16 of the most useful cloud management tools

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	16 of the most useful cloud management tools One of the biggest concerns users have with public cloud resources is not knowing how much they will cost, given the pay-as-you-go model. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Top 10 Considerations for cloud computing As business users push for faster and easier ways to roll out applications, cloud usage is on the rise. As a result, many cloud projects are initiated outside the realm of IT – without the clear requirements or measurable objectives. "Top 10 Considerations for Cloud Computing" provides a checklist for taking a more strategic approach to cloud. Download your complementary checklist In this Issue INSIDER Single sign-on moves to the cloud Amazon makes it easier to track costs, usage in its cloud IT outsourcing year in review: Grading our predictions HP brings cloud economics to networking with a pay-per-use model INSIDER Cloudera CEO: We're taking Hadoop beyond MapReduce Top network and IT industry stories of 2012 Oracle buys DataRaker for 'big data' analysis Leveraging Microsoft's SkyDrive for cloud-based storage What does a cloud IT career really mean? Official document reveals the rules of Oracle's cloud Cbeyond launches TotalCloud Phone System RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! INSIDER Single sign-on moves to the cloud We are awash in passwords, and as the number of Web services increases, things are only going to get worse. Trying to manage all these individual passwords is a major problem for enterprise security. Many end users cope by re-using their passwords, which exposes all sorts of security holes. Read More Amazon makes it easier to track costs, usage in its cloud Somewhat undercutting a budding ecosystem of vendors that provide similar services, Amazon Web Services today announced increased features for customers to track their usage of AWS public cloud resources. Read More IT outsourcing year in review: Grading our predictions At this time last year, we predicted that 2012 would be the year cloud computing hype ended. We said application development would migrate from offshore to cities stateside. And we forecasted that IT service providers would become more relationship-oriented. Now it's time to see how those predictions panned out. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Financial Analytics: How IT Leaders Can Help CFOs CFOs rely on their IT leaders to guide them to the tools that help them keep up with the pace of today's business - tools that help them plan, report, measure and analyze data so they can make smarter decisions and drive more predictable business outcomes. Learn More HP brings cloud economics to networking with a pay-per-use model You've heard of software as a service, infrastructure as a service and even security as a service. Now there is LAN as a service, a business model that lets you acquire a modern network infrastructure and pay only for the ports you use. Read More INSIDER Cloudera CEO: We're taking Hadoop beyond MapReduce In an exclusive interview, the voluble CEO of Cloudera, Mike Olson, holds forth on the company's new Impala project and the boundless potential of Hadoop. Read More Top network and IT industry stories of 2012 The cloud, tablets, software-defined networking, IPv6 and 4G wireless reshape the enterprise IT landscape in 2012. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel® Xeon® Processors Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! Oracle buys DataRaker for 'big data' analysis Oracle is planning to buy DataRaker in a move that will give it a cloud-based platform for analyzing data from smart meters used by energy utilities. Terms of the deal, which was announced Thursday, weren't disclosed. Read More Leveraging Microsoft's SkyDrive for cloud-based storage Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, etc that all work great for photo sharing. But then for work, you need to share a Word document, PowerPoint presentation, PDF files, and the like, which aren't well shared by the Facebook, Instagram, Flickr's of the world. This is where I've come to realize that Microsoft's SkyDrive has REALLY fit in to a great overall content sharing medium for me. Read More What does a cloud IT career really mean? The term cloud computing has become part of the vernacular in companies of all industries and sizes. Over the past few years, more and more companies are moving to the cloud to save money, scale more easily and achieve faster times to production. Read More Official document reveals the rules of Oracle's cloud An official document containing policies and pledges for customers of Oracle's cloud services reveals that many aspects fall in line with industry standards, while others may prompt cause for worry among customers, according to analysts. Read More Cbeyond launches TotalCloud Phone System Cbeyond has announced general availability of its TotalCloud Phone System in the United States. Designed specifically for single or multi-location businesses, the service prioritizes and routes voice traffic over Cbeyond's private IP network to a secure data center. General availability follows a controlled introduction of the TotalCloud Phone System in July 2012. Read More
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