Friday, December 09, 2011

Are We Lagging In SLAs? | Hybrid Cloud's Burst Bubble

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TechWeb Networking News Update -- Issue Highlights:
TOP STORY: Are We Lagging In SLAs?
ALSO SEE: Hybrid Cloud's Burst Bubble
ANALYTIC REPORT: The Evolution Of Enterprise Risk Management
WHITE PAPER: Virtualization and Data Center Management
MOST POPULAR: 10 Essential Cloud Apps For SMBs
BLOG: Crossroads' StrongBox: Securing the Future of Data Archiving
WEBCAST: Evaluation Guide for Cloud ERP
RESOURCES: InformationWeek Reports: Now Free

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NETWORKING NEWS UPDATE 
  Friday, December 09, 2011
REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS   |     MOST POPULAR   |     BLOG   |     WEBCASTS   |     RESOURCES  
TOP STORY
Are We Lagging In SLAs?
Is SLA definition and adoption lagging cloud services adoption -- and does it matter?

ALSO SEE
Hybrid Cloud's Burst Bubble
One of the more hyped use-case examples for hybrid cloud is cloud bursting. And why not? It's truly the have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too scenario.

Verizon Cedes Data Center Management To Terremark
Terremark, acquired by Verizon this year, showcases security, capacity of the data centers it will now oversee.

Cisco CloudVerse: Build One Private Cloud, Multiple Hypervisors
Cisco steps back from close partner VMware to help firms build a private cloud using Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESX Server, plus Cisco blades.

VirtualSharp Upgrades Virtual Machine Disaster Recovery
ReliableDR 3.0 software targets enterprises and cloud service providers seeking simpler way to keep track of sprawling virtual environments.

10 Cyber Monday Site Speed Winners
J. C. Penney and Apple offered the fastest customer response on traffic-heavy shopping day, according to Compuware's Gomez, dethroning 2010 winner Dell.

How SSDs Solved One Company's IT Performance Problems
When rapid growth overwhelmed AlphaStaff's ERP system, a switch to solid state drives was the answer to its capacity crisis.

Amazon's New Data Center Could Save You Money
With Oregon data center, Amazon Web Services gives West Coast infrastructure-as-a-service customers a 10% price break.

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ANALYTIC REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS:
FEATURED REPORTS
The Evolution Of Enterprise Risk Management
In today's uncertain and highly scrutinized financial services industry, achieving effective risk management is vital for survival. The report examines the need for enterprise risk management, the benefits of holistic data management, and ERM best practices.
DOWNLOAD NOW (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
Featured Report

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FEATURED WHITEPAPERS
Virtualization and Data Center Management
Virtualization presents a tremendous opportunity for IT organizations. Yet deployment involves major process and management complexities.This white paper outlines best practice methodologies that help you tackle challenges brought on by virtualization. Plus, review key questions to ask when evaluating a consolidated management solution.
 

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM:
10 Essential Cloud Apps For SMBs
Online tools let you get going fast and pay as you go, two factors that appeal especially to SMBs. From productivity to analytics, these 10 apps deserve your attention.

10 Epic Android Apps
Among the hundreds of thousands of Android apps, we've rounded up 10 epic, must-have choices. These apps will save your bacon, day in and day out.

7 Health Education Tools For Patients
Patients can benefit by getting a variety of healthcare information electronically--as these seven options prove. The tools also help healthcare organizations comply with the HITECH Act Meaningful Use requirements.

 

FROM THE NETWORK COMPUTING BLOG:
Featured Blogger Crossroads' StrongBox: Securing the Future of Data Archiving
By David Hill
If you were asked which storage product — hard disk drives (HDDs) or tape — would decline precipitously in market share over the next five to ten years, you would probably be one of the vast majority of people who said tape. You would also be wrong. Winning storage technologies have to excel on at least one dimension, either performance or capacity, and tape excels on capacity.

Emerging DCIM Software Market To Grow 500% By 2015
By Steve Wexler
The precise definition of datacenter infrastructure management appears to be in the eye of the beholder, but whatever DCIM is, it is growing rapidly, states 451 Research. In its inaugural DCIM software market-sizing report, 2010 revenues of $245 million will see a 39% compound annual growth rate through 2015 to $1.3 billion, says Andy Lawrence, research director, eco-efficient IT and datacenter technologies.

EMC Throws Out Big-Data Lifesaver
By Steve Wexler
Hot on the heels of its survey that shows we are drowning in a growing big-data deluge, EMC Corporation is announcing a lifesaver, the Greenplum Unified Analytics Platform (UAP). Intended to be a foundation for the company's data analytics strategy, it brings together three Greenplum products into a unified offering: the database for structured data; the enterprise Hadoop offering for the analysis and processing of unstructured data; and Chorus 2.0, a social media collaboration tool for data science teams.

 

WEBCASTS:

Evaluation Guide for Cloud ERP
Join this webinar to hear from the real experts -- the IT and finance executives who have implemented ERP in the cloud. Learn how they dealt with old systems and challenges, understand their evaluation process and the questions they asked, and hear how their deployments are today. It happens December 15.
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RESOURCES AND EVENTS:
InformationWeek Reports: Now Free
Good news, readers: We've changed the name of InformationWeek Analytics to InformationWeek Reports--and made the service free to registered users.
It happens March 25-29 in Orlando, Fla.


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