Amazon AWS EC2: Always on (except when it's not)

	VMware gives desktop admins more control with Mirage update | Citrix touts new 'software-defined workplace' focus
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	Amazon AWS EC2: Always on (uhh... except when it's not) Jeff Bezos looks astonished: Many Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Instances will reboot themselves over the next few days. Looks like there's a nasty Xen bug that's responsible, but Amazon is being cagey about the details. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get ready to run /usr/bin/uptime. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Discover Why Boomi is an iPaaS Leader View Gartner's iPaaS Magic Quadrant report to see why Dell Boomi was named a leader. Learn how iPaaS can help you optimize key business processes, reduce costs, minimize complexity and speed time to value. Learn more! In this Issue VMware gives desktop admins more control with Mirage update Citrix touts new 'software-defined workplace' focus Samsung drops Knox prices and introduces Knox user portal SDN: HP launches app store for enterprise SDN market could hit $18B by 2018 Disruption set to force dramatic change in the data center: Gartner Virtualization, cloud complicate insider threats for federal CIOs RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Brocade Communications Systems The Trick to Future-Proofing Your Networking Career Get a leg up on your peers with a free Brocade Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Certification to future-proof your career and your network. This course will help you: Understand sophisticated, multitier networks within virtualized environments and stand out from your peers by becoming an expert within your IT organization Sign up today and get a promo code for the free Brocade Network Functions Virtualization Certification program (a $650 value), and a free 60-day trial of the Brocade Vyatta vRouter. VMware gives desktop admins more control with Mirage update A new feature in Mirage 5.1 lets adminstrators control bandwidth use at branch offices. Read More Citrix touts new 'software-defined workplace' focus Citrix is laying out a new strategy to position itself as a "software-defined workplaces" company that enables its customers to have a mobile workforce that can access everything they need to be productive from anywhere and on any device. Read More Samsung drops Knox prices and introduces Knox user portal Samsung announced price reductions and updates for its Knox security and management software for IT shops and a free My Knox service that is directly available to professionals using ActiveSync. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware HP 6 Traditional Benefits of Virtualization It usually takes a "compelling event" before you consider expanding virtualization within your IT environment. Avoidance of new physical server purchases, an OS migration or a major software license renewal can all be triggers. Read Now SDN: HP launches app store for enterprise The SDN 'dam has been busted' says HP. Read More SDN market could hit $18B by 2018 Almost 200% growth in 2013 in in-use and SDN-capable gear. Read More Disruption set to force dramatic change in the data center: Gartner Four disruptive factors are set force dramatic changes in the data center market by year-end 2016. Read More Virtualization, cloud complicate insider threats for federal CIOs The expansion and blurring of the traditional government network environment require federal IT officials to rethink contracting processes and embrace real-time security monitoring. Read More
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