SAP unveils plan for 'simple' cloud financial app suite

	IBM aims to bring faster development to the cloud | Siemens' Unify to cut staff in half
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	SAP unveils plan for 'simple' cloud financial app suite SAP is taking a big step into SaaS with Simple Finance, a set of applications based on its in-memory Hana Enterprise Cloud platform. Read More WHITE PAPER: Strategy Companion Corporation The Benefits of Modern BI This IDC white paper discusses the benefits of using BI tools that better address the needs of business users who perform analysis of data to inform decisions on a regular basis. The document compares modern offerings with traditional BI tools and discusses the benefits of self-service BI. Learn more In this Issue IBM aims to bring faster development to the cloud Siemens' Unify to cut staff in half Microsoft and Salesforce.com to link wares in global partnership Amazon wants to run your high-performance databases Gartner: Amazon runs away with IaaS cloud Magic Quadrant; Microsoft catching up Outage caused by single admin mortifies cloud provider Joyent Microsoft buys Capptain for mobile analytics, cloud services Acer to release new cloud apps in June, eyes partnerships in smart devices IBM customizes cloud services for the enterprise NTT's global cloud services show what software-based networks can do Google Drive leads in features, lags in ease-of-use Cloud provider FireHost's security chief brings lessons from the front lines Nutanix NX-3000 review: Virtualization cloud-style WHITE PAPER: Strategy Companion Corporation Why your organization can benefit from self-service BI This IDC white paper discusses the benefits of using BI tools that better address the needs of business users who perform analysis of data to inform decisions on a regular basis. The document compares modern offerings with traditional BI tools and discusses the benefits of self-service BI. Learn more IBM aims to bring faster development to the cloud While practices to speed programming have been around for a decade, only recently have they caught the eye of the enterprise manager looking for a competitive edge. Now, IBM is updating its Bluemix portfolio of cloud services to help companies save time in deploying new applications by using these new programming methodologies. Read More Siemens' Unify to cut staff in half Unify, a joint venture between Siemens and the Gores Group, will cut 50 percent of its staff and refocus its product roster away from hardware, following a shift in the overall unified communications market toward software and cloud services. Read More Microsoft and Salesforce.com to link wares in global partnership Microsoft and Salesforce.com have become corporate buddies, pledging to integrate their flagship products in what they're calling a "global, strategic partnership." Read More Amazon wants to run your high-performance databases Amazon Web Services is making a pitch for enterprises' high-performance databases to run on its infrastructure, launching new instances optimized for the task. Read More Gartner: Amazon runs away with IaaS cloud Magic Quadrant; Microsoft catching up Amazon Web Services, for another consecutive year, is running away with the IaaS cloud market, according to research firm Gartner, but unlike other years the competition - namely Microsoft, is giving the market leader a run for its money. Read More Outage caused by single admin mortifies cloud provider Joyent Cloud provider Joyent suffered an outage on Tuesday after an administrator was able to simultaneously reboot all virtual servers hosted in the company's US-East-1 data center. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux- Original Cloud Operating System Linux is the original cloud OS. Its popularity as a cloud architecture remains high, and we expect it to continue to be the cloud OS. Linux, unlike competing OSes, was designed and built using the Internet, making it a natural fit for cloud. Learn More Microsoft buys Capptain for mobile analytics, cloud services Microsoft plans to boost its Azure cloud services with its acquisition of Capptain, whose product helps developers track and analyze usage of their Web and mobile apps and implement customer retention strategies. Read More Acer to release new cloud apps in June, eyes partnerships in smart devices Acer is betting on its cloud strategy to turn its business around. Read More IBM customizes cloud services for the enterprise IBM is offering cloud services to cover patient care, customer data analysis and other specific industry processes. Read More NTT's global cloud services show what software-based networks can do Instantly turning on carrier services, one of the big promises of software-based networks, is now a reality, according to NTT Communications. Read More Google Drive leads in features, lags in ease-of-use Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides comprise the most powerful online productivity suite, but significant shortcomings remain. Read More Cloud provider FireHost's security chief brings lessons from the front lines Jeff Schilling, who joined cloud hosting startup FireHost this week as chief security officer, knows a thing or two about cybersecurity. Read More Nutanix NX-3000 review: Virtualization cloud-style Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform brings resilient, cloud-like server and storage infrastructure to traditional virtualization deployments. Read More
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