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8 players to watch in the emerging cloud single sign on market

Posted October 16, 2013 - 1:18 pm

With the entrance of Salesforce's Identity service this week, more focus is likely on the crowded but young cloud identity and access management space
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Increase IT Performance from the Enterprise to the Cloud with WAN Optimization

Posted October 16, 2013 - 1:00 pm

Massive consolidation and data mobility, enabled by virtualization, have radically altered how we build servers, design applications, and deploy storage for the emerging "cloud" decade.
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ESG - What's Needed for Cloud Computing

Posted October 16, 2013 - 11:45 am

Focus on Networking and WAN Optimization
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Serve more sites faster with ASP.NET App Suspend

Posted October 16, 2013 - 8:00 am

Anyone who has hosted websites on a Windows Server using IIS knows how painfully slow the response time is on the first request to a site. With the latest version of the .NET Framework 4.5.1, a new feature called App Suspend aims to correct that issue and boost hosting density at the same time.
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500 free programming books? GitHub's got 'em

Posted October 16, 2013 - 6:00 am

A new repository is devoted to a list of free online programming books
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Microsoft revamps Yammer's iPad app

Posted October 15, 2013 - 6:39 pm

Microsoft has enhanced its Yammer enterprise social networking suite's mobile applications, email integration and document collaboration.
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Straight Talk about the Cloud for Data Backup and Disaster Recovery

Posted October 15, 2013 - 5:01 pm

Are you looking to understand how feasible the cloud really is to meet your specific requirements for backup and disaster recovery? Learn where the cloud is and is not a good fit.
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VMware expands management of Amazon, Microsoft, OpenStack clouds

Posted October 15, 2013 - 3:07 pm

VMware has rolled out expanded support for non-VMware workloads in its management tools, including the added ability to manage OpenStack clouds, and providing better visibility into Amazon and Microsoft clouds.
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Keeping tabs on our corporate overlords through open data

Posted October 15, 2013 - 6:00 am

OpenCorporates collects, collates and makes freely available government data on corporations from around the world to increase transparency and accountability
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Which is the less expensive choice for most business customers, AWS or Azure?

Posted October 14, 2013 - 4:40 pm

I hear some people claiming that AWS is cheaper and others claiming that Azure is less expensive. When you take into consideration the overall cost including deployment, storage, instances, etc., which ends of being more cost effective?
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Ironically, using HealthCare.gov may be hazardous to your health [CARTOON]

Posted October 11, 2013 - 6:00 am

If you try to access the government’s new health care website, watch out; it’s a little buggy
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Gartner: The cloud according to Daryl

Posted October 10, 2013 - 3:32 pm

Analyst Daryl Plummer summarizes cloud computing in 6 handy aphorisms.
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Microsoft says its future in the cloud is bright

Posted October 10, 2013 - 2:47 pm

The company unveiled a "wave" of enterprise cloud products and services--from Windows Server and System Center to Visual Studio, Windows Intune, SQL Server and Dynamics, to a new Windows Azure U.S. Government Cloud.
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Will cloud services be traded just like stocks and bonds one day?

Posted October 10, 2013 - 1:44 pm

Several companies are exploring the idea of trading cloud services on a commodities future exchange market, and the idea is gaining credence.
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Review: Ansible orchestration is a veteran Unix admin's dream

Posted October 10, 2013 - 1:42 pm

Ansible and AnsibleWorks AWX bring simplicity and power to Linux and Unix server automation.
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Lessons learned from a cloud evaporation

Posted October 10, 2013 - 1:37 pm

Cloud provider Nirvanix went belly up. Even if you weren't one of its clients, you can learn things from that mess.
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Does Amazon Web Services need to court startups?

Posted October 10, 2013 - 12:12 pm

You have to wonder why Amazon, which most people believe serves primarily startups, needs a program to help new businesses start using Amazon Web Services
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Google’s graveyard haunts Compute Engine

Posted October 9, 2013 - 2:27 pm

An analyst wonders if Google Compute Engine will follow Google Reader to the graveyard. But the search giant is less likely to shut down GCE than most of its other cancelled services.
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Google cozies up to Apple developers with cloud platform

Posted October 9, 2013 - 11:53 am

For Apple developers that want an easy way to add cloud storage or device-to-device push notifications to their apps, Google has announced Mobile Backend Starter for iOS.
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Put your unused domains to good use

Posted October 9, 2013 - 6:00 am

Domains4Good will use traffic to your parked domains for good social causes
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IBM begins integration of its cloud portfolio with SoftLayer

Posted October 9, 2013 - 2:20 am

IBM has begun integrating its cloud portfolio with cloud computing infrastructure from its US$2 billion acquisition of SoftLayer Technologies, starting with its social learning platform targeted at a variety of industries.
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An easy timesaver to create Java classes from JSON data

Posted October 9, 2013 - 12:00 am

Writing a Java application (see Android) that consumes a JSON API usually involves mapping the JSON objects to Java classes for use in the software. This is a tedious and repetitive task to say the least. When something is tedious and repetitive, it’s usually a prime candidate for software automation.
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The Insider Threat - How Privileged Users Put Critical Data at Risk

Posted October 8, 2013 - 11:31 am

When the Outsider Becomes the Insider
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Deal With It: Protecting Data in the Cloud

Posted October 8, 2013 - 11:31 am

Cloud computing continues to see explosive growth. Yet for security pros, the cloud presents a huge dilemma: How to embrace cloud benefits while securing your data?
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Securing Sensitive Data within Amazon Web Services EC2 and EBS - Challenges and Solutions to Protecting Data within the AWS Cloud

Posted October 8, 2013 - 11:31 am

The Need for EC2 and EBS Data Protection
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