5 Ways You Waste Money on Virtualization

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	5 Ways You Waste Money on Virtualization You may suspect you're not packing enough virtual machines onto each physical server, but do you understand the architecture, management and chargeback issues? Read on for expert advice on common cost hogs. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cloud Leadership Forum Can you run your business from a smart phone? Come to the Cloud Leadership Forum 2011 to find out—and gain executive-level insights into leveraging cloud for business and IT success. Explore the best approaches to governance frameworks. Learn what to avoid in cloud contracts. And come away with the technology and leadership skills you need to win in the cloud. Complimentary admission. Learn more. In this Issue Cloud Computing: Advice for Application Control Freaks Cisco Data Center Revamp Cuts Across Switches, Servers, Storage New Job for Mainframes: Cloud Platform Dedicated Hardware Now Available in Amazon's Cloud Amazon Cloud Drive: 7 Key Facts Tech We Took From Science Fiction WHITE PAPER: Adobe Beat the Competition with Superior Customer Service A compelling customer experience is essential to growing the business. New research shows that by focusing on automation and self-service applica¬tions, CIOs plan to give their companies a competitive edge. This white paper includes research results as well as insights gleaned from CIO interviews about delivering a superior customer experience. Read More Cloud Computing: Advice for Application Control Freaks The whole point of cloud computing is to easily leverage services you don't have to build and operate yourself. How do you make sure that the things you depend on will really be there over time? Read More Cisco Data Center Revamp Cuts Across Switches, Servers, Storage Cisco this week is expanding its data center product portfolio with a new switch, extensions to existing ones, and enhancements to its servers and software. Read More New Job for Mainframes: Cloud Platform Mention cloud computing to a mainframe professional, and he's likely to roll his eyes. Cloud is just a new name -- and a lot of hype -- for what mainframes have done for years, he'll say. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP The People Side of Converged Infrastructure IT is undergoing a massive shift. CIOs are looking for more flexible architectures that will allow them to quickly react to business needs. The Converged Infrastructure delivers the flexibility that CIOs need, with a high level of simplicity and automation that accelerates business outcomes while reducing costs. Read now Dedicated Hardware Now Available in Amazon's Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers can now run their cloud applications on hardware dedicated to them, the company said on Monday. Read More Amazon Cloud Drive: 7 Key Facts Amazon.com this week announced a brand new online storage service and associated Web-based music player, called Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player, respectively. CIO.com's mobile maestro Al Sacco breaks down what you need to know about new cloud service--the good and the bad. Read More Tech We Took From Science Fiction Even though we're still waiting for flying cars, we're already living in the future predicted by science fiction. Here are a few tech prophecies from sci-fi films, books, and TV shows that became reality. Read More
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