Cloud activity to explode in 2012

	Security minefield: 'Bring your own device' will bedevil IT security in 2012 | 10 biggest ERP software failures of 2011
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	Cloud activity to explode in 2012 In testing cloud computing services and observing the growth of cloud activities, we've noticed that there are distinct phases that organizations go through in adopting cloud. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. Learn More In this Issue Security minefield: 'Bring your own device' will bedevil IT security in 2012 10 biggest ERP software failures of 2011 How Intuit Liberated IT to Embrace Mobile, Social and the Cloud Nimbula offers help building private clouds RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Red Hat FOUR STEPS TO A PRIVATE OR HYBRID CLOUD STEP 4: ACCELERATE BUSINESS RESULTS WITH YOUR CLOUD. WEBINAR - JANUARY 19, 2012. In the From Virtualization to Cloud webinar series, Red Hat® and the IT Process Institute guide you through the best practices of cloud-building. Learn how to optimize cloud economics, reshape behavior for IT-as-a-Service, and streamline cross-functional collaboration. REGISTER NOW Security minefield: 'Bring your own device' will bedevil IT security in 2012 The rapid adoption of the newest mobile devices -- especially the Apple iPhone and iPad and the Google Android-based equivalents -- will be a huge disruptive force in enterprise security next year. Not only will there be pressure to decide how to protect and manage these devices, which are growing as malware targets, the complexity of this task is magnified many times over because companies are allowing employees to use their own personal smartphones and tablets for business purposes -- what's sometime called "bring your own device" (BYOD). Read More 10 biggest ERP software failures of 2011 With the year drawing to a close, one thing seems abundantly clear: There are still an awful lot of ERP and other software projects running off the rails out there. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Open Source Virtualization FAQ Learn the key advantages of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV), reasons for moving from Xen open source to the KVM hypervisor, RHEV's scalability, and avoiding the rising costs of VMware. Learn More How Intuit Liberated IT to Embrace Mobile, Social and the Cloud Intuit CEO Brad Smith has deftly steered what was once only a shrink-wrap software company into the cloud and mobile worlds and has led a re-engineering of Intuit's IT organization into a customer-focused, driver of innovation and value. Read More Nimbula offers help building private clouds Some businesses that rely on Amazon Web Services to run Web applications are starting to realize that they can save money or get better performance by building their own internal clouds -- and Nimbula is hoping to help them out. Read More
	SHARK TANK OF THE DAY Hey, yelling always worked in court This group of city-government agencies has just put Wi-Fi access points in each of its conference rooms and let the users know that wireless is available. And some users have clearly read the e-mail -- even if they don't really know what it means. CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that states outlaw the use of all electronic devices while driving. Should the use of personal electronic devices be banned while driving? NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
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