Paying too much for cloud services? These five tools can help cut your cloud costs

	F5's new CEO Manny Rivelo has big shoes to fill | Median age at Google is 29, says age discrimination lawsuit
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	INSIDER Paying too much for cloud services? These five tools can help cut your cloud costs As you move workloads to the cloud, you've probably already discovered that keeping track of your monthly cloud computing bills is not an easy task. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Easily Deploy and Move Enterprise Apps in the Cloud What if your organization could take advantage of emerging business opportunities by deploying new applications faster? With IBM PureApplication solutions, companies can build and use a cloud environment faster, easier and with less risk to better engage with their customers and partners. Learn More In this Issue F5's new CEO Manny Rivelo has big shoes to fill Median age at Google is 29, says age discrimination lawsuit With ransomware on the rise, cryptographers take it personally Starbucks hit by major computer failure Hilarious random startup website generator is pretty damn realistic Why Red Hat is tackling BPM A year later, Microsoft's Nokia deal isn't a clear winner Internet steady in Nepal after earthquake but last-mile connectivity an issue Don't count on people to prevent data breaches Patents show Google Fi was envisioned before the iPhone was released WHITE PAPER: IBM Comparing IBM PureApplication System to Competing Solutions 3 key attributes enable IBM PureApplication System to deliver a new and innovative approach to applications and computing: built-in expertise, integration by design and simplified experience. This paper reviews each of those attributes and shows how they differ from the competition. Learn More F5's new CEO Manny Rivelo has big shoes to fill Stepping into the shoes of someone who had a tremendous amount of success isn't easy. Sometimes the shadow created from the incumbent is so big that it's almost impossible to live up to expectations. Read More Median age at Google is 29, says age discrimination lawsuit The typical employee at Google is relatively young, according to a lawsuit brought by an older programmer who is alleging age discrimination. Read More With ransomware on the rise, cryptographers take it personally Some of the world's leading cryptographers are concerned about the increasing number of malicious programs that hold computers and mobile phones to ransom, in many cases by abusing the encryption algorithms they designed. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Forrester Total Economic Impact of PureApplication Systems IBM PureApplication System converges compute, storage, networking components, and software into a preconfigured and pretested system. This Forrester paper helps to better understand the benefits, costs, and risks associated with the IBM PureApplication System. Learn More Starbucks hit by major computer failure Starbucks suffered what appears to be a major computer system failure late Friday. Read More Hilarious random startup website generator is pretty damn realistic A pair of Georgia Tech computer science students have created a Random Startup Website Generator that spits out a different jargon-laden startup website every time you click on the URL. Read More Why Red Hat is tackling BPM Red Hat has embedded a business resource planner to help developers build applications to solve complex optimization and scheduling problems. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Businesses are ready for a new approach to IT Today's businesses need simpler more efficient and flexible computing models. The IBM PureSystems family is comprised of platform systems and infrastructure systems that include built-in "patterns of expertise" to address complex business and operational tasks for smarter computing. Learn More A year later, Microsoft's Nokia deal isn't a clear winner It was a marriage of convenience for two industry giants whose past successes weren't helping them win in the red-hot smartphone market. One year later, it's hard to say that Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's device business has produced the results its backers envisioned. Read More Internet steady in Nepal after earthquake but last-mile connectivity an issue The Internet is playing an important role in communications in Nepal after a devastating earthquake, as phone links were choked by the large number of people trying to connect. Internet service was disrupted after the earthquake hit near the capital city of Kathmandu on Saturday and cloud services provider Akamai said its traffic to the country saw a steep decline just after 6:00 UTC. Read More Don't count on people to prevent data breaches Your company has been breached and your executives are in denial. That is the phrase that came to mind the other day during breakfast at RSA with Intel's security organization where I overheard the following story. Read More Patents show Google Fi was envisioned before the iPhone was released Contrary to reports, Google didn't become a mobile carrier with the introduction of Google Fi. Read More
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