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	7 hot cloud companies to watch By now we're all familiar with the big names in the cloud computing industry, such as Amazon, Rackspace and VMWare. But there are also a whole host of cloud startups that are coming online to help you manage your cloud services provided by the big players. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Akamai Cloud Optimization for Amazon EC2™ The emergence of public cloud platforms and services has IT organizations thinking about which applications they want to keep in-house and which they can build within the cloud. Read more In this Issue Cloud companies to watch: A product sampler HP introduces new Enterprise security software Five hot startups at Demo Fall Windows Server 8: To the Cloud! Feds trek to the cloud Shady search casts iCloud over Apple IBM offers SMBs $1 billion in financing for cloud, analytics packages NetLogic will help Broadcom tap into 4G, cloud Cloud networking at Interop Cleversafe enhances ultra-secure cloud storage platform WHITE PAPER: Internap Business in the Cloud: Will Your IC Provide a Positive ROI This white paper uncovers a simple Return on Investment (ROI) approach, enterprises can leverage to quantify the value of best-in-class connectivity. Read now Cloud companies to watch: A product sampler A look at 4 up-and-coming cloud companies' offerings. Read More HP introduces new Enterprise security software Hewett-Packard is expanding its Enterprise Security Solutions portfolio to help businesses deal with persistent security threats from cloud computing and social media. Read More Five hot startups at Demo Fall The economy is still in the doldrums but it's not such a bad time to be a startup. Cloud technologies like Amazon Web Services have made it less costly for new companies to get off the ground, and 70 of them will be at the Demo Fall conference in Silicon Valley this week to launch new products. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Moving to a Cloud-based Delivery Model Help Desk software as a service is attractive to many IT departments. It offers the same benefits of traditional IT help desk solutions, in addition to reducing capital expenses, accelerating implementation, and providing easier upgrades. This paper explores considerations for implementing IT service management in-house or as a service. Read Now! Windows Server 8: To the Cloud! Microsoft held a mind-meld with about 40 journalists and influences at its Seattle headquarters last week to discuss Windows Server 8, the follow-up to Server 2008, and I've been able to extract a few details, NDAs and not being there not withstanding. Read More Feds trek to the cloud The government sector is on a fast march to the cloud, but Robert Rosen wants to pause for a breath. Read More Shady search casts iCloud over Apple Yes, the story of Apple's police-aided, ham-handed hunt for a second lost iPhone prototype has received a fair amount of attention. However, the Keystone Kops-like caper deserves a lot more, and probably would have gotten it right off the bat were it not for two facts: The story reached critical mass over the Labor Day weekend and more than a few journalists were at first convinced that it had to be a hoax or a marketing stunt, because, well, how in the name of Woz could this have happened twice ... to Apple? Read More WEBCAST: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Saving cloud computing users from evil doers This video panel discussion delves into IT's current and future security threats. Topics include web application security, vulnerabilities, threats and mitigation/defense strategies, and tactics with individual perspectives on the magnitude and direction of threats. Learn more IBM offers SMBs $1 billion in financing for cloud, analytics packages Hey, small and midsize businesses, IBM has got some cloud computing and analytics packages to sell you, and they're offering financing on terms so easy you'll think Big Blue went crazy! Read More NetLogic will help Broadcom tap into 4G, cloud Broadcom's deal to buy communications processor vendor NetLogic Microsystems for $3.7 billion will help the company feed the fast-growing demand for intelligent chips in all kinds of networks. Read More Cloud networking at Interop Early fall is a great time to be in New York. In September there's the US Open, and in October there's the Interop conference. There is no doubt that Interop can provide a major assist to IT organizations that are grappling with the onslaught of new technologies and new products. There is also no doubt that anybody who is going to Interop should go with a plan for what they want to accomplish or else they can get overwhelmed. The goal of this newsletter is to help Interop attendees develop a plan for the networking sessions that they want to attend. Read More Cleversafe enhances ultra-secure cloud storage platform Cleversafe, a cloud storage vendor that distributes data through the cloud, announced enhancements to its Cleversafe platform that make it more reliable and scalable for companies that are managing large collections of unstructured data for business analytics. Read More
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