Google Cloud Launcher deploys VM-based apps in a snap

	Google Cloud Launcher deploys VM-based apps in a snap | School district gets an HP SDN makeover to address wireless growth, security problems
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	$250 for your thoughts ITworld is conducting a short survey about unified communications and collaboration, and we value your feedback. This confidential survey should take no more than 10 minutes of your time, and as a thank-you for participating you may enter a sweepstakes to win a $250 cash prize. Read More WEBCAST: CDW Achieving Complete Security: Endpoint, Mobile, and NAC Is sensitive data leaking out of your business? For many enterprises, mobility is the enemy of security. As more devices and platforms enter the workplace, security strategy must be constantly refined to ensure the safety of data and users. View Now In this Issue Google Cloud Launcher deploys VM-based apps in a snap INSIDER School district gets an HP SDN makeover to address wireless growth, security problems Microsoft to simplify Azure migration with bigger VM drives SDN management battle: TAPs vs. network packet brokers An SDN vulnerability forced OpenDaylight to focus on security WHITE PAPER: CDW Next-Generation Firewalls: The New Norm in Defense Increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks have led organizations to adopt correspondingly sophisticated levels of security control. Information security professionals now expect cyberattacks to be part of their normal operating environment View Now Google Cloud Launcher deploys VM-based apps in a snap Google offers a new service for launching packaged apps in VMs to Cloud Platform, by way of a partnership with Bitnami. Read More INSIDER School district gets an HP SDN makeover to address wireless growth, security problems South Washington County Schools standardizes on one vendor, leans on Software Defined Networking. Read More Microsoft to simplify Azure migration with bigger VM drives Microsoft has increased by a factor of eight the maximum size of OS drives that can run on its Azure cloud, hoping to get enterprises to migrate more workloads.Microsoft is methodically launching new services and adding features to Azure to make the platform more competitive and a better fit for different applications. Until now, virtual machines on Azure had a maximum OS drive size of 127GB, a problem for enterprises that wanted to move existing on-site virtual machines that for some reason were bigger than that.With the new 1023GB limit, migrating virtual machines where apps and data residing on the OS drive exceed the previous ceiling becomes more straightforward, Microsoft's Guy Bowerman, senior program manager, Azure Compute Runtime, said in a blog post.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More SDN management battle: TAPs vs. network packet brokers Network management is a sticky issue when it comes to implementing software-defined networks and network virtualization. Read More An SDN vulnerability forced OpenDaylight to focus on security Open-source software projects are often well intended, but security can take a back seat to making the code work.OpenDaylight, the multivendor software-defined networking (SDN) project, learned that the hard way last August after a critical vulnerability was found in its platform.It took until December for the flaw, called Netdump, to get patched, a gap in time exacerbated by the fact that the project didn't yet have a dedicated security team. After he tried and failed to get in touch with OpenDaylight, the finder of the vulnerability, Gregory Pickett, posted it on Bugtraq, a popular mailing list for security flaws.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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