How Rackspace’s container platform is different

	Best-dressed techies? Retail startup designs khakis and t-shirts for IT | Midokura has a new SDN release
	Network World Cloud Computing
	How Rackspace's container platform is different Unsurprisingly, Rackspace has joined the legions of other cloud vendors supporting application containers with a new service named Carina. But what is interesting is Rackspace's approach: The managed cloud company is offering customers the opportunity to run Docker application containers on bare metal – meaning not in virtual machines that use a hypervisor. Read More WHITE PAPER: ManagedMethods Inc Shadow IT: Discover What's Hiding in you in Your Cloud It's no secret that enterprise use of cloud apps is on the rise, causing intensified cloud security risks and the rise of Shadow IT. This white paper focuses on the importance of discovering all the cloud apps running in your company and how you can efficiently monitor and control their use. Learn More In this Issue Best-dressed techies? Retail startup designs khakis and t-shirts for IT Midokura has a new SDN release Can Oracle lead in the cloud? Only if customers follow 10 riskiest cloud services Is anyone actually using containers? Microsoft unveils new betas for SQL Server 2016, Azure Data Lake services IBM snaps up Weather.com and more in Watson IoT push Cisco acquires a third company this week Oracle pushes into AWS territory with new IaaS services INSIDER First look: Microsoft Azure Active Directory Domain Services puts it all in the cloud 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 Best-dressed techies? Retail startup designs khakis and t-shirts for IT Jeans, cargo pants, hoodies, and vendor t-shirts are the wardrobe staples of the stereotypical tech guy. A new retail startup, Ya Joe, believes there are plenty of IT pros who'd like to move beyond those somewhat sloppy basics but need a little help. Its new line, unveiled today, combines the functionality and comfort of the standbys with a modern, more professional aesthetic. Read More Midokura has a new SDN release Software-defined networking company Midokura this week rolled out a new release of its network virtualization software, which supports the latest OpenStack release, and containers. Read More Can Oracle lead in the cloud? Only if customers follow If there was any single take-away message from Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd at the company's OpenWorld show this week, it was that Oracle has now fully arrived at the cloud party and is ready to lead. Whether that can happen, however, is entirely up to customers -- and their buy-in is far from guaranteed. Read More WHITE PAPER: ManagedMethods Inc Shadow IT: Discover What's Hiding in you in Your Cloud It's no secret that enterprise use of cloud apps is on the rise, causing intensified cloud security risks and the rise of Shadow IT. This white paper focuses on the importance of discovering all the cloud apps running in your company and how you can efficiently monitor and control their use. Learn More 10 riskiest cloud services The average employee uses 30 cloud services at work, according to cloud security vendor Skyhigh Networks. Read More Is anyone actually using containers? I don't usually read too much into vendor surveys and statistics. But this one helps put the craze about application containers in perspective. Read More Microsoft unveils new betas for SQL Server 2016, Azure Data Lake services Microsoft unwrapped a smorgasbord of data-related offerings at the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit in Seattle on Wednesday, including the next beta for its flagship database server software and the public beta of its Azure Data Lake Store and Analytics services. Read More WHITE PAPER: Level 3 Communications Maximizing Performance and Security in Cloud Networking A high-availability, high-performing network lets an enterprise achieve higher levels of productivity and a greater ability to focus on strategic initiatives rather than commodity functions. Learn More IBM snaps up Weather.com and more in Watson IoT push IBM will acquire Weather.com and other digital assets from The Weather Company for its new Watson IoT Unit and Watson IoT Cloud platform, it announced Wednesday. Read More Cisco acquires a third company this week Cisco this week announced its third acquisition in as many days with the intent to buy 1 Mainstream, a privately-held provider of cloud-based video. Cisco's other two acquisitions this week focused on analytics. Read More Oracle pushes into AWS territory with new IaaS services Oracle set its sights on a bigger piece of the cloud pie Tuesday with new IaaS services that put it in more direct competition with Amazon Web Services. Read More INSIDER First look: Microsoft Azure Active Directory Domain Services puts it all in the cloud On Oct. 14, Microsoft announced the preview release of Azure Active Directory Domain Services or, as I like to call it, a domain in a cloud. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Google Graveyard: What Google has killed off in 2015 Here's a look back at what Google this year has offed or announced plans to off. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES 1. Bill Gates at 60: A look back 2. Video review: Google's Nexus 6P sets new low price for top-tier Android 6.0 smartphones 3. Are your IT certifications killing your career? 4. 19 free cloud storage options 5. Linux cousins Part 1: Reviewing AROS, the Amiga-like OS 6. Cisco buying Lancope for $450M 7. Need SDN control but don't want to upgrade your Cisco switches? VMware wants to talk 8. 7 free Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying tools for Windows and Mac 9. Happy Distrovus: 3 big Linux Distros released in 8 days 10. 5 interview questions for big data engineers… and how to answer them
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld. You are currently subscribed to networkworld_cloud_computing_alert as jonsan98@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy When accessing content promoted in this email, you are providing consent for your information to be shared with the sponsors of the content. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information. If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2015 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **