Cloud Computing Spending on the Rise

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions CTO Edge Update September 05, 2011 Trends in Cloud Computing The good news is that a new survey of 500 IT professionals and 400 IT services firms from CompTIA finds that the number of people who say they have a pretty good understanding of what cloud computing is all about is getting higher. The bad news is that there is still plenty of confusion over what services are being offered in the cloud and concerns over security issues are still holding some people back. Read more > Featured White Papers New eBook: Shifting the Focus to Strategic IT Projects This eBook examines why and how CIOs should and can establish themselves as agents of strategic change within their enterprises. •  Maximizing Help Desk Productivity: Try These Top Five Tips •  M2M Technology — When Machines Talk, Efficiencies Soar •  The Business Case for Analytic Platforms Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace Latest White Papers Security & the Cloud: Augment or Abdicate? Is Your Talent Management Strategy Creating Value? Simplifying Enterprise Modernization: Easier Than You Think New Approaches to Optimized Data Center Power Distribution Application Clusters — High Availability Discover how to provide high levels of system availability and scalability, ensuring continuous data access and system flexibility. Download now > "As IT environments have become more complex thanks to the advent of virtualization and cloud computing, the opportunity to misconfigure any number of devices has exponentially increased." Excerpt from Mike Vizard Changing the IT Game Cisco Partners with VMware to Advance Virtual Network VXLAN technology allows virtual segments to scale in the cloud. Riverbed to Accelerate PC-over-IP Protocol in VDI Deployments Approach promises to improve VDI performance across WAN. rPath Previews Cloud App Automation Tool rPath Cloud Engine automates migration of cloud applications to a private cloud. Blogs Mike Vizard Changing the IT Game Maintaining Server Integrity Charlene O'Hanlon The Agile CTO Future Shock: M2M Gaining Ground Rajini Padmanaban Guest Opinions Are You Ready for Service-Level Metrics in the True Spirit? Get SOA Lifecycle Governance Right   Achieve unlimited agility and organizational flexibility with these strategies and practices for governing SOA. Download now > This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise