The public cloud presents new opportunities and challenges for IT. Applications and services can be spun up on demand, relieving IT of provisioning and maintenance burdens. But IT is still on the hook for security, service level management, identity and authentication, and more. Our Public Cloud Tech Center delivers strategies, best practices, emerging technology and the latest IT-based research to help guide you through the provider claims, business demands and technology challenges that come with SaaS, IaaS and more.
News and Analysis
F5 Tackles BYOD with MDM Products and Services
News roundup: F5 announces MDM software and SaaS service; Citrix leverages Zenprise acquisition to launch XenMobile; GroundWork Monitor watches hybrid cloud environments.
McAfee Launches Real-Time Security Policy Software
News roundup: McAfee connects ePolicy Orchestrator to Enterprise Security Manager; Arista Launches Data Analyzer; Zscaler goes big with Security Cloud analytics; Anturis unveils beta IT monitoring tool
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Blogs
Cloud Storage and Sync: A Bubble Destined to Burst
February 22, 2013 12:28 PM
Posted by Kurt Marko
The proliferation of cloud file sharing services is out of control. It can only end badly for most of these companies—and their users.
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Open Spectrum Does Not Mean Free Internet
February 06, 2013 10:50 AM
Posted by Larry Seltzer
There's a common misconception that a plan to open up more unlicensed, unmanaged spectrum will mean free Wi-Fi for all. Expect a lot of wonderful things, including competition for cellular carriers, but not for free.
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Open Compute's Trickle-Down Tech
February 06, 2013 09:14 AM
Posted by Howard Marks
Open Compute's goal of open source hardware sounds democratic, but the initiative targets big-budget service providers and Web brands whose needs are different from everyday enterprises. The greatest impact of Open Compute will be felt by the leading server manufacturers--and it won't be good.
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Cisco's ONE Controller Debuts; Targets SDN
February 04, 2013 02:46 PM
Posted by Greg Ferro
Cisco's SDN architecture gets its keystone with the launch of the Cisco ONE Controller, a software package that supports OpenFlow and its own onePK APIs. Cisco also announced support for hybrid clouds with its Nexus 1000V product and the Nexus 6000, a new data center switch.
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Wi-Fi Turns Into Retail Spy
January 23, 2013 04:16 PM
Posted by Lee H. Badman
A new partnership between WLAN vendor Aerohive and retail analytics company Euclid turns in-store access points into customer tracking systems.
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The IT Governance Cheat Sheet
January 10, 2013 11:47 AM
Posted by
Sorting through the alphabet soup language of IT service management (ITSM) can be tough, but it's worthwhile. Here's a handy guide to essential ITSM frameworks and standards.
Best of the Web
VXLAN termination on physical devices
VXLAN is an Experimental IETF draft of protocols to enable the creation of a large overlay, multi-tenant network.
ONF Deadly Serious About OpenFlow-Based SDNs
: OpenFlow is poised to reach over-hyped status, yet there are practical, useful reasons for keeping an eye on Openflow. The biggest cloud players are involved and driving the feature creation.
Practical Introduction to Applied OpenFlow
Get a primer on the Openflow protocol and what it can do for networking.
On Resilience of Spit-Architecture Networks
This research papers investigates the practical issues in split-architecture networks and the placement of the controllers, such as Openflow controllers, in the network.
