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VMware extends support for ESX hypervisor in OpenStack

Posted October 17, 2012 - 8:35 pm

Continuing its commitment to the OpenStack project and its newfound vision to support multiple types of cloud platforms, VMware announced support for its ESX hypervisor in OpenStack today.
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Cisco Unified Data Center: The Foundation for Private Cloud Infrastructure

Posted October 17, 2012 - 2:30 pm

Break free of data center constraints. Provide IT service and cloud computing that's more agile and efficient. Learn why Cisco's unified architecture and cost-efficient design uniquely positions you to deliver the advantages of a private cloud.
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Automated Provisioning and Orchestration are Critical to Effective Private Cloud Operations

Posted October 17, 2012 - 2:30 pm

Private clouds create IT challenges that can limit increases in production, even hinder agility. Find out why enabling self-service and automated end-to-end provisioning with Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud may be the solution.
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Entry-Level Solutions for Private Cloud Automation Deliver Rapid Returns

Posted October 17, 2012 - 2:30 pm

Pressure to deliver value and validate deployment makes the move to a private cloud challenging. Learn how Cisco entry-level automation helps you ramp up cost effectively and pave the way for more sophisticated solutions down the road.
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Networking and Cloud: An Era of Change

Posted October 17, 2012 - 2:30 pm

The rise of cloud models brings with it new infrastructure, applications, access policies, and traffic patterns. Learn how networks must adapt to keep up with the demands of the cloud, and find out how Cisco is leading the charge.
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Cisco Data Center Security Mitigates Risk When Transitioning to the Private Cloud

Posted October 17, 2012 - 2:30 pm

According to a 2012 CSO survey, 68% of enterprises are wary of data security in the cloud. Learn how moving to a Cisco private cloud can make you more agile, help mitigate data security risks, and reduce enterprise costs up to 40%.
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OpenStack: We can tell Amazon what to do, instead of the other way around

Posted October 17, 2012 - 1:57 pm

Organizers of the OpenStack Design Summit had a slight problem when the conference got underway in earnest this week. More than 1,000 people had registered for the event, but more than 1,400 actually showed up.
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Top 10 Reasons to Consider Hosted Collaboration Solutions

Posted October 17, 2012 - 1:15 pm

See why ROI potential has made unified communications and collaboration (UC&C;) a top IT priority. Learn how cloud-based UC&C; can boost productivity, overcome skill-set gaps, and lower TCO up to 40% with real-time, global deployment.
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Collaboration and the Cloud: Harness Both to Accelerate Your Business

Posted October 17, 2012 - 1:15 pm

Give your workforce cutting-edge collaboration without taxing IT resources. Provide secure flexibility in the cloud. Learn how a Cisco hosted solution keeps you up to date with the widest range of applications when you need them.
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5 apps to help you survive an earthquake

Posted October 17, 2012 - 12:16 pm

If you live in an earthquake zone like California or, now, Boston, these apps can help keep you safe if and when the big one hits
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Cloud Collaboration. Understanding the Options to Find the Right Fit

Posted October 17, 2012 - 12:00 pm

Wondering which cloud collaboration solution is best for your business? Learn the four key factors you must consider when choosing a supplier--and find the right solution that will enable faster time to market.
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Citrix ShareFile upgrade allows IT department to control personal cloud-based storage

Posted October 17, 2012 - 11:21 am

Citrix Systems is giving back to IT departments some control over personal cloud-based storage with ShareFile StorageZones, which allows user content to be stored in enterprises' own data centers, the company announced at the Synergy conference in Barcelona.
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Higgs Boson update: Now what?

