Akamai's CDN is coming to Azure; Amazon's case for running containers in its cloud

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	Akamai's CDN is coming to Azure thanks to expanded partnership Azure users have already had access to the homegrown content delivery network services Microsoft offers in both standard and premium versions, but thanks to a newly expanded partnership, they'll soon be able to tap CDN services from Akamai as well. Read More : Riverbed Technology and Microsoft The Hybrid Enterprise is the New Normal Adopting the cloud can mean a loss of control and an increase in uncertainty. Building new apps or migrating existing ones can have unpredictable outcomes. View now>> In this Issue Amazon's case for running containers in its cloud Former Cisco CTO taking a seat at Microsoft? Dell and Microsoft announce 'Azure in a box' for $9,000 a month at Dell World Stop CISA now! Dell targets hyperscale wannabes with new line of bare-bones servers Synack builds intel platform for its penetration testers Docker's acquisition aims to improve application container management Before adding solid-state drives, right-size your infrastructure using workload profiling Researchers warn computer clocks can be easily scrambled WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems WAN Virtualization with Citrix CloudBridge This white paper provides a detailed overview of WAN virtualization and discusses some of the unique features that the CloudBridge Virtual WAN solution provides. Learn More Amazon's case for running containers in its cloud Like many vendors across the cloud computing and hosting market, Amazon Web Services is evolving its platform in an attempt to convince customers that its cloud is the best place to run application containers. Read More Former Cisco CTO taking a seat at Microsoft? Is Padmasree Warrior in line to take a seat on Microsoft's board? She's been nominated, along with Sandra Peterson, group worldwide chairman of health products giant Johnson & Johnson. Read More Dell and Microsoft announce 'Azure in a box' for $9,000 a month at Dell World Dell and Microsoft have teamed up to sell a converged system that combines servers, storage and software in an integrated box which they say can connect easily to Microsoft's Azure cloud services. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Denial of Service Attacks Organizations need a better way to combat and prevent DoS attacks, and the right ADC can provide the solution. Learn how Citrix NetScaler can help protect against DoS attacks in this report. View now Stop CISA now! Many of the world's top tech companies want to put a stop to the fundamentally flawed Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) bill which is on the Senate floor. Read More Dell targets hyperscale wannabes with new line of bare-bones servers Dell has released a new family of servers aimed at companies that want some of the cost savings of using custom-built hardware but without having to do as much of the engineering work. The servers are aimed at what Dell calls the second tier of hyper-scale customers -- those big enough to buy hundreds or even thousands of servers at a time, but who aren't as massive as a Google or a Facebook. Read More Synack builds intel platform for its penetration testers Synack, a security company that uses crowdsourcing for penetration testing, has built an intelligence platform that it says will narrow down weak points in a company's network. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Cisco & Citrix: Opening the Way to Data Center Agility In most enterprises today the lack of data center agility is a major drag on business agility. Applications have become far more flexible, but the promised business advantages cannot be realized while the infrastructure is rigid. Learn how leading-edge technology companies are learning to support flexible application-centric infrastructures. View now Docker's acquisition aims to improve application container management Docker containers have spread like wildfire across the technology industry, and now one of the biggest companies behind the movement has taken a big step toward making it easier to manage application containers across various infrastructure environments. Read More Before adding solid-state drives, right-size your infrastructure using workload profiling If you're looking to add Solid-State Drives to your storage environment you want to avoid under-provisioning to ensure performance and scalability, but to meet cost goals and avoid unnecessary spending you need to avoid over-provisioning. Workload profiling can help you achieve the critical balance. Read More Researchers warn computer clocks can be easily scrambled In 2012, two servers run by the U.S. Navy rolled back their clocks 12 years, deciding it was the year 2000. The servers were very important: they're part of a worldwide network that helps computers keep the right time using the Network Time Protocol (NTP). Read More
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