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Network World Cloud Computing Alert Jul 26, 2016 VMware, IBM, Microsoft are top cloud system managers, IDC says Research firm IDC is out with its latest estimates on who the leaders of the cloud systems management market are and some familiar names top the list. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Hot job alert: Become a Salesforce coder • 6 Slack alternatives worth a look • Microsoft, IBM tout cloud services as key drivers of earnings strength • Consumer Office 365 subscription growth slows • CIOs: Shadow IT is actually great for your cloud strategy • Skype sets a course for the cloud, ditching some apps on the way • Google launches new cloud service for understanding human language • Exclusive: Oracle to reboot Java EE for the cloud Video/Webcast: Veritas A Revolutionary Approach to Oracle Backup If your organization uses native database tools, like RMAN, to backup your Oracle databases, you're not alone (82% of Oracle DBs are primarily managed by DBAs). While these tools are simple and convenient, they can create management, scheduling, and governance challenges that put your database team at odds with the backup team and with corporate compliance. Read More ▶ Hot job alert: Become a Salesforce coder Making the switch to Salesforce's ecosystem can prove lucrative for biz-savvy programmers Read More ▶ 6 Slack alternatives worth a look There's nothing wrong with using Slack — its three million active daily users can't all be wrong. But that doesn't mean there isn't another option out there that might better meet your particular needs. Read More ▶ Microsoft, IBM tout cloud services as key drivers of earnings strength It is earnings season, which for publicly-traded technology vendors in the cloud market means it's time to update investors on the momentum of emerging products helping to displace eroding revenue from legacy offerings. For two technology vendor stalwarts – Microsoft and IBM - cloud computing has played a significant role in their earnings this quarter. Read More ▶ Consumer Office 365 subscription growth slows Microsoft said that consumer subscriptions to Office 365 topped 23 million, signaling that the segment's once rapid growth had slowed significantly. Read More ▶ CIOs: Shadow IT is actually great for your cloud strategy The three reasons that departments' own adoption of cloud technologies benefits CIOs' goals Read More ▶ Skype sets a course for the cloud, ditching some apps on the way Skype is leaving behind its peer-to-peer roots and going all in on the cloud. While the popular messaging app made it this far by facilitating connections between computers for video calls and other communications, it's moving to a cloud architecture that is supposed to improve performance and expand the service's capabilities. Read More ▶ Google launches new cloud service for understanding human language Google's intelligent cloud developer tools are expanding with the launch of a new Cloud Natural Language API on Wednesday. The service is aimed at helping developers create applications that understand human language. Read More ▶ Exclusive: Oracle to reboot Java EE for the cloud In an InfoWorld interview, Oracle lifts the lid on its plan to modernize enterprise Java amid criticisms of inactivity Read More ▶ White Paper: Endgame Automate the Hunt for Hidden Threats Within Your Enterprise Learn the process for automating the hunt for threats, including how to deploy a continuous threat-hunting process. 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 Happy anniversary, Windows 10: Here's what coming in the latest update 2016 technology industry graveyard Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. Two men fall off San Diego cliff playing Pokemon Go, just as I predicted 2. Plea to Cisco: 'CCIE routing and switching written exam needs to be fixed' 3. The CIA, NSA and Pokémon Go 4. 19 free cloud storage options 5. Microsoft releases 'service pack 2' for Windows 7 6. 7 free Wi-Fi stumbling and surveying tools for Windows and Mac 7. Verizon unveils 'virtual network services' 8. What's hot at Cisco Live 9. Pokémon Go just redeemed Google Glass failure to launch augmented reality 10. Peeping into 73,000 unsecured security cameras thanks to default passwords

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