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	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 this week during a webcast event featuring CEO Larry Ellison and co-president Mark Hurd. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cloud Leadership Forum CEO, CIO and CFO cloud strategies Get new cloud strategies for building an agile, profitable enterprise. Come to the Cloud Leadership Forum to connect with technology executives and IDC analysts. Share cloud techniques for reducing risk, controlling costs and maximizing ROI. Waived registration feefor qualified professionals charged with implementing, managing and financing cloud. Learn more. In this Issue INSIDER IaaS: Renting on-demand technology Security Manager's Journal: On the lookout for rogue IT Cloud computing: You can't outsource your compliance obligations Amazon load balancers designed to be simpler to use after console upgrade Microsoft launches Office 365 edition for U.S. gov't customers Desk.com service from Salesforce.com adds multilingual support Opinion: IT innovation won't be slowed by cloud concerns Box boosts to IT admin tools in cloud content management software EMC acquires Syncplicity for cloud file management 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 > 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 - free registration required.) Read More Security Manager's Journal: On the lookout for rogue IT A seemingly innocent request leads to the discovery of an unapproved, customer-facing SaaS application. Read More Cloud computing: You can't outsource your compliance obligations Even if your cloud provider is at fault should your company fall out of compliance, the law will come after you. Read More Amazon load balancers designed to be simpler to use after console upgrade Amazon Web Services (AWS) has upgraded its management console, allowing IT staff to use it to administer security protocols on the Elastic Load Balancing service, the company said in a blog post. 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. Microsoft launches Office 365 edition for U.S. gov't customers Microsoft has released a government-specific edition of its Office 365 cloud-based email and collaboration suite that offers U.S. public-sector customers a cordoned-off data center infrastructure just for them. Read More Desk.com service from Salesforce.com adds multilingual support Salesforce.com's Desk.com service is about to add multilingual support to the cloud-based help-desk software, the company said. Read More Opinion: IT innovation won't be slowed by cloud concerns Those who continue to deem the cloud "rogue IT" fail to see the forest for the trees, CIO.com's Bernard Golden writes. Institutions dead set in their ways should prepare to see smaller, more innovative firms embrace the cloud and race past them. 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. Read More EMC acquires Syncplicity for cloud file management EMC has acquired Syncplicity, an enterprise file-management service provider, for an undisclosed sum. Read More
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