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Are You Ready to Tap the Power of Intelligent Business Clouds?
Just when companies are finally mastering the definition of hybrid clouds, Accenture claims there is a new paradigm on the horizon. It predicts the next wave of hybrid clouds will be "Intelligent Business Clouds." And that's more than some vague marketing idea — or so it claims.
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Why You Should Care About Docker's Latest Addition: SocketPlane
At some point soon, you and your colleagues will likely wonder whether you need to make a fundamental change to your IT infrastructure ... at least if you want your organization to be effective and remain competitive.
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Everything You Really Need to Know About Docker
A two-year-old technology is at the spearhead of a genuine revolution in data center architectures, for both software and hardware. With yesterday's release by the Docker organization of open source tools for orchestrating the deployment of containerized applications anywhere from a data center cluster to a single laptop, the very
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Embracing Change in the Digital Workplace
Today we begin a new beat here at CMSWire: software-defined systems. I know. Your marketing buzzword alarm has just sounded, and you may be wondering just how quickly you can reach for the Back button. But follow me a moment.
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Accenture Report Highlights Hardware Renaissance as a Digital Disrupter
Accenture's annual Technology Vision Report, entitled "From Digitally Disrupted to Digital Disrupter," highlights the return of hardware and big names after years where software development by smaller companies have been the stars for business.
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Citrix Buys Framehawk to Extend Mobile Productivity
Bandwidth Loss, Responsiveness Even though more workers than ever try to do work on their latest and greatest mobile devices, the networks that carry those signals are less reliable than hard wired connections. Witness the loss of bandwidth over crowded Wi-Fi connections or on some cellular networks.
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Dell, Puppet Labs Team Up on IT Automation
After Dell founder Michael Dell took the company private early in 2013, the company made a move to acquire Quest Software for $2.5 billion. This acquisition is now getting bolstered by an integration with Puppet Labs.
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Forrester Names HP, Cisco, Microsoft Top Private Cloud Vendors
Private cloud computing is going mainstream. It has moved from a technology limited to a handful of innovative enterprises to a technology that has been prioritized for development in the next 12 months by more than half the enterprises surveyed, according to new Forrester research.
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IBM Targets Government Business with Federal Cloud Computing Center
Everyone’s a winner here, it seems. While the government and associated agencies will have access to all of IBM’s cloud research and developments, IBM, for its part, will be given wider access to government departments, giving it a working lab to experiment with its open standards cloud computing program.
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IBM Makes SoftLayer the Foundation of Cloud Portfolio, Introduces New SaaS Business Services
Big Blue announces a series of steps that build on its SoftLayer acquisition with the release of new cloud-based business services. In June, IBM spent US$ 2 billion buying cloud computing firm SoftLayer to help boost its ability to deliver services, and these new announcements feature the roll out of
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Microsoft Updates Windows Azure with Push Notifications, SQL Server AlwaysOn Support
Microsoft's Bing News app can use Notification Hubs for instant news updates. Microsoft has unloaded a series of major updates to its Windows Azure service, including notification hubs, SQL Server AlwaysOn support and disaster recovery. Push to iOS, Android + Windows Windows Azure Notification Hubs allow personalized messages to be
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Amazon EC2 Dedicated Instances Price Drops
Amazon continues to put pressure on the compute on demand market by once again dropping the price of its EC2 Dedicated Instances this week by as much as 80%. The Importance of Scale Because Amazon employs such a huge cache of networked servers, it can afford to consistently drop prices
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Rackspace Debuts Private Cloud on OpenStack Grizzly
Cloud hosting company Rackspace has debuted its Private Cloud software on Openstack Grizzly, the latest version of the Openstack system, and the release adds virtual networks and active directory integration to the Private Cloud.
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How to Create a Cost-Effective BYOD Policy
When it comes to the mobile enterprise, issues related to BYOD are at the forefront. In their recent report, AIIM found that while more companies are developing BYOD policies, there are still those who are putting their systems at risk, resulting in increased costs.
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