Google hires VMware co-founder as cloud chief, aiming for enterprise adoption

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	Google hires VMware co-founder as cloud chief, aiming for enterprise adoption VMware co-founder Diane Greene will oversee all of Google's cloud businesses, including its Cloud Platform and Apps productivity suite, the company announced. Greene, who has been on the company's board of directors for three years, took the position as the technology giant agreed to acquire Bebop, a stealthy startup that she co-founded. Read More WHITE PAPER: Druva, Inc. Be Ready To Meet Data Privacy Requirements In The Cloud For senior IT leaders who are addressing data privacy concerns in their organizations, this paper covers the key issues to consider and gives recommendations for complying with data residency laws and protecting corporate and employee data privacy, particularly in the cloud. Learn More In this Issue VMware CIO: 'I've worked for a lot of evil people in my career' How Microsoft is changing its strategy with Dynamics Brocade names security CTO and Fellow How VMware's Diane Greene will help Google capitalize on a massive cloud opportunity What's going on at Citrix? From the Archives (2008): VMware CEO Diane Greene talks Microsoft, security, EMC and cloud computing Windows Server 2016's latest beta brings first look at Microsoft's new containers Arista steps outside the data center with Cloud Connect solution EMC helps VMAX, VNX storage arrays hook up with public clouds Developers can design their own compute instances in Google's cloud WEBCAST: Rackspace Fast-Tracking Innovation In today's digital economy, we're all under pressure to modernize, innovate, even transform. But that's no easy task when dealing with legacy infrastructure, skill gaps and lingering focus on keeping the lights on. Learn More VMware CIO: 'I've worked for a lot of evil people in my career' When you're the CIO of a company that sells to CIOs, you've got to figure there's a good chance you're going to be asked to do more than just keep the servers running.'If you ask my CEO, he'll say, 'You're the voice of customers,'' said Bask Iyer, who was hired in March as CIO and senior vice president at VMware. Read More How Microsoft is changing its strategy with Dynamics Go back a handful of years and Microsoft was seen as a big, bad, monolithic vendor that was very much resting on its laurels. The change of CEO marked a turning point for Microsoft, however, and under Satya Nadella the company has shown itself to be innovative, nimble, and a pragmatic operator. This is perhaps best seen in Azure, Microsoft's cloud platform, which most commentators see as the most credible public cloud after Amazon Web Services (although, it has to be said, Azure is a distant second to the AWS powerhouse). Read More Brocade names security CTO and Fellow Brocade recently named Hadi Nahari vice president and security CTO, and SDN "All-Star" David Meyer as a Brocade Fellow. Meyer was a Cisco engineer back when SDN started generating significant interest. Nahari is a 20 year industry veteran. Read More WHITE PAPER: Pivotal Software 4 Steps to App Development in an IoT World Automated homes. Connected cars. Smart cities. The Internet of Things (IoT) will forever change the way businesses interact with consumers and other businesses. Learn More How VMware's Diane Greene will help Google capitalize on a massive cloud opportunity VMware co-founder Diane Greene, recently appointed as the head of Google's cloud business, adds operating responsibility to her role on Alphabet's board of directors. Greene's new title will be SVP of Enterprise Businesses, reporting to Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Read More What's going on at Citrix? Tim Walsh, senior IT Architect at the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant in Michigan, is a happy Citrix Systems customer. But he wasn't surprised to learn this week that the company that makes most of its revenue from virtual client computing technologies is embarking on a major restructuring that will include spinning off of its GoTo Meeting family of collaboration products. Read More From the Archives (2008): VMware CEO Diane Greene talks Microsoft, security, EMC and cloud computing Diane Greene says VMware was prepped for freebie Microsoft hypervisor. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sirius Computer Solutions Tackling IT Transformation Explore the advantages of an integrated, preconfigured infrastructure solution for network, compute and storage—backed by Cisco, IBM and Sirius—in making that transformation a reality. Learn More Windows Server 2016's latest beta brings first look at Microsoft's new containers Microsoft launched the fourth technical preview for the next version of Windows Server on Thursday, giving the public access to its new Hyper-V Container feature. It's a powerful tool that gives developers access to the flexibility and utility that comes with containerization while also providing isolation that is typically found in traditional virtual machines. Read More Arista steps outside the data center with Cloud Connect solution The rise of virtualization has had a profound impact on the technology industry. In the networking industry, perhaps no vendor has ridden the wave of cloud more than Arista Networks. The company was founded a little over a decade ago, and today it is a publicly traded company with a market capitalization of over $4.6 billion. However, almost all of Arista's revenues today come from selling products inside the data center. Read More EMC helps VMAX, VNX storage arrays hook up with public clouds Public clouds will be the next big spot for some enterprises to store data, and EMC wants to help them get there through its arrays. Read More Developers can design their own compute instances in Google's cloud Google made a big move to woo developers Wednesday, announcing that they can create compute instances with custom configurations of virtual CPUs and memory on the company's cloud platform. The company calls its new feature Custom Machine Types, and it allows users to essentially build their own compute instance to fit an application's needs. Read More
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