Windows Server 2012 now runs in Amazon's cloud

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	Windows Server 2012 now runs in Amazon's cloud Enterprises can now run Windows Server 2012 on the Amazon Web Services cloud, and take advantage of improved management features and new versions of IIS and the .Net framework. Read More WEBCAST: VMware A Quick-Start Guide to Disaster Recovery This guide unpacks the myths about disaster recovery and offers best-practices advice on protecting your valuable IT assets. Learn how VMware can keep you prepared. View Now! In this Issue INSIDER Creating a view to the cloud Gartner: Platform-as-a-service market to see sharp growth Scot Finnie: Personal data syncing to the cloud is broken; let's fix it Exascale unlikely before 2020 due to budget woes Cisco to acquire cloud networking company Meraki for $1.2 billion World's most powerful big data machines charted on Graph 500 Cisco acquires data center management company for $125M WHITE PAPER: Symantec Strategies to Optimize Multi-tiered Business Services The modern datacenter is heterogeneous in terms of hardware, software, operating system and virtualization technologies. This white paper covers a set of Virtual Business Services use cases, recommendations and example environments Data Administrators can use. Read Now! INSIDER Creating a view to the cloud How well can you see into the cloud? For many IT professionals, the view into the cloud isn't very clear, but new techniques and tools make visibility across multiple cloud systems clearer. Read More Gartner: Platform-as-a-service market to see sharp growth The PaaS (platform as a service) market will grow to US$1.2 billion this year, up from last year's $900 million take, as vendors and customers seek easier ways to create new applications and customize existing ones, according analyst firm Gartner. Read More Scot Finnie: Personal data syncing to the cloud is broken; let's fix it The vendors behind sync services seem to be more interested in positioning their wares against competitors than in delivering solid services that integrate with a variety of platforms. Read More WHITE PAPER: Box Enterprise Collaboration is Mobile Collaboration In a mobile-centric world, IT has a new challenge on its hands: ensuring that users can access and collaborate on content anytime, anywhere an on any device. Here are the top five challenges, and how to overcome them. Read Now! Exascale unlikely before 2020 due to budget woes The U.S. Dept. of Energy, which builds the world's largest supercomputers, is now targeting 2020 to 2022 target for an exascale system, two to four years later than earlier expectations. Read More Cisco to acquire cloud networking company Meraki for $1.2 billion Cisco said Sunday it intends to acquire Meraki, a vendor of technology for cloud based management of wireless LAN, security appliances, and mobile devices for US$1.2 billion in cash and retention-based incentives. Read More World's most powerful big data machines charted on Graph 500 The Top500 is no longer the only ranking game in town: make way for the Graph 500, which tracks how well supercomputers handle big-data-styled workloads. Read More Cisco acquires data center management company for $125M Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held Cloupia, a software company that develops products for automating data center operations for the deployment and configuration of physical and virtual resources. Read More
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