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	Senate looks to push U.S. gov't data center consolidations Federal agencies aren't moving fast enough to consolidate government data centers, according to U.S. lawmakers. So they're pushing a bipartisan bill that sets "hard deadlines" to move the effort forward. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Intel Corporation Affordable, Industry-Leading SSD Bundle Now, an industry-leading SSD bundle is available from Intel. The newest Intel® Datacenter SSD is bundled with Intel® Cache Acceleration Software. Experience up to 3x more performance^ on transactional database processing, and up to 20x faster^ processing of read-intensive business analytics. Bring storage and business intelligence together. Limited time offer In this Issue Red Hat prepares for 64-bit ARM servers F5, VMware & Cisco: One happy family? BNSF Railway stays on Microsoft's track as it moves to the cloud IBM and Amazon are battling for an explosive fed cloud market WHITE PAPER: CDW DCIM: Total Management Insight The pace of change in the data center continues to accelerate. At the same time, organizations are demanding more from IT. The ever-growing stores of data they collect equate to more storage requirements as well as faster and more agile servers and networking equipment to process and transmit the information. Read Now Red Hat prepares for 64-bit ARM servers Enterprise open-source software vendor Red Hat is keeping an eye on the development of 64-bit ARM processors for servers, building up expertise in case the nascent platform takes hold in the data center. Read More   F5, VMware & Cisco: One happy family? At first blush, F5 Networks' new Synthesis Architecture for Software-Defined Application Services might appear to compete with new offerings from Cisco and VMware. But no, F5 CEO John McAdam and executive vice president of Strategic Solutions Manuel Rivelo tell IDG Communications Chief Content Officer John Gallant that F5 is very much in sync with these two data center giants (we did not, however, press them on the relationship between Cisco and VMware). Read More   WHITE PAPER: Innotas A Practical Look at Cloud Portfolio Management In this brand new whitepaper from Innotas, you will find out how Cloud Portfolio Management (CPM) helps realign critical projects and applications with the business goals of the organization. Read now! BNSF Railway stays on Microsoft's track as it moves to the cloud When BNSF Railway decided to move its Microsoft email and collaboration systems from its own premises to a public cloud, it considered suites from various vendors, but ultimately picked Office 365. Read More   IBM and Amazon are battling for an explosive fed cloud market The fight between IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) over a CIA cloud computing contract is just a preview of what's ahead as federal investment in cloud computing shows remarkable growth. Read More
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