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Network World Cloud Computing Alert Mar 01, 2016 Amazon, Google and Microsoft's cloud acquisitions Amazon, Microsoft and Google have made a steady stream of acquisitions to support their cloud efforts in recent years. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Internet2 at 20: Alive and kicking • Netflix is (not really) all in on Amazon's cloud • With Casado leaving, questions rise about VMware's plans for NSX in the cloud • Verizon charts a different cloud services path • Microsoft adds new security enhancements to its cloud offerings • Business leaders struggle with cloud, big data and IoT security • Cloud security is good, but here's how to make it better • Nervana's cloud platform makes deep learning more widely available • How to securely bridge on-premise and cloud-based storage services White Paper: ForgeRock Customer-Focused Organizations Must Take a Strategic Approach to "Identity Relationship Management" In conducting online surveys of 111 B2C and B2B2C executives with responsibility for IAM, Forrester found that new business and technical demands require a strategic focus for which existing IAM infrastructure may not be sufficient. Read More ▶ Internet2 at 20: Alive and kicking After building 8.8Tbit OpenFlow-based SDN network linking university researchers, Internet 2 pivots to R&D, new apps, cloud services. Read More ▶ Netflix is (not really) all in on Amazon's cloud Publications across the Internet have praised Netflix on its triumphant migration of its operations into Amazon Web Service's cloud. But there's one caveat: Netflix isn't quite all in on Amazon's cloud. Read More ▶ With Casado leaving, questions rise about VMware's plans for NSX in the cloud VMware Networking and Security Chief Martin Casado's announced departure comes at a time when the company is positioning its network virtualization product named NSX - which Casado developed - as an increaisngly important part of the company's cloud strategy. Read More ▶ Verizon charts a different cloud services path The telecom giant is unloading its data centers to focus on its services business. Read More ▶ Microsoft adds new security enhancements to its cloud offerings Microsoft is adding a range of new security features to its Office 365 and Azure cloud services as part of the company's holistic approach to enterprise security that it announced last year. Read More ▶ Business leaders struggle with cloud, big data and IoT security New survey of enterprise leaders highlights concerns over security in new IT architectures as sensitive data moves to cloud, big data and IoT environments. Read More ▶ Cloud security is good, but here's how to make it better Three simple ways to get more out of default cloud security infrastructure Read More ▶ Nervana's cloud platform makes deep learning more widely available Deep learning has traditionally been accessible to just the largest organizations, but recently that's begun to change. On Monday, AI startup Nervana launched a new cloud offering for what it calls deep learning on demand. Read More ▶ How to securely bridge on-premise and cloud-based storage services Examining the four ways you can manage migration to or synchronization with the cloud Read More ▶ White Paper: ForgeRock ForgeRock Identity Platform: Forging a New Future with Identity Relationship Management ForgeRock's next-generation IRM platform is designed to empower CEOs and enterprises to engage with consumers via new revenue-generating services, while continuing to maintain our proven traditional IAM capabilities. Read More ▶ 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 ▶ SLIDESHOWS 7 cheap alternatives to the Microsoft Surface Apple v. FBI – Who's for, against opening up the terrorist's iPhone Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. iPhone 7 Rumor Rollup: FBI gets in the way; a new iPad on the way; wildest concept design yet 2. 19 free cloud storage options 3. Best Apple iPhone 7 design concepts of 2016 4. 7 free Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying tools for Windows and Mac 5. VMware SDN, cloud issues did not push Casado out 6. 20 cool things you can do with a Raspberry Pi 7. Hottest tablets and laptops from MWC 2016 8. Cisco's dominance continues 9. With Casado leaving, questions rise about VMware 10. Program the world: 12 technologies you need to know

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