How to take Amazon EC2 for a test drive

	Google gives five data center energy-saving ideas | Battle looms over securing virtualized systems
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	How to take Amazon EC2 for a test drive With a few simple steps, you can stand up a capable virtual Linux server using Amazon Web Services in minutes. Best of all, it's free for a whole year. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: NetApp Are you maximizing IT efficiency? Optimizing IT efficiency can save time, money, and valuable resources. As the number-one line item in most IT budgets, storage is a good place to start. NetApp customers use half the storage of traditional approaches and can reinvest savings in revenue-generating opportunities. Learn to measure, monitor and improve efficiency and boost your bottom line. In this Issue Google gives five data center energy-saving ideas Battle looms over securing virtualized systems Citrix founder takes on data sprawl IT pros: No public clouds, please WHITE PAPER: Sophos Sophos Security Threat Report 2011 Our threat experts see 30,000 new malicious URLs each day—70% of which are legitimate websites that were hacked. Let our new 2011 Security Threat Report be your weapon in the battle against malware. It describes the significant threats of 2010, what to watch for in 2011, and more importantly, what you need to do to get ahead of them. Read now. Google gives five data center energy-saving ideas When it comes to saving data center energy few companies would have the expertise of Google, which has some of the largest data centers in the world. The company recently shared the design choices that it uses to improve the efficiency of its facilities. Read More Battle looms over securing virtualized systems There's growing consensus that traditional approaches to network security -- the firewall and intrusion-prevention appliances, the host-based antivirus software -- simply do not work well in virtualized environments for which they were never designed. Read More Citrix founder takes on data sprawl Edward Iacobucci's startup, VirtualWorks Group, is offering technology that indexes data from both local devices and cloud-based systems. Read More IT pros: No public clouds, please Concerns about security, cost and compliance deter IT professionals from putting resources in a shared, centralized computing environment, a recent poll found. Read More
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