2014's most significant cloud deals have OpenStack at heart

	2014's most significant cloud deals have OpenStack at heart | Dropbox finds its way into HP, Acer PCs and tablets
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	IBM sends Cognos, SPSS to the cloud IBM continues to migrate its portfolio of enterprise software to the cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: SevenTablets Mitigating Your Biggest Mobile Strategy Risk: User Rejection Did you know eight out of ten apps are downloaded, used once, and deleted? User rejection is the greatest risk to your mobile strategy. This white paper outlines how to mitigate this risk by planning a user-friendly experience that balances responsiveness, intuitiveness, and functionality. Learn More In this Issue 2014's most significant cloud deals have OpenStack at heart Dropbox finds its way into HP, Acer PCs and tablets Google enlists PwC to push Apps, Android, cloud computing to businesses Amazon takes aim at Microsoft's Active Directory with new service Cisco slashing stake in VCE joint venture with EMC/VMware IBM and Microsoft pledge to make their clouds compatible Canonical celebrates cloud freedoms with new Ubuntu How RMS put its catastrophe modeling software in the cloud 5 tips for transforming enterprise IT towers into cloud services Microsoft leans on data-center strength to get cloud edge WHITE PAPER: NetBrain Technologies Why Legacy Diagramming Fails Our Businesses Accurate network diagrams are the Holy Grail in enterprise network management – most network teams know they should be documenting their networks but haven't found a universally good way of doing it. Learn More 2014's most significant cloud deals have OpenStack at heart The most important cloud acquisitions this year have one thing in common: OpenStack. Read More Dropbox finds its way into HP, Acer PCs and tablets The cloud storage company is pursuing partnerships to grow its already massive user base. Read More Google enlists PwC to push Apps, Android, cloud computing to businesses PwC will also roll out Apps to 45,000 staffers in the US and Australia. Read More Amazon takes aim at Microsoft's Active Directory with new service The AWS Directory Service costs from $36.50 per month Read More Cisco slashing stake in VCE joint venture with EMC/VMware EMC and Cisco confirmed on Wednesday morning that their VCE joint venture with VMware is headed into a new phase, with EMC taking control and Cisco cutting its stake. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Corporation Reinventing the analytics experience on the cloud IBM Watson Analytics brings advanced analytical capabilities to business analysts who can conduct the kind of analysis that has been limited to highly skilled practitioners such as statisticians, data miners, and data scientists. Learn More IBM and Microsoft pledge to make their clouds compatible IBM will support Microsoft technologies, and vice versa, in each other's respective cloud. Read More Canonical celebrates cloud freedoms with new Ubuntu The newest version of Ubuntu Linux comes with Cloud Foundry and the latest version of Docker. Read More How RMS put its catastrophe modeling software in the cloud After hosting its software on Amazon Web Services, risk management firm RMS decided to move to a private cloud. The decision paid off, largely because RMS got a little help from its friends. Read More 5 tips for transforming enterprise IT towers into cloud services With more cloud IT services in play, traditional IT has lost relevancy. Here are five tips for successfully transforming IT into a process-driven organization. Read More Microsoft leans on data-center strength to get cloud edge The company tries to catch up to and surpass Amazon Web Services at TechEd Europe. Read More
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