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McAfee Launches Cloud Security Platform Updates
Cloud computing security specialist McAfee announced the latest enhancements to the company’s Cloud Security Platform. The platform, which can be deployed as an on-premise appliance, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or a hybrid combination, includes Cloud Identity Manager, also available from Intel as Expressway Cloud Access 360, which expands integration with SAML aware and traditional log-in cloud applications.…
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Best Buys Big Strategic Moves
Best Buys Big Strategic Moves Best Buy Europe will scrap plans for big box stores, closing all 11 of the U.K pilot stores. Instead it will focus on its 2,500 profitable small box stores. No Title Best Buy will buy Carphone Warehouse’s Stake in Best Buy Mobile for $1.3 billion in cash. The deal is…
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Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery Gaining Ground in Midmarket: Gartner
By 2014, 30 percent of midsize companies will have adopted recovery-in-the-cloud, also known as recovery-as-a-service (RaaS), to support IT operations recovery, up from just over 1 percent today, according to Gartner. RaaS describes the managed replication of virtual machines (VMs) and production data in a service provider’s cloud, together with the means to activate the…
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IBM zEnterprise System to Bring Windows to the Mainframe
IBM has made good on its promise to deliver Windows integration with the IBM mainframe via the zEnterprise System. When IBM introduced the zEnterprise in July 2010, the company also announced plans to deliver additional general-purpose blades for the IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension including IBM System x-based blades running Linux in 2011. IBM also suggested…
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F5 Networks Reduces Complexity of Enterprise Storage With ARX Platform
Many IT professionals are wondering if the exponential growth of disk storage and the associated management chores will ever slow down. Regrettably, for those charged with the day-to-day administration of enterprise storage, the answer is likely no. Several factors are forcing the growth of storage pools, ranging from basic drivers, such as robust applications, to…
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Neutral Tandem Offers Cisco Partners Cloud UC Service Opportunity
Looking to get into offering cloud-based unified communications services to your customers, but unable or unwilling to make a big capital investment? Neutral Tandem has developed a cloud-based collaboration that Cisco channel partners can white label and resell. Based on Cisco unified communications infrastructure, the service lets Cisco partners get into the UC game without…
