Cloud apps soar, CIOs take on new role

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	Why CIOs shouldn't block rogue cloud apps Enterprises have an average 461 cloud apps running in their organizations (nine to 10 times IT's estimates), according to some reports. Line-of-business managers hesitate to bring in the CIO out of fear of being blocked. If CIOs can remove this fear, everyone, it turns out, benefits. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Alert Logic, Inc. and Peer 1 Hosting Free Report: State of E-commerce Cloud Security Alert Logic's latest Cloud Security Bulletin analyzes security incident data to identify the top risks faced by e-commerce companies in both cloud and traditional IT environments. Download your free copy today for insight into your security risks. In this Issue CEOs may look twice at IBM's new security suite, services as Target's head rolls Little-known Cisco open source project among contributors to OpenStack Neutron policy blueprint White House calls for big data and cloud privacy overhaul Cloud apps soar, CIOs take on new role Whirlpool CIO moves 69,000 global employees to Google Apps Workday takes another shot at Oracle, SAP with recruiting app Salesforce combining Radian6 with Buddy Media to create Social Studio Financial Times cuts data warehouse costs by 80% with AWS Unplugging the data center What your SaaS vendor doesn't know about you Afraid of the cloud? How to handle your fears WHITE PAPER: Dell Software EMA Radar for Hybrid Cloud Integration Technologies Which cloud integration platform is right for your company? EMA Radar evaluated 7 leading cloud integration platform vendors for the value they deliver. How did they rank? Which is the right fit for your business? Read EMA Radar's report and learn more. Learn More CEOs may look twice at IBM's new security suite, services as Target's head rolls IBM picked a good day to launch a suite of security tools and services: a Monday morning when many CEOs saw in their news roundup that retailer Target is newly rid of a CEO who presided over a catastrophic data breach. Read More Little-known Cisco open source project among contributors to OpenStack Neutron policy blueprint Cisco's Noiro Networks, IBM, Juniper, others mold Group Based Policy to bring application-centric networking to cloud framework. Read More White House calls for big data and cloud privacy overhaul Leading tech groups welcome call for data breach law and outdated cloud privacy statute, but warn against overreaching consumer privacy legislation. Read More Cloud apps soar, CIOs take on new role As cloud apps become more business-critical, the CIO is emerging as the cloud services broker. In this new IT model, which is expected to expand rapidly in the next 12 months, CIOs can push cloud service providers to deliver detailed SLAs. Read More Whirlpool CIO moves 69,000 global employees to Google Apps Says the move could transform how employees get work done by increasing real-time collaboration. Read More WHITE PAPER: Gravitant, Inc. Addressing Common Challenges of Cloud Cloud promises dramatic cost savings and greater agility. But, like any new technology, cloud also brings new complexities. Learn how Gravitant cloudMatrix brokerage solution can help you manage the complexity and take a practical path to cloud. Learn More Workday takes another shot at Oracle, SAP with recruiting app Workday is expanding its competitive assault against Oracle and SAP with the general availability of Workday Recruiting, an application for finding the most qualified internal and external job candidates. Read More Salesforce combining Radian6 with Buddy Media to create Social Studio Salesforce.com is releasing Social Studio, a new product that combines features from its Radian6 social-media-monitoring technology with the content publishing capabilities of its Buddy Media software for marketers. Read More Financial Times cuts data warehouse costs by 80% with AWS The Financial Times is using Amazon Web Service's RedShift to improve its understanding of reader habits, helping to reduce costs and speed query times compared to its legacy data warehouse application. Read More Unplugging the data center AMAG shut down its data center, moved everything to the cloud, went wireless everywhere, made BYOD standard practice, and did away with desktop phones. The head of IT shares the lessons learned. Read More What your SaaS vendor doesn't know about you You'd think your SaaS vendors would know a lot more about you and their customers than IBM, Ma Bell or even the NSA. They know every click, login and data entry, right? Not necessarily. Read More Afraid of the cloud? How to handle your fears Study finds that 73% of IT execs worldwide fear that cloud providers are hiding problems. Read More
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