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	Munich reverses course, may ditch Linux for Microsoft The German city of Munich, long one of the open-source community's poster children for the institutional adoption of Linux, is close to performing a major about-face and returning to Microsoft products. Read More   In this Issue Azure services down again Google brings robust cluster scheduling to its cloud Start-up fights ambush attacks on SDN, virtual machine networks Microsoft preps Office 365 document management tool for lawyers Google: The cost of hardware is falling at a faster rate than the price of cloud Samsung buys SmartThings in ambitious push to connect your home Intuitive Solutions deploys LiveOps' WebRTC contact center tech Infor goes up against Salesforce.com with SalesLogix acquisition Microsoft's strategy on identity management aimed squarely at cloud-based services Clarizen improves charts, UI in social project management product WHITE PAPER: CDW Mobile Policy Checklist Here's what to consider when putting together a mobile policy designed to support a highly productive workforce. Read Now Azure services down again Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform, wobbly for more than a week, is again experiencing outages and interruptions that are impacting multiple products in the U.S. and abroad. Read More   Google brings robust cluster scheduling to its cloud Google is drawing from the work of the open-source community to offer its cloud customers a service to better manage their clusters of virtual servers. Read More   Start-up fights ambush attacks on SDN, virtual machine networks Start-up GuardiCore is working on a security product that works through a 'honeypot' approach to detect and block stealthy attacks on software-defined networks (SDN) and multi-vendor virtual-machine infrastructures for enterprise customers as well as cloud-service providers. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM ING Transforms DevOps to Reduce Cost and Speed Delivery ING, one of the largest banks in Europe needed to reduce the high cost of isolated, inefficient application development. They chose IBM PureApplication System to move their IT infrastructure to a cloud-based shared service model. In this Webcast, ING executive, Mark Willemse, shares the lessons ING learned from this strategic initiative. Learn more Microsoft preps Office 365 document management tool for lawyers Microsoft has developed a document management add-on for Office 365 intended for lawyers, signaling a possible interest by the company in creating vertical-industry tools for the suite. Read More   Google: The cost of hardware is falling at a faster rate than the price of cloud About a year ago there was a big hub-bub about cloud pricing wars. It seemed like every couple of weeks one vendor or another in the public cloud IaaS market was dropping their prices. When one company did it, others seemed to follow suit within days, and sometimes even hours. It's been a back and forth, cat and mouse game. Who can keep the lowest prices? Read More   Samsung buys SmartThings in ambitious push to connect your home Samsung has agreed to buy SmartThings, a two-year-old startup that makes software to connect household objects and let them be controlled from afar via smartphone. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Dropbox The Truth About Cloud Security "Security" is the number one issue holding business leaders back from the cloud. But does the reality match the perception? Keeping data close to home, on premises, makes business and IT leaders feel inherently more secure. But the truth is, cloud solutions can offer companies real, tangible security advantages. Learn more! Intuitive Solutions deploys LiveOps' WebRTC contact center tech LiveOps, a cloud-based contact center provider, recently announced that Intuitive Solutions, a managed contact center services provider, has successfully deployed the LiveOps WebRTC Solution. Read More   Infor goes up against Salesforce.com with SalesLogix acquisition Infor has acquired Saleslogix in a bid to compete with Salesforce.com in the cloud CRM (customer relationship management) software market, particularly for customers seeking industry-specific features. Read More   Microsoft's strategy on identity management aimed squarely at cloud-based services Microsoft's strategy for providing customers with identity management options is increasingly reliant on cloud-based methods of authentication and access control for provisioning of Windows-based mobile devices as well as Apple iOS and Google Android devices. Read More   Clarizen improves charts, UI in social project management product Clarizen has upgraded its social collaboration and project management software with improvements to its user interface, charting functionality, discussion forum feature and password administration. Read More
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