IaaS: Renting on-demand technology

	Oracle prepares to enter PaaS wars | Microsoft server and tool upgrades demand CIOs' attention
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	INSIDER IaaS: Renting on-demand technology Putting your faith in the cloud can be a risky endeavor. A survey from earlier this year showed that of 600 large companies, only 27% were using public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service. Insider (registration required) Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Silver Peak World's Highest Capacity Virtual WAN Op Silver Peak VRX = 20x capacity and one-third the cost of competitive products. VRX appliances leverage all the benefits of server virtualization within the data center, including: fast deployment, mobility, cloud compatibility, and flexible pricing. And the best news? You can test drive it today for free: In this Issue Oracle prepares to enter PaaS wars Microsoft server and tool upgrades demand CIOs' attention Box boosts to IT admin tools in cloud content management software Supercomputer to connect to 400PB of storage via Ethernet VMware buys desktop management company Wanova Dell reaches for the cloud with new prototype ARM server RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver IT Roadmap Denver – 6/20 Register Now! IT Roadmap is the one day, cost free, professional-level conference and expo that's full of job-ready solutions you can put to work now. IT Roadmap surrounds you with technology's most-followed analysts and the industry's most-innovative solution providers, all focused entirely on building the roadmap you need in crucial areas of enterprise IT. Click to continue Oracle prepares to enter PaaS wars Oracle may lay out how it plans to become a player in the burgeoning PaaS (platform as a service) market next week during a webcast event featuring CEO Larry Ellison and co-president Mark Hurd. Read More Microsoft server and tool upgrades demand CIOs' attention CIOs and IT directors tracking the barrage of major upgrades for Windows and Office also need to stay tuned to the refresh cycle for Microsoft's servers and tools, including Windows Server 2012, SQL Server 2012, System Center 2012 and Visual Studio 11. Read More Box boosts to IT admin tools in cloud content management software Box will start letting customers test a new set of IT administration controls for its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management software on Thursday. Read More WEBCAST: AMD Virtualization Success is a Team Effort As greater numbers of datacenter servers transition from the physical to the virtual world, the components of virtualization success come to the fore. What scores of organizations have discovered is that success is derived from an optimal pairing of the right software platform with the right hardware platform. Learn More! Supercomputer to connect to 400PB of storage via Ethernet The National Center for Supercomputing Applications has chosen a massive tape library and disk array system to support of Blue Waters, one of the world's largest supercomputers. Read More VMware buys desktop management company Wanova VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralize and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops, the company said Tuesday. Read More Dell reaches for the cloud with new prototype ARM server Dell announced a prototype low-power server with ARM processors, following a growing demand by Web companies for custom-built servers that can scale performance while reducing financial overhead on data centers. Read More
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