IBM pushes hard into the enterprise cloud

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	IBM pushes hard into the enterprise cloud IBM is building out its global computing network for the enterprise cloud market and announced that it is adding cloud centers in 11 new locations. Read More   WHITE PAPER: NetApp Benefits of Flash for Database Workloads IT leaders are required to deliver improved performance and increase efficiencies while maintaining an enterprise-class infrastructure for their customer's database environments. View now>> In this Issue Hybrid cloud adoption set for a big boost in 2015 Buckle up IT: The enterprise needs you for cloud adoption Decisions, decisions: Choices abound as data center architecture options expand IDG Contributor Network: Whistling past the graveyard ≠ Data protection From M2M to IoT: Old industries must learn new tricks IDG Contributor Network: Ready to embrace Everything-as-a-Service? Prepare to assume more risk Now on CIO: 5 big data technology predictions for 2015 : Venafi Gaps In SSH Security Create An Open Door For Attackers As an IT security leader, are you on top of SSH security for your organization? It's key to next-generation trust protection. Find out what Forrester reveals as gaps in that security—gaps that could put your organization in peril. Learn More Hybrid cloud adoption set for a big boost in 2015   Spurred on by rising enterprise interest in the hybrid cloud, the overall cloud market is likely to see great growth in the coming year. Read More   Buckle up IT: The enterprise needs you for cloud adoption For years, people in marketing or HR have been sneaking their apps and data onto the cloud, totally bypassing IT's approval or help. Buckle up, IT, those days are coming to an end. Read More   Decisions, decisions: Choices abound as data center architecture options expand Cloud, colocation, modular, outsourcing, virtualization and more efficient servers are all vying for your attention as you modernize your infrastructure. Sorting through all the options isn't easy, but here's how some IT managers are approaching the issue. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation   Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integration Brokerage In this first-release MQ, Gartner evaluates providers on service delivery, B2B Network/Collaboration, Integration Functionality and success in capitalizing on vision. Learn More IDG Contributor Network: Whistling past the graveyard ≠ Data protection Some thoughts on the data protection and downtime trends noted in recent studies by zetta.net, Vreeam and EMC, Read More   From M2M to IoT: Old industries must learn new tricks The way connected devices are evolving in industry, where they've been used for years, says a lot about why IoT has the potential to be something very big. Read More   IDG Contributor Network: Ready to embrace Everything-as-a-Service? Prepare to assume more risk It's a common occurrence today: a SaaS provider wows a business unit with its comprehensive features, embedded analytics and native iOS and Android apps. The next-generation application solves huge problem for business line leaders and everyone is ready to begin a fruitful three-to-five year partnership. However, when the pocket-sized Master Services Agreement (MSA) hits the desk of procurement and legal, one of two things happens: the business goes rogue and uses internal leverage to get the contract signed against the will of procurement or legal, or the process comes to a screeching halt, and nothing gets signed. Why does this happen? It's usually about risk — specifically, risk being transferred to the buyer. Like it or not, business and commercial terms for most "as-a-service" offerings today heavily favor the provider. This is a shock for enterprise buyers who are used to dictating everything to providers on their own contract documents — everything from limits of liability to annual security audits. With as-a-service offerings, the tables have turned. The provider transfers risk to the buyer. These dynamics won't last forever. While revenue growth is incredibly impressive for the leading as-a-service providers, margins are dismal. At some point, revenues will slow, Wall Street will want profits in exchange and, at that point, the risk transfer equation will begin to shift. Read More   Now on CIO: 5 big data technology predictions for 2015 MapR CEO and co-founder John Schroeder predicts five major developments will dominate big data technology in the new year. Read More
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