Why the Amazon cloud outage helped cloud computing

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	Why the Amazon cloud outage helped cloud computing The recent outage over at Amazon was actually a good thing for cloud computing. It was a call to action that brought to light the need for solid standards for cloud infrastructure and iron-clad contractual obligations between cloud providers and subscribers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compellent VMware Optimize VMware Environments With a Dell Compellent virtual storage platform and VMware virtual servers, you will have an economically efficient system that grows in line with your business needs. Read how to speed up storage provisioning, automatically fine-tune data placement, minimize disk capacity and integrate storage with SRM by implementing Fluid Data storage. Read now In this Issue iCloud: What's in, what's out for MobileMe users The 10 worst cloud outages (and what we can learn from them) Cloud storage providers need sharper billing metrics Startup touting data center fabric that will put a scare into Cisco, Juniper Sharky: Usually this time of year it would be an asterisk RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SAP Use Data to Beat the Competition Most companies recognize the importance of their data - but few are leveraging it to full advantage. So while your competitors sit back, you can sprint ahead - helping to cut costs, boost profits, build loyalty, and solve a myriad of day-to-day business challenges. No matter the size of your business, you can now compete on a level playing field. Click to continue iCloud: What's in, what's out for MobileMe users Apple said it would pull MobileMe's plug in 2012, months after it is to be replaced by iCloud. We answer some questions about what parts would shift to iCloud and what would be ditched. Read More The 10 worst cloud outages (and what we can learn from them) Sending your IT business to the cloud comes with risk, as those affected by these 10 colossal cloud outages can attest Read More WEBCAST: Dell Get Your Data Moving With the advent of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE), the potential now exists to converge storage traffic onto a common unified data center fabric to achieve lower costs, simpler deployment, as well as greater flexibility and performance. Register Now! Cloud storage providers need sharper billing metrics Cloud storage providers should bill by disk usage, not I/O a group of Usenix researchers contend Read More Startup touting data center fabric that will put a scare into Cisco, Juniper The ability of your data center fabric to support millions of servers with low cost and power may not be due to advances from your major switch vendor, or to standards they may embrace. Read More Sharky: Usually this time of year it would be an asterisk This support pilot fish gets an e-mail from one of her users: "Why do I have a semicolon hard-coded on my computer?" Read More
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