Corporate cloud showdown: IT vs. Legal

	BYOD exposes the perils of cloud storage | Microsoft touts Windows Server 2012, Azure for data center 'cloud OS'
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	INSIDER Corporate cloud showdown: IT vs. Legal Increasingly, IT and legal find themselves facing off over the benefits and risks of cloud computing. Here's how some entities have hammered out a compromise. (Insider - free registration required.) Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue BYOD exposes the perils of cloud storage Microsoft touts Windows Server 2012, Azure for data center 'cloud OS' Salesforce.com upgrades Force.com with mobile, database gifts for developers Amazon Web Services revises support plans, cuts prices JR Raphael: Chrome OS reviewed: The final verdict on Google's cloud platform BT improves decision making with cloud business intelligence INSIDER Review: Up close with NetSuite's deep ERP SPEC extends benchmarks to cloud measurements ESRI rolls out ArcGIS map services for the cloud INSIDER Q&A: ESRI's Jack Dangermond on cloud, big data and Apple-vs-Google map wars Chris Poelker: Centralizing healthcare big data in the cloud Ellison: Oracle will deliver world's 'most comprehensive cloud' INSIDER Robert L. Mitchell: What's missing in Oracle Public Cloud Richi Jennings: The Larry Ellison backlash heats up, as Oracle gets cloudy Red Hat launches hybrid cloud management software 5 ways cloud computing is like open source WHITE PAPER: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > BYOD exposes the perils of cloud storage As more and more companies adopt BYOD policies, IT managers are taking steps to prevent employees from using cloud-based consumer storage services with their personal devices. Read More Microsoft touts Windows Server 2012, Azure for data center 'cloud OS' Microsoft kicked off its TechEd North America conference with a wide-ranging keynote session that was short on "wow" news but heavy on positioning for Windows Server 2012, Windows Azure and server-side products as key components of what the company is calling "the era of the cloud OS." Read More Salesforce.com upgrades Force.com with mobile, database gifts for developers Salesforce.com is rolling out a number of upgrades to its Force.com platform in conjunction with the Summer '12 update to the vendor's cloud CRM (customer relationship management) software, focusing on areas such as mobile application development, database tooling and easier upgrades. Read More Amazon Web Services revises support plans, cuts prices Amazon has revised its support pricing for Amazon Web Services, expanding basic free support and lowering the cost of premium support. Read More JR Raphael: Chrome OS reviewed: The final verdict on Google's cloud platform To Chrome OS or not to Chrome OS? After two weeks with Google's new Chromebook and Chromebox, JR Raphael reaches some final conclusions about the cloud platform and its updated hardware. Read More BT improves decision making with cloud business intelligence BT Retail has deployed a new cloud-based, business intelligence system to help get the best out of its customer relationship management data. Read More INSIDER Review: Up close with NetSuite's deep ERP NetSuite offers extensive ERP, CRM and other business management functionality to organizations that recognize the value proposition associated with SaaS Read More SPEC extends benchmarks to cloud measurements The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), well known for its computer system benchmarks, is planning to extend its testing methodology to measure cloud deployments as well. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Securing SOA and Web Services with Oracle Enterprise Gateway Download this whitepaper, Securing SOA and Web Services with Oracle Enterprise Gateway, for a clear and concise understanding of how this one-stop solution can integrate, manage, and protect your businesses service-oriented architecture. . Learn More! ESRI rolls out ArcGIS map services for the cloud ESRI is slated to roll out an ambitious cloud offering for government and enterprise customers that allows users to create data-driven maps and map services without ArcGIS servers or desktop software. Read More INSIDER Q&A: ESRI's Jack Dangermond on cloud, big data and Apple-vs-Google map wars GIS pioneer Jack Dangermond founded ESRI in 1969 and has steered the company since the mainframe era. With today's announcement of ArcGIS Online organizational subscriptions, he sees ESRI's evolution into the era of cloud and mobile computing. (Insider - free registration required.) Read More Chris Poelker: Centralizing healthcare big data in the cloud Can the medical community make better use of big data, government regulations and the cloud to improve service and save lives? Read More Ellison: Oracle will deliver world's 'most comprehensive cloud' Oracle CEO Larry Ellison declared the company is ready to offer "the most comprehensive cloud on the planet Earth" during a recent webcast. Read More INSIDER Robert L. Mitchell: What's missing in Oracle Public Cloud Oracle CEO Larry Ellison claimed this week that the company's Oracle Public Cloud is the world's "most comprehensive" offering. But is it truly a cloud service without multitenancy? (Insider - free registration required.) Read More Richi Jennings: The Larry Ellison backlash heats up, as Oracle gets cloudy Larry Ellison, 'outspoken' CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) may have gone too far this time. After his latest round of hyperbole-fueled competitor-bashing, bloggers and analysts seem to have had enough. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wish Ellison would get real. Read More Red Hat launches hybrid cloud management software After a year of testing the software in beta, Red Hat launched its hybrid cloud management software, called CloudForms. Read More 5 ways cloud computing is like open source A decade ago, most IT departments denounced open-source software. Now they embrace the way that open source encourages innovation while saving money. The furor over cloud computing shows that history is repeating itself. The outcome should be the same, columnist Bernard Golden says. Read More
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