IT shops will pass the cloud tipping point in 2016, survey finds

	State CIOs will focus on security and cloud in 2016 | Google hires VMware co-founder as cloud chief, aiming for enterprise adoption
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	INSIDER IT shops will pass the cloud tipping point in 2016, survey finds An IDG Enterprise survey of IT buyers indicates that, on average, more than half (56 percent) of a company's IT environment will be hosted in the cloud by the end of 2016, up from 44 percent today. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Akamai How to add DDoS mitigation to your incident response plan When your Internet-facing network comes under DDoS attack, does your entire organization panic – or does everyone know exactly what to do? Akamai has released an executive white paper on critical steps and best practices for adding DDoS mitigation to a corporate incident response plan. Download: Making DDoS Mitigation Part of Your Incident Response Plan: Critical Steps and Best Practices In this Issue State CIOs will focus on security and cloud in 2016 Google hires VMware co-founder as cloud chief, aiming for enterprise adoption The US government wants in on the public cloud, but needs more transparency Developers can design their own compute instances in Google's cloud 5 IT industry predictions for 2016 from Forrester and IDC WHITE PAPER: Red Hat The Future of Unix: Hazy and Overcast Over the past decade, Red Hat has helped tens of thousands of customers with critical endeavors around infrastructure modernization. Specifically, this has meant migrating from proprietary, closed infrastructure based on RISC/UNIX to industry standard open systems based on the x86 architecture. Learn More State CIOs will focus on security and cloud in 2016 Security concerns rate at the top of NASCIO poll for third straight year, while cultural and administrative challenges slow the adoption of cloud computing in state governments. Read More   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 Thursday. 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 The US government wants in on the public cloud, but needs more transparency The US federal government is trying to move more into the cloud, but service providers' lack of transparency is harming adoption, according to Arlette Hart, the FBI's chief information security officer. 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 now create compute instances on the company's cloud platform with custom configurations of virtual CPUs and memory. Read More   5 IT industry predictions for 2016 from Forrester and IDC The continued dominance of the cloud, and the continued shortage of talent paint a perplexing picture of the state of IT next year. Read More
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