Peer pressure! Business pushing the cloud on enterprise IT

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	Federal CIOs lean on virtualization, shared services to trim data centers Viewing the data center as the focal point of an ambitious set of technology initiatives, federal CIOs are working aggressively to slash server counts and consolidate facilities as they position their agencies to adopt cloud applications, roll out mobile technologies and support big data projects. Read More In this Issue How to survive 4 cloud horror stories Atos succeeds in bid to buy Bull, will boost security and cloud offerings Peer pressure! Business pushing the cloud on enterprise IT Rackspace bows out of IaaS market Is Amazon Web Services really down and out? Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps: The ultimate guide WHITE PAPER: Alert Logic State of Cloud Security Report In a relatively short time, cloud computing, specifically Infrastructure-as a-Service, has shifted from a new but unproven approach to an accepted, even inevitable, model. Driven by flexibility and efficiency, the question facing most organizations is which applications and workloads to move to the cloud and when. Learn More How to survive 4 cloud horror stories Horror stories don't just happen at the movie theater. In a few cases, companies make a big play to use the wrong cloud application or experience widespread outages in their connection to cloud storage. Here's how to make it out alive. Read More Atos succeeds in bid to buy Bull, will boost security and cloud offerings Atos's offer to acquire servers and services specialist Bull has been approved, making it possible for the company to beef up its security and cloud computing offerings. Read More Peer pressure! Business pushing the cloud on enterprise IT How to react when business execs want to jump on this tech trend -- and IT isn't ready. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Boomi Bloor Research: The Economics of Cloud-Managed Integration Save time and money with cloud-managed integration Are you concerned about the cost and length of time it takes to integrate applications and data? You shouldn't be – cloud-based integration platforms dramatically speed results, increase productivity and lower costs. Learn more in this new white paper by Bloor Research. View now Rackspace bows out of IaaS market In face of stiff price competition from Amazon and Google, Rackspace embraces its managed heritage. Is this a sign of things to come? Read More Is Amazon Web Services really down and out? Don't count AWS out as a result of price competition from its newly energized competitors Microsoft and Google. Read More Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps: The ultimate guide Download this handy PDF to learn all the ins and outs of the two major cloud productivity suites and decide which option is best for you. Read More
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