Where is cloud computing heading in 2013?

	Richi Jennings: AMD and ARM dream up green 64-bit server SoCs | Big hopes for big data, survey says
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	Where is cloud computing heading in 2013? Analysts have predicted a trend towards moving IT from on-premise to off-premise, new cloud applications and an increase in spending on cloud services next year. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. In this Issue Richi Jennings: AMD and ARM dream up green 64-bit server SoCs INSIDER Big hopes for big data, survey says Chris Poelker: Data Center World drives thoughts on data center infrastructure management Python: Big Data's secret power tool ARM introduces 64-bit processors for phones, tablets and servers WHITE PAPER: VMware Forrester: Business Value of Virtualization Forrester interviewed individuals responsible for the IT infrastructure and architecture and asked executives to rate the benefits received from consolidating servers, performing business continuity/disaster recovery, reclaiming data center capacity, and executing similar initiatives. Read Now! Richi Jennings: AMD and ARM dream up green 64-bit server SoCs AMD will build an ARM-based 64-bit system-on-a-chip (SoC) for servers. It'll be clusterable, thanks to AMD's SeaMicro fabric technology, and sip electrical power. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if cloud-computing services will opt for Opteron. Read More INSIDER Big hopes for big data, survey says For companies drowning in data, extracting value from all this information is a major IT priority. But success depends on how well customers tackle significant organizational challenges. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Big Data, Big Storage Demands Unstructured data in the enterprise is growing faster than ever. With this surge in growth comes the need for new approaches to managing such data. What's needed is scale-out storage and analytics tools that offer improved data availability, performance and scalability – all which derive valuable insight and a competitive edge. Learn more. Chris Poelker: Data Center World drives thoughts on data center infrastructure management A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak at the Data Center World conference in Nashville, Tenn. What I found is that almost all the vendors at the conference were pushing their products as part of the new data center infrastructure management (DCIM) paradigm for data center management. Read More Python: Big Data's secret power tool When it comes to analyzing Big Data, software packages such as Hadoop or the R statistical language come readily to mind. But at least one company, AppNexus, also relies on the Python programming language to help conduct heavy-duty data analysis. Read More ARM introduces 64-bit processors for phones, tablets and servers ARM on Tuesday introduced its first 64-bit Cortex-A50 series processor designs as the company tries to preserve its dominance in smartphones and tablets while catching up with Intel in servers. Read More
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