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	IBM pushes new integrated, lower-cost Linux servers IBM announced new "affordable" Linux servers on Wednesday as the company tries to push its new category of preconfigured servers for virtualization and big data to midmarket and enterprise customers. Read More WHITE PAPER: FrontRange Solutions The Next Generation of Client Computing Data is now accessed via physical and virtual desktops, laptops and mobile devices. IT organizations struggle to control and manage the widening pool of devices and operating systems. A recent IDG Research Quick Poll found that most organizations will try to get a handle on this changing landscape this year. View Now In this Issue INSIDER Dell simplifies the blade server Review: Quickoffice Connect is a poor iCloud clone HGST announces 12Gbps SAS SSDs for use in enterprise data centers INSIDER Get virtualization out of its silos How to Virtualize Mission-Critical Applications AMD consolidating data centers with cloud, hardware upgrades VMware downplays leaks of source code WHITE PAPER: Oracle Databases More at Risk Than Ever Download this complimentary copy of the 2011 IOUG Data Security Survey Report and see how your organization measures up. Learn More! INSIDER Dell simplifies the blade server Dell's PowerEdge C6220 squeezes four two-socket servers into 2RU, delivering blade server density at a rack-mount price. Insider (registration required) Read More Review: Quickoffice Connect is a poor iCloud clone Stick with the original Quickoffice HD app and either Dropbox or Box instead for a more reliable, cheaper alternative Read More HGST announces 12Gbps SAS SSDs for use in enterprise data centers Western Digital company HGST on Tuesday announced what it claimed to be the first 12 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) SAS solid state drive for use in enterprise storage servers, delivering twice the throughput compared to current 6Gbps SAS technology. Read More WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how INSIDER Get virtualization out of its silos To take full advantage of virtualization's high-level benefits, companies must view the technology's capabilities across the entire IT organization. Here's some expert advice on creating a virtualization strategy that looks at the big picture. Insider (registration required) Read More How to Virtualize Mission-Critical Applications Enterprises are virtualizing more and more of their workloads. The benefits are well-known: consolidation and infrastructure efficiency; faster provisioning of applications and better configuration management; universal high-availability services; automated resource optimization, and dynamic scaling of applications. Read More AMD consolidating data centers with cloud, hardware upgrades Advanced Micro Devices is cutting costs and reducing the number of its data centers worldwide with the help of the cloud and hardware upgrades, an AMD executive said Thursday. Read More VMware downplays leaks of source code Virtualization software vendor VMware today downplayed the seriousness of a source code leak involving the companys ESX hypervisor technology. Read More
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