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
Ellison Ditches OpenWorld Keynote For America's Cup
Oracle CEO's no-show disappoints conference attendees expecting to hear about the company's cloud services.
EMC CEO Talks Up The Software-Defined Data Center
Joe Tucci tells OpenWorld crowd how EMC plans to capitalize on cloud computing and big data trends.
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Blogs
Cisco Accelerates SDN Strategy with Dynamic Fabric Automation
July 02, 2013 04:52 PM
Posted by Greg Ferro
Cisco's Dynamic Fabric Automation integrates legacy physical networks with virtual devices. It's a sensible SDN strategy for a networking incumbent, but customers should wait until we know more about Insieme.
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SDN's Next Steps: Product Integration
July 01, 2013 02:42 PM
Posted by Kurt Marko
SDN interoperability demonstrations and hackfests point to a small but growing movement toward product integration as software defined networking evolves.
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Network Management Needs New Ideas
June 21, 2013 02:07 PM
Posted by Joe Onisick
Traditional network management systems haven’t adapted to the scale demanded by virtualization and cloud architectures. Distributed system designs may show the way.
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Cumulus Brings the Red Hat Model to Networking
June 20, 2013 12:47 PM
Posted by Art Wittmann
Startup Cumulus Networks launches a Linux-based network operating system designed for low-cost hardware that puts programmability first.
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Cumulus Networks Casts a Shadow On Cisco Strategy
June 19, 2013 03:40 PM
Posted by Greg Ferro
Startup Cumulus Networks announced a Linux-based network operating system that runs on commodity hardware. It could mean clouds ahead for Cisco's proprietary profit engine.
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IBM Targets Fortune 500 With SoftLayer Acquisition
June 05, 2013 12:45 AM
Posted by Kurt Marko
IBM's purchase of cloud provider SoftLayer show how serious Big Blue is about beefing up its enterprise services business. The acquisition comes with important technology, new customer segments and substantial capacity.
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