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	Are you ready for software-defined storage? The software-defined data center is one of the technology trends that's kicking the industry into its next evolutionary stage. It's rife with innovation and has the potential to dramatically increase IT's agility when delivering services to operations, development teams and application owners. This, my first post here at the Clouds, Flash and Big Data blog, is an introduction to the software-defined data center in general, and in particular how it relates to storage resources. Read More   WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation   Backup Game Plan Learn the 3 steps you can take now to implement the right disk platform, ensure quick recoveries, identify the biggest backup pain points, and add a range of value-added services across the organization. Learn more. In this Issue Thunderbolt drive shipments surge, but USB still reigns HIPAA compliance in the cloud Chris Poelker: Data deduplication in the cloud explained, part one Box swivels to SMBs with new subscription plan HP equips WorkSite with file-sharing service Steve Pate: HIPAA compliance in the cloud WHITE PAPER: Plantronics, Inc. Making Voice a Successful Part of Your UC Rollout You've thought long and hard about the investment you're making in Unified Communications. We've compiled ten steps to streamline the audio aspect of your UC deployment. Putting an audio strategy in place now can help you plan, deploy and eventually drive higher adoption rates. Download our workbook now! Read Now! Thunderbolt drive shipments surge, but USB still reigns Single disk drive shipments continue to surpass all other storage devices, such as RAIDed NAS systems, for personal data storage, while shipments of hardware with the Thunderbolt interface surged in the past year. Read More   HIPAA compliance in the cloud Remember how when you were a kid, and you went to spend the night at a friend's house, you were faced with all kinds of new and different 'rules of the house'?  The new HIPAA Omnibus rule, went into effect on March 26th, 2013, is kind of like staying at a friend's house – though the rules are way more complicated, and the penalty for non-compliance can be significantly more costly. If you are a provider – or user – of public cloud services, there are a number of key changes you need to know. Read More   Chris Poelker: Data deduplication in the cloud explained, part one Everyone is talking about the benefits of storing data to the cloud for sharing information among friends, to simplify moving data between different mobile devices, and for small businesses to back up and provide disaster recovery (DR) capabilities. But how do cloud providers protect your data? Read More   WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation   Clearing the Clouds for Midmarket Businesses From improved agility and efficiency, to better disaster recovery, midsize businesses are increasingly drawn to the benefits of the cloud. The 10-point checklist included in this expert brief has been developed to help small and midsize businesses select the cloud model and cloud services provider that is right for them. Learn more. Box swivels to SMBs with new subscription plan After spending the past two years beefing up its cloud storage and file sharing app for use in large enterprises, Box has turned its attention back to small and medium-size businesses with a new subscription plan. Read More   HP equips WorkSite with file-sharing service Hewlett-Packard has launched a file storage service for users of its Autonomy WorkSite document management software that it promises can be more helpful than consumer-focused hosted file services. Read More   Steve Pate: HIPAA compliance in the cloud Remember how when you were a kid, and you went to spend the night at a friend's house, you were faced with all kinds of new and different 'rules of the house'?  The new HIPAA Omnibus rule, went into effect on March 26th, 2013, is kind of like staying at a friend's house – though the rules are way more complicated, and the penalty for non-compliance can be significantly more costly. If you are a provider – or user – of public cloud services, there are a number of key changes you need to know. Read More
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