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	Joyent takes aim at Amazon with public cloud upgrade Joyent is upgrading its public cloud service with better analytics and the ability to run Linux and Windows, as it hopes to persuade CIOs to move more applications to the company's cloud. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Rackspace Find out How to Eliminate Cloud Lock-in Cloud computing stands well poised to help enterprises significantly improve their business IT speed, agility and costs. However, the fear of technology "lock-in" discourages some large corporations from realizing the benefits of the Cloud. Read "Unlocking the Enterprise Cloud" to find out how the OpenStack™ Project Eliminates Cloud Lock-In. In this Issue Toshiba adds cloud-based backup option to consumer drives Congress eyes role in cloud development On CIO.com: How cloud computing Is changing data center design, cost Can you trust the cloud? Bitcasa will offer unlimited cloud storage for $10 a month On CIO.com: How to build a turnkey private and hybrid cloud Gmail threatens Microsoft in enterprises, says Gartner European data concerns cloud outlook for U.S. vendors WHITE PAPER: Rackspace Moving your Infrastructure to the Cloud This paper details the significant benefits that Cloud Computing brings and provides guidance to IT decision makers to help their decision making process. This is especially important given the plethora of vendors in the marketplace today. Read Now! Toshiba adds cloud-based backup option to consumer drives Toshiba today announced a new cloud service interface on its Canvio 3.0 line of external portable hard drives, which automatically discovers files and recommends which should be backed up to the cloud. Read More Congress eyes role in cloud development Lawmakers at a hearing said they see a lot of potential in cloud deployment, but are unsure what they should do to encourage its growth. Read More On CIO.com: How cloud computing Is changing data center design, cost One aspect of cloud computing is a dramatic drop in the cost of computing. While many discuss cloud computing's cost advantage in terms of better utilization via resource pooling and rapid elasticity, we believe that there is a more fundamental shift going on as data centers are redesigned to focus on scale, efficiency and a shift to commodity components. Read More Can you trust the cloud? The cloud is falling! The cloud is falling! If it's not Google Docs or Gmail, it's Microsoft's Office 365, Hotmail and SkyDrive. Recent outages raise serious questions about just how dependable cloud-based services really are. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker Resource: iOS White Paper and Deployment Kit Quickly Develop and Deploy iOS Solutions. With FileMaker Pro, iPad and iPhone solutions can be prototyped and completed in hours or days versus weeks or months. No iOS application programming or design experience is required. Read the white paper and download the kit. Bitcasa will offer unlimited cloud storage for $10 a month Bitcasa, an ambitious start-up, plans to offer unlimited cloud storage space, for $10 a month. Read More On CIO.com: How to build a turnkey private and hybrid cloud The hype around cloud computing is hard to ignore and enterprises are finding it extremely difficult to sift through the noise to find which products work best specifically for their data center. Read More Gmail threatens Microsoft in enterprises, says Gartner Google's share of the enterprise email market "hovers" around 1%, but will reach 10% within a few years, research firm Gartner Inc. said. Read More European data concerns cloud outlook for U.S. vendors American cloud providers may find themselves unable to sell to the Dutch government due to concerns that the vendors could be compelled to share data with U.S. authorities under the provisions of the Patriot Act. Similar concerns are being raised in the European Parliament. Read More
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