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	University tests ERP on new Dell cloud University of Kentucky CIO Vince Kellen is considering moving some of the university's SAP work to a cloud environment, which would make him a relatively early adopter of ERP in the cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAP Enabling Growth Through Business Model Innovation This paper looks at most common areas of business model innovation, describes how organizations are leveraging innovation in different parts of their business, and shows how to implement a solid and adaptive foundation that is flexible enough to support rapid innovation. Read now! In this Issue Thomson Reuters moves payroll, HR data to the cloud Are costly SSDs worth the money? Enterprise users say absolutely MS says its private cloud is far cheaper than VMware's 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. Thomson Reuters moves payroll, HR data to the cloud Information and financial services giant Thomson Reuters has more than 55,000 employees spread over 100 countries. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fujitsu Key Considerations before Virtualizing This whitepaper examines the various virtualization technologies and shows the range of ICT infrastructure layers where they are applied. It also shows how Fujitsu incorporates these technologies into end-to-end solutions as an essential part of its Dynamic Infrastructures strategy. Learn more! Are costly SSDs worth the money? Enterprise users say absolutely Solid-state storage based on NAND flash can be a pricey option to install in a data center, but I/O hungry applications such as server and desktop virtualization are prompting IT managers to install them -- with the caveat that they must be strategically placed for the best, most cost-effective results. Read More MS says its private cloud is far cheaper than VMware's Microsoft has always positioned Hyper-V to be a less expensive alternative to VMware. Now the software giant says that with VMware's new VRAM-based pricing, it calculates a private cloud built on Microsoft can cost up to $70,000 less than one built under VMware's licensing schemes. Read More
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