Posted October 17, 2012 - 10:58 am

A visit to the CERN Large Hadron Collider shows what's going on since this summer's big particle physics discovery.
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Cisco, Citrix forge ADC alliance

Posted October 17, 2012 - 10:47 am

Cisco will reference sell Citrix's NetScaler application delivery controller as part of an expanded relationship between the two companies to address cloud and mobile opportunities.
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Canonical aims to make cloud orchestration a breeze with Juju

Posted October 17, 2012 - 10:40 am

While there are a growing number of OpenStack code distributions and more to come, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth says inefficiencies remain around being able to easily deploy and manage OpenStack clouds.
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Top 10 cloud jobs

Posted October 17, 2012 - 8:00 am

Dice.com, the popular tech-focused job site, posts upwards of 3,800 cloud-related job listings on any given day. Researchers there crunched the numbers to come up with a list of the top 10 most available jobs in the cloud.
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Microsoft to acquire cloud-integrated storage provider StorSimple

Posted October 16, 2012 - 9:25 pm

Microsoft has reached a deal to acquire cloud-integrated storage company, StorSimple.
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Amazon EC2 founders' latest company joins OpenStack

Posted October 16, 2012 - 4:54 pm

A company founded by two pioneers of Amazon Web Service's popular Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) is joining OpenStack because it wants to integrate open source code into its cloud management platform product.
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SAP unveils HANA-powered cloud development platform

Posted October 16, 2012 - 3:24 pm

SAP laid out broad details of a new cloud-based application development platform powered by the HANA in-memory database during the Tech Ed conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
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Microsoft to acquire StorSimple for integrated cloud storage

Posted October 16, 2012 - 3:06 pm

To augment its own Azure cloud service, Microsoft is acquiring StorSimple, a company that provides appliances that back up enterprise data to cloud storage services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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SAP puts its HANA in-memory database on Amazon Web Services

Posted October 16, 2012 - 12:15 pm

SAP has made its HANA in-memory database available on Amazon Web Services at an hourly rate, giving customers and partners a new way to try out the platform quickly without investing in hardware and perpetual software licenses, the company announced Tuesday at the Tech Ed conference in Las Vegas.
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NetApp adds clustering technology to OpenStack

Posted October 16, 2012 - 8:30 am

NetApp has contributed Data ONTAP 8 Clustering drivers to OpenStack, giving service providers and enterprises better resources when building private and public clouds based on the platform, it said on Monday.
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Japanese virtualization start-up invades the USA

Posted October 15, 2012 - 11:10 am

Midokura, a Japanese startup focused on network virtualization, this week said it is entering the U.S. market with a distributed software defined network product designed for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
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5 key forces driving open source today

Posted October 15, 2012 - 10:56 am

From the rise of foundations to emerging revenue models, the open source movement is primed for even greater impact on tomorrow's technologies
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Stratos freefall jump re-enacted with Legos

Posted October 15, 2012 - 10:49 am

World record skydive made infinitely better with plastic bricks and animation.
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Cloud Collaboration. Understanding the Options to Find the Right Fit

Wondering which cloud collaboration solution is best for your business? Learn the four key factors you must consider when choosing a supplier--and find the right solution that will enable faster time to market.

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Collaboration and the Cloud: Harness Both to Accelerate Your Business

Give your workforce cutting-edge collaboration without taxing IT resources. Provide secure flexibility in the cloud. Learn how a Cisco hosted solution keeps you up to date with the widest range of applications when you need them.

White Paper

Top 10 Reasons to Consider Hosted Collaboration Solutions

See why ROI potential has made unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) a top IT priority. Learn how cloud-based UC&C can boost productivity, overcome skill-set gaps, and lower TCO up to 40% with real-time, global deployment.

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Cisco Data Center Security Mitigates Risk When Transitioning to the Private Cloud

According to a 2012 CSO survey, 68% of enterprises are wary of data security in the cloud. Learn how moving to a Cisco private cloud can make you more agile, help mitigate data security risks, and reduce enterprise costs up to 40%.

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Networking and Cloud: An Era of Change

The rise of cloud models brings with it new infrastructure, applications, access policies, and traffic patterns. Learn how networks must adapt to keep up with the demands of the cloud, and find out how Cisco is leading the charge.

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