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Put your head in the cloud: Microsoft unveils immersive digital tour for deep dive on data centers

GeekWire

As you point and click your way around various aspects of your digital life today, whether you’re hosting a virtual work meeting or playing a video game, save some time for a new immersive experience from Microsoft which helps explain how it all works, thanks to “the cloud.” Microsoft Graphic).

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The reality of workload portability across clouds

CIO Business Intelligence

Businesses are investing substantial funds and efforts into migrating workloads from on-premises infrastructure to public clouds, in part motivated by the hypothesis that, once cloud-based, those workloads will be relatively easy to move from one cloud provider to another. Unfortunately, the reality is unlikely to be so simple.

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So Many Devices, So Much Data: Focus Shifts to the End-User and Mobility

Data Center Knowledge

Cloud computing, diversification in device availability, and a growing “data-on-demand” society has created a greater focus on the user. Bill Kleyman looks at what this means for the data center. Featured application virtualization byod it consumerization MAM mdm mobility sdn security Storage Virtualization'

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The Cloud – Gateway to Enterprise Mobility

Eric D. Brown

The world of mobile ten years ago was one that was mobile, but wasn’t. Companies setup virtual private networks (VPN’s) to allow access to the company systems from outside the firewall. Today, mobility is much different in most organizations. The security issues that existed were fairly minor.

Mobile 140
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Telco Central Offices Get Second Life as Cloud Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

As telcos virtualize their networks, their switching facilities will look more and more like web-scale data centers Read More.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s no longer a question of whether organizations are moving to the cloud but rather how well it’s going. Cloud isn’t that shiny new object in the distance, full of possibility. Companies may have had highly detailed migration or execution plans, but many failed to develop a point of view on the role of cloud in the enterprise.

Strategy 144
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VMware Adds Object Storage, Mobile Capabilities To vCloud Air

Data Center Knowledge

VMware adds an Object Storage and mobile cloud solutions to its hybrid Infrastructure-as-a-Service vCloud Air. Cloud Computing Mobility Virtualization'

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