After evaluating various options, CP chose Vblock™ Systems from VCE to virtualize its extensive suite of business-critical SAP applications and other business solutions. Learn More

Microsoft sharpens Windows Intune's cloud device management tool
Microsoft will deliver next week a set of new and enhanced features to Windows Intune, the device admin tool that lets organizations manage PCs and mobile devices from the cloud. Read More

Ellison says IBM and SAP no longer Oracle's main rivals
Look out Amazon, Larry Ellison has got his eye on you. Read More

Cloud availability trumps security concerns when it comes to Shadow IT
As pressure mounts to deliver value with ever-increasing speed, lines of business (LOB) are often drawn to cloud computing's ease of use, flexibility and rapid time-to-value. The resultant Shadow IT created by use of consumer grade cloud computing resources usually raises questions about enterprise security, but the real risk is the potential for downtime due to inadequate availability. Read More

Skyhigh Networks CloudTrustTM gives cloud apps the seal of approval
Back in the day Verisign went on to fortune and fame by having web sites that were secured by their SSL certificates to display the verified by Verisign logo. It became the Good Housekeeping seal of approval for web sites. Now highly touted security company Skyhigh Networks is seeking to do a similar thing for cloud apps with its CloudTrust Program Read More

Managed Application Service Providers emerge as Cloud Service Brokers
Now that enterprises are beginning to deploy a broad range of cloud services to meet varying needs, it is becoming apparent there is a significant amount of work associated with using the services that was not previously understood. Cloud integration, customization and management have become complex, reducing some of the benefits of using cloud infrastructure. But more importantly, the complexity prevents organizations from exploring the opportunities to integrate various cloud services and associated features. Read More

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