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	10 useful cloud-management tools New tools help IT execs cut cloud costs, optimize resources, integrate and manage cloud instances. Read More WHITE PAPER: ClickSoftware How to Become an Operations Superstar This eBook for operations and customer service managers will walk you through the challenges faced by field organizations, how a workforce management solution can increase operational efficiency as well as productivity. Learn More. In this Issue From virtual reality to non-conductive liquids, data centers innovate The whole enchilada: Integrated compute platforms steamroll across IT Bart Perkins: Avoiding IT audit nightmares Japan warns solar flares could harm GPS, satellites, power lines Swedish data center saves $1 million a year using seawater for cooling Spiceworks' free management software gets integrated MDM Dell aims to cut desktop reliance with workstation for data centers Cisco cites data-center, wireless for quarterly revenue increase VMware launches network-savvy cloud service WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Increase Efficiency and Reduce Costs with Data Deduplication This IDC Buyer Case Study explores the benefits EMC realized from the use of a range of EMC's own backup and recovery solutions that leverage deduplication technology. Learn more. From virtual reality to non-conductive liquids, data centers innovate Google I/O is getting most of the attention this week, but a conference at the other end of Silicon Valley showed there's plenty of innovation going on in the word of data centers, too. Read More The whole enchilada: Integrated compute platforms steamroll across IT Vendors are rebuilding the mainframe with converged infrastructure, collapsed kit or integrated compute platforms -- whatever you want to call it. And customers are loving it. Read More Bart Perkins: Avoiding IT audit nightmares IT's problems can draw unwanted notice now that Sarbanes-Oxley requires them to appear in 10-K reports as 'material weaknesses.' Read More Japan warns solar flares could harm GPS, satellites, power lines A Japanese government institute has warned that satellite transmissions, GPS readings, and power lines could be affected over the next two weeks if a recent spate of solar flares continues. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Fuse Technology Overview Red Hat JBoss Fuse is a flexible, small footprint integration platform that can be configured with any combination of components for a customizeable IT footprint. Read the technology overview to learn more about the functional components and key features in Red Hat JBoss Fuse that will allow integration beyond the datacenter. Learn More Swedish data center saves $1 million a year using seawater for cooling A data center in Sweden has cut its energy bills by a million dollars a year using seawater to cool its servers, though jellyfish are an occasional hazard. Read More Spiceworks' free management software gets integrated MDM Spiceworks has teamed up with Fiberlink to add mobile device management functionality to the next version of its free network and IT management software. Read More Dell aims to cut desktop reliance with workstation for data centers Dell intends to move workstations into the data center and then serve up intense multimedia and engineering applications to remote users over the cloud or in virtualized environments via thin clients. Read More Cisco cites data-center, wireless for quarterly revenue increase Data-center and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the U.S. and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe. Read More VMware launches network-savvy cloud service VMware has launched its long-anticipated public infrastructure as a service (IaaS), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from other established hybrid cloud offerings. Read More
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