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	Citrix ditches OpenStack for Apache Citrix is giving its cloud deployment platform an Apache license, marking a migration away from the evolving OpenStack project and an embrace of Amazon Web Services offerings. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Silver Peak's Advantages in a Disaster Recovery Environment Why do industry analysts agree Silver Peak is the WAN Optimization vendor of choice for offsite data replication? It starts with a unique, next generation architecture. Read more. In this Issue Windows 8 Update: Back up Windows Server 8 to the cloud Google Drive will offer 5GB of free storage, leak suggests Amazon Web Services updates Linux implementation Forecasting a warming world via thousands of PCs How secure is the cloud? IT pros speak up Carriers make their play in the cloud Dell expands virtual desktops into the cloud Oracle buys ClearTrial for clinical trials software Amazon posts human genetic details of 1,700 people Venture capital no longer hates us, Amazon.com's CTO says WHITE PAPER: Quest Software IDC Vendor Spotlight Your company needs backup and recovery that supports a tiered-recovery model. This IDC Vendor Spotlight examines the modern forces driving the advancements in today's data protection technologies, and a complete backup and recovery solution that works across physical, virtual and cloud environments. Read Now! Windows 8 Update: Back up Windows Server 8 to the cloud Microsoft is offering free tests of online backup for Windows Server 8 via its Azure cloud storage service, which could be a convenient way to protect data without having to spend a lot of time designing and cash outlay deploying private backup. Read More Google Drive will offer 5GB of free storage, leak suggests It looks as though Google will offer users 5GB of free cloud storage space on its new Drive service. Read More Amazon Web Services updates Linux implementation Amazon Web Services has upgraded the Linux image that runs in its cloud to include newer versions of Tomcat, MySQL and Python, while at the same time allowing enterprises to stay on older versions, the company said in a blog post. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Shorten The Gap Between Customers and Development Value It's a fine line to walk—trying to balance between the costs and the benefits of procuring development and test IT assets. Read this white paper to learn about the challenges that CIOs, IT managers and application development managers face as they attempt to select a cloud computing vendor to help find the right path. Learn More Forecasting a warming world via thousands of PCs A recently released study that found global temperatures may be rising faster than expected was developed with the help of thousands of PCs. Read More How secure is the cloud? IT pros speak up For CIOs and IT professionals, the potential of the cloud is clear: transforming IT from cost center to business engine. It promises the agility and scalability that tech dreams are made of. By leveraging the cloud, you can complete typical IT tasks in hours rather than weeks or months, allowing you to dedicate staff to innovation, not just maintaining systems and infrastructure. Read More Carriers make their play in the cloud The wave started last year when Time Warner Cable, the telecommunications company serving much of the Eastern United States, spent $230 million to purchase NaviSite, a provider of cloud services for businesses. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Solaris on the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud This paper provides a high level overview of the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and then describes the value that Oracle Solaris brings to the Oracle Exalogic offering. Learn More! Dell expands virtual desktops into the cloud Dell said this week it is expanding its virtual desktop offerings into the cloud through a partnership with another company. Read More Oracle buys ClearTrial for clinical trials software Oracle said Thursday it has acquired ClearTrial, which offers cloud-based applications that help companies run clinical trials of new drugs. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the first half of this year, were not disclosed. Read More Amazon posts human genetic details of 1,700 people Amazon Web Services today announced that genomic information of 1,700 individuals has been placed in its public cloud and can be accessed by anyone in the world. Read More Venture capital no longer hates us, Amazon.com's CTO says When Amazon Web Services launched a few years ago, the venture capital community wasn't a big fan. Read More
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