Wall Street data centers learn from Hurricane Sandy

	Amazon website, mobile apps down in hourlong outage | NASA's cloud audit holds value for all
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	Wall Street data centers learn from Hurricane Sandy Wall's street's signs and lights convey a sense of urgency and permanence to the world. But that perception was damaged last year when Hurricane Sandy slammed into the New York metro area, shutting down Wall Street for two days. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAS TDWI Report: 7 Steps to Advanced Analytics What are the keys to advanced analytics success? This TDWI report focuses on how organizations can align data management practices and technologies with requirements for advanced analytics. Learn More In this Issue Amazon website, mobile apps down in hourlong outage NASA's cloud audit holds value for all Steve Pate: HIPAA compliance in the cloud JohnWThompson: Data center consolidation: Lessons learned along the way Empire state ends IT empire building Google to encrypt Cloud Storage data by default Amazon remains the public cloud leader, by a long shot Gimme shelter: Wall Street braces for next superstorm NYSE builds business around resilient infrastructure services WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware The Cloud: Why the Hybrid Cloud May Be Best A combination of the public and private cloud, the hybrid cloud fits the needs of a broad range of enterprises. View Now! Amazon website, mobile apps down in hourlong outage Just as many people are doing their back-to-school shopping, Amazon.com's website crashed for the better part of an hour today. Read More NASA's cloud audit holds value for all The recommendations can be leveraged by any organization that wants to more effectively adopt cloud-computing 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 JohnWThompson: Data center consolidation: Lessons learned along the way Thoughtful and strategic data center consolidation can enable better agility, improve asset utilization levels and drive significant cost savings. Read More WEBCAST: HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault According to market research, more than 60 percent of enterprises will have adopted some form of cloud computing by 2013. Learn how your organization can benefit from the scalability, flexibility, and performance that the cloud offers through the short videos and other resources in this HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault. View Now Empire state ends IT empire building New York, the nation's third most populous state, has over 120,000 state employees spread across more than three dozen agencies. These agencies all run their own IT operations, but that is all going to change and for good reason. Read More Google to encrypt Cloud Storage data by default Google said it will by default encrypt data warehoused in its Cloud Storage service. Read More Amazon remains the public cloud leader, by a long shot Amazon Web Services remains the top IaaS public cloud computing provider, offering the widest breath of services of any vendor in the market, Gartner concluded in its annual Magic Quadrant report. Read More Gimme shelter: Wall Street braces for next superstorm Heading into the heart of hurricane season 10 months after Sandy slammed the New York metropolitan area, Wall Street has had time to reassess and revamp backup plans. Read More NYSE builds business around resilient infrastructure services After the terrorist strikes of Sept. 11, 2001, the New York Stock Exchange learned some valuable lessons in keeping a time-sensitive financial trading network alive during a time of crisis. Read More
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