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	Apple plans two European data centers running on renewable energy With data storage in the European Union, the company will not need to export data to the U.S. or to other data protection regimes. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   A New Opportunity for Capacity Planners Mainframe software costs are the cost driver in many company's IT budgets and as such an increasing concern. We will describe the difficulty of managing an increasingly complex environment with limited data and small staffs and offer a methodology to safely and sanely identify achievable cost reductions. Learn More In this Issue IBM's cloud pitch aims for the gut Microsoft adds machine learning as an Azure service Google Cloud offers security scanning for customer apps IBM brings BlueMix platform services in-house Oracle steps up its big-data push with new products IBM's Robert LeBlanc has his head in the cloud How regulators and legislators make it harder for you to use solar power WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   Five Levers to Lower Mainframe MLC Costs This paper discusses five levers you can use to lower your mainframe MLC costs by up to 20 percent or more. Explore best practices and real-world examples of dramatic savings through a mainframe MLC optimization strategy based on higher visibility, predictability, and automation. Learn More IBM's cloud pitch aims for the gut IBM on Monday made its case as an enterprise cloud vendor with something special: Watson, its one-of-a-kind, cognitively-capable platform. Read More   Microsoft adds machine learning as an Azure service   Microsoft has expanded the data-analysis offerings on its Azure cloud. Read More   Google Cloud offers security scanning for customer apps Google has released a security scanner to help its cloud customers guard against attacks on their Web applications. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   Best Practices Guide to Manage Mainframe Software Charges Monthly license charges (MLC) are rising by 7% or more each year, and account for 30% of total mainframe costs. Yet managing MLC costs is an inexact science. This best practice guide provides a step-by-step process to reduce mainframe MLC costs up to 20% without compromising business critical services. Learn More IBM brings BlueMix platform services in-house IBM is launching a series of tools to help ease the process of setting up a hybrid cloud. Read More   Oracle steps up its big-data push with new products   Focusing on the intersection of Hadoop, NoSQL and SQL technologies, Oracle's new offerings aim to put big-data insights within closer reach for a wider array of business users. Read More   IBM's Robert LeBlanc has his head in the cloud IBM's new man in charge of the cloud business is moving fast, and he is tasked with putting Big Blue ahead in the cloud race. Read More   How regulators and legislators make it harder for you to use solar power While solar power is leading other sources for new electrical capacity, the distributed power movement, where homeowners and businesses deploy photovoltaic panels on site, is under assault by utilities and fossil fuel interests. Read More
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