Best practices for cloud spring cleaning

	What does HP think it's doing? | How to fix iCloud sync in seconds
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	INSIDER Best practices for cloud spring cleaning Even the cloud needs a cleanup. After the refactoring and data quality work that we already know about, it's time to pay attention to the mites and dust-bunnies that we noticed only when they become overwhelming. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft How AccuWeather uses the Microsoft Cloud to scale on demand. See how Microsoft Azure is enabling AccuWeather to respond to 10 billion data requests per day, from over 200 countries, in a hundred different languages. It's on-demand scalability in action, helping AccuWeather grow their business while protecting lives. Watch the story. In this Issue What does HP think it's doing? How to fix iCloud sync in seconds INSIDER Paying too much for cloud services? These five tools can help cut your cloud costs Nadella sets lofty cloud goals for Microsoft Amazon says its cloud is 'a $5 billion business' INSIDER Top tools to manage cloud apps Oracle says it could win if a rival buys Salesforce IBM launches new threat-analytics tools in the cloud WHITE PAPER: CDW Windows Server 2003 EOS: Time For An I.T. Transformation Microsoft will end all support and updates for its popular Windows Server 2003 operating system on July 14, 2015. Organizations face significant challenges and expense in migrating systems forward in a short time frame, but they also have a unique opportunity. View Now What does HP think it's doing? Columnist Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols says the recent confusion over whether HP would remain a public cloud provider illustrates how cloudy its strategic planning has been. Read More How to fix iCloud sync in seconds Here's what to do when your contacts or calendar events won't sync between devices. Read More INSIDER Paying too much for cloud services? These five tools can help cut your cloud costs While it is great that cloud providers base their fees on what resources you actually consume, the various elements of your bill are daunting and complex, to say the least. Read More Nadella sets lofty cloud goals for Microsoft Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants to boost the company's enterprise cloud business run rate to $20 billion by fiscal year 2018. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW High-Performance Computing in Oil and Gas Energy companies face a growing challenge with extracting natural resources under increasingly difficult conditions. This white paper covers how oil and gas firms use high-performance computing (HPC) to process, analyze and visualize data. View Now Amazon says its cloud is 'a $5 billion business' Amazon has finally shared some numbers about its cloud business, and not surprisingly, they show that it's thriving and profitable. Read More INSIDER Top tools to manage cloud apps AppNeta edges Exoprise in four-vendor test of products that fix cloud bottlenecks. Read More Oracle says it could win if a rival buys Salesforce An acquisition of Salesforce would create a disruption, but Oracle can win through focus, company executives say. Read More IBM launches new threat-analytics tools in the cloud IBM has launched two new services based on QRadar that make security event management software available through the cloud. Read More
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