Legal concerns curb corporate cloud adoption

	Review: Rackspace Cloud keeps IaaS simple | Amazon introduces data warehouse service
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	Legal concerns curb corporate cloud adoption Inside the enterprise, the biggest obstacle to cloud computing is often the company's own corporate counsel. Here's how IT is getting to yes with legal. Read More WEBCAST: T-Systems Charting a Course for Realizing Business Value in the Cloud Cloud is not simply about delivering IT services. Rather it is about vesting the organization with the agility it must have to respond to challenges and opportunities at the speed of business. View this on-demand webcast to learn how to blaze your own pathway to enterprise applications in the cloud. Learn more. In this Issue Review: Rackspace Cloud keeps IaaS simple Amazon introduces data warehouse service Windows Server 2012 now runs in Amazon's cloud Google integrates Gmail, cloud storage service Drive INSIDER Securing the keys to the cloud Boundary helps CIOs sleep better with cloud analytics features INSIDER Creating a view to the cloud Mobile browser vulnerability lets hackers steal cloud computing time Darlene Storm: Easily encrypt Gmail Review: Joyent Cloud is built for speed WHITE PAPER: AMD To the Cloud & Beyond: Learning to Get Virtualization Right Virtualization and the cloud are now mandates for IT. In an AMD study 37% of organizations worldwide reported they are currently operating in the cloud. The five-year outlook for cloud shows an annual growth rate of 26%, which is 5x greater than the rate of traditional on-premise IT offerings. Learn More. Review: Rackspace Cloud keeps IaaS simple Rackspace stands apart with familiar tools, open standards and enterprise-grade support. Read More Amazon introduces data warehouse service Adding to an already considerable set of cloud IT offerings, Amazon has introduced a hosted data warehouse service called Redshift, pitching it as a lower-cost alternative to on-premises data warehouse deployments. Read More 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 Google integrates Gmail, cloud storage service Drive Google announced that it has integrated Gmail with its cloud storage service Google Drive. The result is a significant increase in size of documents that can be emailed -- up to 10GB. Read More INSIDER Securing the keys to the cloud Cloud service providers claim they can secure your data, but as the technology model is put to the test by more and more organizations, security holes, malware and other vulnerabilities are coming to light. Insider (free registration required). Read More WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware A Lower Entry Cost for Desktop Virtualization High entry costs and overall complexity have prevented many SMBs from taking advantage of the benefits of client virtualization. Now HP and VMware have teamed to bring desktop virtualization that delivers results right out of the box. Learn More Boundary helps CIOs sleep better with cloud analytics features Boundary has added analytics features to its cloud monitoring service to give enterprises a better idea of how applications running on public clouds are performing and warn them when something starts to go wrong. Read More 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. Insider (free registration required). Read More Mobile browser vulnerability lets hackers steal cloud computing time A novel technique based on MapReduce could let hackers hijack computing resources used by cloud-based mobile browsers and use them anonymously, according to security researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Oregon. Read More Darlene Storm: Easily encrypt Gmail Whether you are an individual who values your privacy, or a business sending sensitive information that is meant only for the eyes of the recipient, it is time to take encryption seriously. Here are several Firefox and/or Chrome extensions that are free, yet so easy to use that even your technically challenged friends or family could use them. Read More Review: Joyent Cloud is built for speed Joyent's very smart SmartOS proves that some cloud servers are better than others. Read More
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