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IBM gets real about cloud, CIOs must as well

In this week's Searchlight: IBM puts billions into being a public cloud provider, science thumbs its nose at Verizon, keeping cloud honest and more.
Public cloud adoption accelerates in India

Indian businesses will spend 24.54 billion INR on public cloud services this year to lower costs and increase business flexibility
Microsoft updates hybrid cloud with Server 2012 R2

To encourage developers to build hybrid cloud applications, Microsoft is offering up to $150 per month of Azure services to people running Visual Studio
Private clouds gain steam

Growing interest in private clouds reflects an improved understanding of cloud computing among IT pros, experts say.
Five handy data backup and DR plan best practices

Data backup and DR, in that order, can be a tough act to master. Emerging regulatory requirements for Indian organizations that mandate ongoing work on these fronts don’t make the normal data cente...

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- Enterprise BYOD offers mixed bag for enterprise endpoint security
  
  A Gartner analyst says enterprise BYOD -- specifically iOS and Android devices -- presents many pros and cons for enterprise endpoint security.
- Reclaiming the role of the CIO
  
  It has become fashionable to question the value of the role of CIO, but much of this discourse is both self-serving and without foundation
- Forrester CXi shows CIOs key to improving customer experience
  
  Companies that excel at customer experience work hand in glove with CIOs and IT, according to the Forrester 2013 Customer Experience Index.
Information Security
- Security tech market set to grow 8.7% in 2013, says Gartner
  
  The worldwide security technology and services market will reach $67.2bn in 2013, up 8.7% from 2012, according to research firm Gartner
- A malicious charger could hack Apple devices easily, claim researchers
  
  A modified phone charger or battery could be used to hack Apple devices, say researchers from Georgia Tech
- How to reduce IT security risk with IT asset management
  
  IT asset management expert Barb Rembiesa explains how ITAM best practices like IT asset standardization and rationalization reduce IT security risk.
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- In-memory applications take on big data analytics challenge
  
  In-memory tools and big data can be a potent analytics mix. But before you put them together, read advice from experienced users and consultants.
- In-memory big data analytics systems need solid IT foundation
  
  Using in-memory tools to analyze pools of big data raises system design, scalability and data integration issues that must be addressed up front.
- Aadhaar project data collection: An interview with Mindtree's CEO
  
  Get a view into the data collection efforts for the Aadhaar project from Krishnakumar Natarajan, the CEO at service provider Mindtree.
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- Imation upgrades Nexsan Assureon object-based storage archive
  
  Imation makes first product upgrade since acquiring Nexsan, delivering Assureon 7 for object-based storage archiving.
- Following Dell acquisitions, users find platform integration enticing
  
  Customers want to see the storage products Dell has gained through acquisitions better integrated with common management.
- Converged systems offer turnkey storage and server bundles
  
  Storage vendors are packaging their products with servers and networking gear to create ready-to-run converged systems. Could this be the end of best-of-breed deployments?
Data Center
- Battery monitoring service prevents outages, extends battery life
  
  The latest backup battery monitoring services can prevent outages and extend battery life. Plus, they take power monitoring off IT's task list.
- Red Hat Open Hybrid Cloud aids private, public cloud management
  
  Hardware, virtualization, public and private cloud are all converging and need to be managed as one environment. Enter Red Hat's Open Hybrid Cloud.
- Mainframe modernization takes on urgency
  
  A Red Hat Summit talk on database and mainframe modernization highlights urgency, need for agility in enterprise development teams.
Server Virtualization
- Virtualization vs. cloud: Let's get this straight
  
  Reports of clouds abound, but true clouds are hard to come by. Turns out, many don't know what separates virtualization vs. cloud. We're here to help.
- Moving VMs around? Avoid downtime with Hyper-V Live Storage Migration
  
  Live Storage Migration eliminates the downtime associated with moving VM files from one storage location to another and helps improve performance.
- RHEV proves to be a cost-effective alternative to vSphere
  
  Some IT departments have turned to low-cost, flexible virtualization platforms, such as Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, to lower VMware costs.
Cloud computing
- PaaS market heats up with Red Hat OpenShift, Savvis AppFog buy
  
  PaaS made headlines last week, but it's still difficult to gauge the true level of interest in Platform as a Service in the enterprise world.
- IBM, Salesforce deals usher in cloud consolidation era
  
  IBM's SoftLayer buy is getting mixed reviews from IT pros, but everyone agrees that it's an example of the consolidation phase of the cloud bubble.
- U.S. defense agencies' cloud transition yields better intelligence
  
  A cloud migration seems daunting but the effort is worthwhile; U.S. defense agencies say their cloud move led to better military intelligence.

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