Public-sector cloud computing: The good, the bad and the ugly

	HP expands cloud services beta | Amazon Web Services alerts help blunt bill shock
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	Public-sector cloud computing: The good, the bad and the ugly From California and Utah to Ohio, Massachusetts and Maine, state and local governments are using the cloud to update antiquated systems, but the hurdles are high. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Xsigo Systems Download Gartner Report: Choosing the Right Fabric Vendor Is your organization considering plans for a virtualized data center fabric? This Gartner report provides guidance and a Scorecard, enabling you to select the right fabric vendors based on 10 criteria. Gartner suggests you apply these criteria within your best practices for data center project planning. Get the complete report, compliments of Xsigo Systems. In this Issue HP expands cloud services beta Amazon Web Services alerts help blunt bill shock SAP lays out cloud strategy post-SuccessFactors deal SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon's cloud INSIDER No big shift to the cloud for unified communications and collaboration Pogoplug service turns your computers into private cloud Career advice: Careers in the cloud INSIDER Deep dive: Cloud applications Nvidia tries to link cloud with graphics processors NetSuite rolls out commerce-as-a-service platform Patrick Thibodeau: 'Security as a service' may be federal future Citrix boosts VDI offering, talks up cloud-based future at Synergy confab Salesforce.com's Heroku rolls out new cloud database options Epicor to move its apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver Your IT Career Roadmap This unique session is designed with you, the IT professional in mind. How can you build your personal brand, and properly design a career plan? How do you work with your staff to create a plan that retains your best talent? Come to IT Roadmap Denver for valuable information on how today's IT leaders build successful careers. Click to continue HP expands cloud services beta Preparing for its entry into the market for IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service), Hewlett-Packard launched a second beta program of cloud computing services it plans to offer commercially. Read More Amazon Web Services alerts help blunt bill shock Amazon Web Services users can now start receiving billing alerts that help them continuously monitor their cloud costs, the company said. Read More SAP lays out cloud strategy post-SuccessFactors deal SAP announced a broad set of plans to become a player in cloud computing, spanning from a "loosely coupled suite" of business applications to data integration and PaaS (platform as a service). Read More SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon's cloud SAP's Afaria mobile device management tool is now available on Amazon Web Services' cloud, offered as a way to make it easier to start using the platform, SAP said. Read More INSIDER No big shift to the cloud for unified communications and collaboration The 2012 IDG Enterprise Unified Communications and Collaboration survey highlights the uptick in adoption and investments. (Insider - free registration required.) Read More Pogoplug service turns your computers into private cloud Pogoplug launched a service that allows small and medium-sized businesses, as well as home users, to turn their PCs and servers into pools of storage accessible from the Web. Read More Career advice: Careers in the cloud P100 IT Leader Allan Hackney has advice on abandoning IT, resume writing and more. Read More WHITE PAPER: Teradata Cloud Computing Models for Data Warehousing Gain better business intelligence through private cloud self service capabilities. In this whitepaper, analyst Mark Madsen explores why private cloud computing is a better choice to meet your analytical needs as business conditions fluctuate and grow. Learn more. INSIDER Deep dive: Cloud applications The path to launching a cloud service is not so straightforward. Here's how to find likely services among your existing applications -- and get them ready to roll. Insider (registration required) Read More Nvidia tries to link cloud with graphics processors Nvidia announced technologies that could make its upcoming Tesla graphics processors more accessible to cloud deployments in enterprises, while also reversing a trend of relegating highly parallel chips to specialized math and scientific calculations. Read More NetSuite rolls out commerce-as-a-service platform With its new product, SuiteCommerce, NetSuite is going up against vendors such as Demandware and Venda in the market for cloud-based e-commerce platforms. Read More Patrick Thibodeau: 'Security as a service' may be federal future Rival vendors gather to explain cloud computing to congressional staffers. Read More Citrix boosts VDI offering, talks up cloud-based future at Synergy confab Citrix Systems is upgrading XenDesktop, acquiring Virtual Computer, introducing a new type of hardware-assisted thin client and initiating a cloud project in an effort to make its virtual desktop infrastructure offering more attractive. Read More Salesforce.com's Heroku rolls out new cloud database options Salesforce.com's Heroku division rolled out two entry-level tiers for its Postgres-based cloud database service, hoping to cater to applications with lower data-volume requirements as well as helping startup developers make an easier jump into production. Read More Epicor to move its apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud Epicor is planning to work with Microsoft to bring Epicor's ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications to the Azure cloud service, the companies announced. Read More
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