Cloud storage could be the first real cloud failure

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	EDITOR'S NOTE: Get Control of Exploding Volumes of Data in Your Enterprise. Sign up for our enterprise data explosion event. Cloud storage could be the first real cloud failure A mere 10 percent of large corporations are considering the public cloud as a place to store even their data. Will customers ever embrace the cloud for data storage? Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Reduce the Network Load of VDI See how WAN optimization addresses the root causes of VDI network performance problems by reducing bandwidth utilization by 50%-90% through: • Efficient compression algorithms • Memory-based deduplication of the data to be transferred • TCP tuning • QoS enabling prioritization of traffic • Reduction of native traffic on the WAN Read more! In this Issue Cisco advances on HP with blades spinning Salesforce.com makes two-pronged cloud push How the cloud could kill Apple The good and bad of storage benchmarking RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Is Microsoft Desktop Virtualization for you? Desktop Virtualization provides a comprehensive suite of solutions that enables companies to give their employees flexibility to work everywhere; simplifying compliance and management through a centralized and unified infrastructure. Learn how IT is empowering users with Desktop Virtualization with this on-demand roundtable. Click to continue Cisco advances on HP with blades spinning Cisco now holds the third-largest share of the blade server market in terms of factory revenue -- not too bad a showing, considering its relatively late arrival to the party in 2009 compared to market leader HP. Read More Salesforce.com makes two-pronged cloud push The company says its two platform-as-a-service cloud offerings serve different needs and there is no reason to merge them Read More WHITE PAPER: Sage Software Tips for Maximizing the Return on Your ERP Investment This white paper describes two strategies organizations can employ to maximize the returns from their ERP investments: Use a proven methodology to speed implementation and achieve ROI faster, and define and track metrics to measure progress in meeting business objectives. Read now! How the cloud could kill Apple While Apple's mobile devices have driven the growth of clouds, the company stands to gain much less from that surge, given how it is positioned within the market. Read More The good and bad of storage benchmarking With such an incredibly wide range of enterprise storage workloads and products, it's impossible to build a benchmark that has any hope of resembling all of them. Read More
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