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
7 Modeling Tools To Help Assess Cloud ROI
January 08, 2013 09:38 PM
Posted by David Greenfield
Cloud services promise faster deployment and more flexibility, but if you want your CFO to back your cloud gambit, show her a solid financial analysis–preferably one with a good ROI. Here are 7 tools that can help.
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Weighing Cloud UC Options and Costs
December 19, 2012 12:10 PM
Posted by Michael Finneran
Unified communications can be provided as a cloud service, and customers have a huge number of options. But in the long term, cloud UC isn’t necessarily cheaper than premises deployments.
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Bitten By SaaS, But Still Going Back
December 14, 2012 03:16 PM
Posted by Howard Marks
A SaaS application I rely on shut down recently. No massive disruption ensued, but it’s a reminder that companies must take steps to mitigate the potential loss of a SaaS provider.
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Must 'Cloud' Translate To 'Ungovernable'?
December 07, 2012 10:25 AM
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When IT services come from a mix of inside and outside assets, we need more control, not less. Enter ITSM.
Cisco’s Spending Spree: An Analysis
December 06, 2012 07:07 AM
Posted by Greg Ferro
This November Cisco bought three companies in the space of about 10 days. I’ll examine whether these purchases are part of a larger strategic move, or simply the result of internal competition among Cisco’s business units.
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Object Storage's Path to the Enterprise
December 05, 2012 10:42 AM
Posted by Howard Marks
Object storage is a smart fit for enterprise use cases such as backup, but the need to write to custom APIs impedes adoption.
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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.
