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	SAP seeks an edge from NSA surveillance worries SAP may build a second data center in Australia in order to meet customer demand for locally delivered cloud services in the wake of revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency's Prism surveillance program. Read More WHITE PAPER: Couchbase Benchmarking NoSQL Solutions for Interactive Web Apps In this benchmark report from Altoros Systems, the performance of Couchbase Server, MongoDB, and Cassandra are compared by simulating workloads of interactive web applications. Read more! In this Issue Multifactor authentication available on Windows Azure Why RMS built its cloud environment in Iceland Vendor to IT: You're blocking the wrong services Dell updates private cloud to become PCI compliant WHITE PAPER: Zetta 5 Factors of Evaluating Cloud Backup Solutions If cloud backup sounds too good to be true, then deployment will lead to disillusionment. That's been the path of many IT organizations looking at cloud backup and DR-as-a-Service. This paper will provide tips – based on case studies from real IT organizations – for practical IT buyers. Read now! Multifactor authentication available on Windows Azure Microsoft has announced the general availability of multifactor authentication on its Windows Azure cloud platform. Read More Why RMS built its cloud environment in Iceland While Iceland has long been touted as an ideal spot for a data center, companies have been slow to take advantages of its climate, renewable energy and government incentives. Risk Management Solutions, though, jumped at the chance to put its new cloud environment on the Nordic island. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Connection 2013 Cloud Computing Survey Results We surveyed more than 500 organizations to uncover what they are looking for in a cloud solution, what their top concerns are, and how they respond to the risks associated with this trend. Download this report and begin your journey to the cloud today. Read Now Vendor to IT: You're blocking the wrong services Security vendor cites blocking of low-risk cloud services but not higher-risk applications. Read More Dell updates private cloud to become PCI compliant Looking to solidify its refocused efforts on private cloud platforms, Dell today rolled out new features to improve security and manageability of its offerings. Read More
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