Employees aren’t waiting around for IT to deliver new apps

	How Intuit liberated IT to embrace mobile, social and the cloud | EMC works to boost acceptance of public and private clouds
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	Employees aren't waiting around for IT to deliver new apps Today's tech-savvy employees aren't waiting around for IT to deliver new applications. They're taking matters into their own hands. Read More WEBCAST: MegaPath Experts: Security in the Cloud IP Engineering expert Sean Crandall describes 3 security options to protect your network View Now In this Issue How Intuit liberated IT to embrace mobile, social and the cloud EMC works to boost acceptance of public and private clouds Nimbula offers help building private clouds Squeeze WAN providers now for a better cloud later 'Server huggers' impede cloud migrations Salesforce.com acquires Rypple for push into cloud HR software Cloud UI design mistakes to avoid Securing the daisy chain Enomaly buy to fuel new Virtustream exchange Zoho guns for Salesforce.com with major upgrade to its SaaS CRM software WHITE PAPER: McAfee Security and Cloud: Augment or Abdicate? Odds are your organization has a server virtualization or cloud computing initiative in place. But have you chosen an approach to address common concerns about security and compliance? This paper will discuss in detail the research findings on the cost savings and operational efficiencies of augmenting the security practices of cloud providers. Learn More How Intuit liberated IT to embrace mobile, social and the cloud Intuit CEO Brad Smith has deftly steered what was once only a shrink-wrap software company into the cloud and mobile worlds and has led a re-engineering of Intuit's IT organization into a customer-focused, driver of innovation and value. Read More EMC works to boost acceptance of public and private clouds EMC has tied its fortunes to the future of cloud computing and is working hard to change the hearts and minds of IT executives so they will embrace the same vision, according to the firm's chief marketing officer. Read More Nimbula offers help building private clouds Some businesses that rely on Amazon Web Services to run Web applications are starting to realize that they can save money or get better performance by building their own internal clouds -- and Nimbula is hoping to help them out. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Data Protection Solutions The simpler a backup plan is to plan and execute, the more likely it is to be done. Read Now! Squeeze WAN providers now for a better cloud later Businesses should be formulating cloud strategies now that get the most out of their network providers to better support whatever cloud services they wind up buying, according to a prominent cloud-economics expert. Read More 'Server huggers' impede cloud migrations Chipita America has become almost serverless over the past six years by moving its ERP, EDI and BI systems, Office and Exchange applications and file servers to the cloud. (Insider content, registration required.) Read More Salesforce.com acquires Rypple for push into cloud HR software Salesforce.com announced it will acquire cloud-based performance management vendor Rypple in a bid to enter the human resources software market. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More Cloud UI design mistakes to avoid I've written for years that it is impossible to make a product too easy to use. But the industry has proved me wrong, by making products that are so focused on easy that they encourage sloppy, unmaintainable system configurations. In the pursuit of something easy enough for mortals to use (and sales reps to demo), some cloud vendors are paving the way for a big mess a few months after deployment. Read More Securing the daisy chain Some cloud computing vendors outsource parts of their services to subcontractors, who may in turn outsource to others. Here's how to know who has your company's data and how secure it really is. Insider content (registration required) Read More Enomaly buy to fuel new Virtustream exchange Virtustream's acquisition of Enomaly could help enterprises turn a drawback of private clouds--excess capacity--into a profit center. Read More Zoho guns for Salesforce.com with major upgrade to its SaaS CRM software Zoho unveiled a significant upgrade to its on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) software with new features including an overhauled user interface and an integration with LinkedIn. Read More
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