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Network World Cloud Computing Alert Jun 28, 2016 Is Desktop-as-a-Service ready for business? Licensing complications and an immature market limit where DaaS is useful, but desktops in the cloud are ideal for specific situations. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Microsoft cozies up to Linux containers • AWS, Microsoft cloud win US government security approval • Red Hat polishes JBoss EAP for a cloud-native future • ZeroStack offers a private 'cloud in a box' • Tech jobs report: Security, devops, and big data stay hot • Cloud or on-prem? This big-data service now swings both ways • Intel is said to mull sale of its security business • Armed with a new CEO, Panzura is ready to bring enterprises to the cloud • Gartner: Cloud will be the "default option" for software deployment by 2020 White Paper: Dimension Data Enabling Transformation to a Digital Enterprise As enterprise organizations move to adopt digitization, leveraging technologies of the Third Platform, the impact on enterprise networks will be profound as they contend with balancing business and technology forces. More importantly enterprises have concerns with supporting and managing new architectural models and operating practices that new IT workloads require. Read More ▶ Microsoft cozies up to Linux containers At Dockercon this week Microsoft announced that it is further integrating Docker's container management products into its Azure cloud portfolio. Read More ▶ AWS, Microsoft cloud win US government security approval Three vendors, including Microsoft and Amazon Web Services, have won a key U.S. government authorization that will allow federal agencies to put highly sensitive data on the cloud-computing services. Read More ▶ Red Hat polishes JBoss EAP for a cloud-native future Red Hat on Monday rolled out a major new release to its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform that's designed to offer better support for containers and cloud-native applications. Read More ▶ ZeroStack offers a private 'cloud in a box' With ZeroStack's Z-Block Cloud appliance, deploying an OpenStack-based private cloud is as easy as plug and play. Read More ▶ Tech jobs report: Security, devops, and big data stay hot Foote's latest data suggests security and devops will remain in high demand for some time -- but cloud pay is starting to slip Read More ▶ Cloud or on-prem? This big-data service now swings both ways There are countless "as-a-Service" offerings on the market today, and typically they live in the cloud. Back in 2014, startup BlueData blazed a different trail by launching its EPIC Enterprise big-data-as-a-service offering on-premises instead. Read More ▶ Intel is said to mull sale of its security business Intel is considering selling its security business as the company tries to focus on delivering chips for cloud computing and connected devices, according to a news report. Read More ▶ Armed with a new CEO, Panzura is ready to bring enterprises to the cloud Cloud integrated storage vendor Panzura has a new CEO who's been brought in to scale growthby helping bring enterprises to the cloud. Read More ▶ Gartner: Cloud will be the "default option" for software deployment by 2020 The combination of end users gaining comfort with using cloud services combined with vendors shifting to primarily offering software from the cloud means that cloud will be the dominate software deployment model by 2020, Gartner predicts. Read More ▶ Video/Webcast: AetherPal, Inc. Will Your Support Strategy Scale for Mobile Apps? Mobile apps are transforming financial services, field services, health care, retail, and nearly every industry. They enable users to complete business critical tasks at the optimal time and place, such as a point of sale, an accident site, or a patient's home. Modern workers are dependent on apps to perform their jobs and modern businesses are dependent on apps to operate. 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