CIOs bemoan lock-in and 'false flexibility' of the cloud

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	CIOs bemoan lock-in and 'false flexibility' of the cloud Despite the promise of portability from service providers, the reality of the cloud for big customers is a similar type of lock-in as they experience with on-premise apps vendors such as Oracle and SAP, two CIOs said Tuesday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Okta Managing Mobile Identity: Webinar With consumerization of IT & new mobile devices, IT is challenged with providing simple, secure application access to employees. Hear customer guests Welles Hatch, CIO - CityYear and Nathan McBride, VP of IT - AMAG Pharmaceuticals share first-hand experience of moving to a cloud-first enterprise & enabling mobility. Register Now. In this Issue Microsoft investing over $670 million in Iowa data center Capgemini adds Skysight service to manage Microsoft cloud What's Next in IT: Intelligent Systems, Stressed-out Staffs Data center outage takes French state financial system offline for four days Dutch big data project aims to improve flood control, save millions WHITE PAPER: Siemens Enterprise Communications Top Ten Reasons to Choose Siemens Enterprise Communications Trusted by over 75% of the Fortune 500, Siemens Enterprise Communications is the only vendor to provide the complete range of Voice, UCC and Contact Center solutions and services on-premise and in private, hybrid and public clouds. Learn More Microsoft investing over $670 million in Iowa data center Microsoft is investing US$678 million in the expansion of its data center in West Des Moines, Iowa. Read More Capgemini adds Skysight service to manage Microsoft cloud Capgemini is introducing a hybrid cloud orchestration service focused on Microsoft products, although enterprises will be able to manage any load with the offering, including applications running on Linux, the company said. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Intelligent IT Operations: Making IT Smarter Consolidating IT event management in a centralized operations bridge can help you increase efficiency in the short term while setting the stage for greater competitiveness over the long term. Read Now! What's Next in IT: Intelligent Systems, Stressed-out Staffs The future of IT will be systems that are intelligent enough to detect and solve problems without human interaction, CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle conjectures. This will be great for analytics but bad for security--and it may leave IT workers reaching for Valium. Read More Data center outage takes French state financial system offline for four days The French government's accounts payable system, Chorus, is back online after a four-day outage, the French State Financial Computing Agency (AIFE) announced Monday. Read More Dutch big data project aims to improve flood control, save millions A big data project called Digital Delta aims to investigate how to transform flood control and the management of the entire Dutch water system and save up to 15% of the annual Dutch water management budget. Read More
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