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  IN PICTURES: IIIS 2011 - the show rolls on
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  IN PICTURES: Securing the journey to the Cloud roundtable
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  IN PICTURES: Harnessing the power of the Cloud roundtable
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  IN PICTURES: Cisco Partner Summit 2011 - Opening and keynote ...

• Forget Public Cloud or Private Cloud, it's all about Hyper-Hybrid

  By Thor Olavsrud | 11 February, 2012 04:11

  Cloud computing has gone from being a promising technology to a reality that brings a unique set of challenges along with benefits. To fully leverage the disruptive potential of cloud without getting trapped in a web of integration complexity, CIOs and their IT organizations need to focus on what it means to rethink their business as a collection of services.

• Choose the right chargeback solution for greater cloud cost savings

  By Andrew LaCroix, director of solutions architecture at Cloud Cruiser | 11 February, 2012 09:30

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

• Web app lets enterprise set security, sharing for Google Apps users

  By John Cox | 11 February, 2012 02:32

  A new security tool lets enterprise IT groups set access and share policies for employees, including mobile users, who are working with the online Google Apps suite.

• Cloudscaling to offer OpenStack private cloud platform

  By Nancy Gohring | 10 February, 2012 10:51

  Cloudscaling plans to introduce on Monday an OpenStack-based platform that enterprises can use to build private clouds.

• NextAdvisor picks its top cloud storage services for consumers

  By Lucas Mearian | 10 February, 2012 09:29

  Consumer and small business product review site NextAdvisor.com this month launched a new category , with reviews and comparisons of the best cloudstorage services.

• Google's GDrive reportedly to launch as Dropbox-rival 'Drive'

  By Ian Paul | 10 February, 2012 01:38

  Google's long-rumored GDrive that would let you upload and store files to its servers and be able to access them from anywhere you have an Internet connection may finally be close to launching in the coming weeks as a more cheaply priced Dropbox rival.

• Oracle buying Taleo for $US1.9 billion in direct hit at SAP

  By Chris Kanaracus | 10 February, 2012 00:28

  Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move to acquire SuccessFactors, a close competitor of Taleo, for US$3.4 billion in a deal that has yet to close.

• Salesforce.com shakes up Standard support plan features

  By Chris Kanaracus | 09 February, 2012 08:37

  Salesforce.com has made a series of changes to its support services that include the removal of certain features from the Standard tier, but which the company says overall will provide a better experience for customers.

• SNAPSHOT: The name game

  By Patrick Budmar | 07 November, 2011 11:16

  What’s in a name? Plenty, according to Ingres A/NZ and APAC general manager, Jason Leonidas

• INSIDE STORY: Steering towards new business strategies

  By Julia Talevski | 27 July, 2011 14:19

  Distributor IPL Communications held a thought leadership event earlier this year specifically targeting 170 dealers that were a mix between telco and system integrators. This was underscored by the need to change. Julia Talevski sat down with IPL general manager, Paul Scanlan, and managing director, Stead Denton.

• PROFILE: Working towards global ICT

  By Patrick Budmar | 28 July, 2011 10:27

  While Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has been in the Australian market for several years, the company has recently found itself in the spotlight following a series of high profile acquisitions. ARN spoke to NTT’s Australian managing director and CEO, Yoshimasa Hashimoto, about its local plans.<

• PROFILE: Harnessing the power of the hybrid cloud and beyond

  By Patrick Budmar | 21 June, 2011 11:40

  With the virtualisation needs of Australian and New Zealand companies continually expanding, VMware Australia has stepped up to meet ITS ever growing expectations through the cloud. ARN spoke to VMware Australia Vice-President and Managing Director, Duncan Bennet, about his recent promotion, making virtualisation work and the journey to the cloud.

• Strategy's Limits: A chat with Ernest von Simson

  By Nancy Weil | 03 August, 2010 03:59

  As co-founder of The Research Board, an exclusive, IT-focused think tank established in 1970, Ernest von Simson watched time and again as corporate leaders took their companies through change and crises over three decades. During those years, he came to believe that steadfastness is the most vital leadership characteristic for success, as he demonstrates in his new book, "The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry".

• Weinman: Biz, ecosystem are keys to cloud evolution

  By Hyuna Kim | 17 March, 2010 04:43

  These days, cloud computing may be the hottest topic in IT industry as many firms are planning to unleash cloud service or already starting to deploy cloud service.

• Chambers part 3: Proprietary and the cloud

  By John Gallant | 15 March, 2010 07:35

  In the third and final part of an in-depth interview with John Gallant, Scot Finnie, and Editor-in-Chief Eric Knorr, Cisco’s John Chambers discusses the proprietary issue and cloud computing opportunities.

• Q&A: Xenophon on ISPs, Telstra and the cloud

  By David Ramli | 12 February, 2010 17:16

  Independent senator for South Australia, Senator Nick Xenophon, has a strong voter base and a vital cross-bench seat. He spoke with ARN about the need for negotiation with the Government over ISP filtering, Telstra’s separation and keeping cloud-based information in Australia.

• Everything we know about Apple's new TV project

  By Ben Camm-Jones | 08 December, 2011 11:00

  It's widely accepted in the technology industry that Apple is working on a smart, internet-connected TV device. But what do we really know about the 'iTV' so far? There's been a lot of speculation flying around about an Apple TV set for several years, and many times it has been reported that Apple has been on the brink of an announcement - only for our hopes to be dashed at the last minute.

• Rumble in the Cloud: 5 Cloud storage services compared

  By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 08 December, 2011 04:29

  It used to be that when I said "Cloud services," people's eyes would glaze over and in minutes they'd be gently snoring. That was then. This is now. While CIOs and CTOs still debate about what role the Cloud will have in business, personal Cloud services have been slowly easing their way into almost everyone's computing plans.

• 10 must-have tools for Cloud power users

  By JR Raphael | 08 December, 2011 03:06

  For many of us, the Cloud has changed the way we work and play. Thanks to well-known services like Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook and Instapaper, practically our whole lives - photos, documents, contacts and more - are online. So isn't it time to take control?

• Guide: How to bulletproof your website

  By Esther Shein | 29 November, 2011 03:32

  'Tis the season to begin ramping up online shopping activity, and for retailers that means doing all they can to ensure their websites are up, highly available and able to handle peak capacity. Looming in many IT managers' minds is the cautionary tale of Target, whose website crashed twice after it was inundated by an unprecedented number of online shoppers when the retailer began selling clothing and accessories from high-end Italian fashion company Missoni.

• Technology argument 2: Private cloud vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud

  By Nancy Gohring | 04 November, 2011 09:47

  There's no denying it: practically every business is moving to the cloud or at least thinking about it. But with a number of options available to them, many are still experimenting with which works best.

• Are you ready for networking in the cloud?

  By Jim Metzler | 31 October, 2011 21:48

  The two primary forms of public cloud computing, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), are both growing dramatically in popularity. Over the last few years, the primary focus of the IaaS providers has been on offering the basic compute and storage resources required to run applications.

• Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012

  By Michael Cooney | 19 October, 2011 04:41

  ORLANDO -- The technology that makes up many of the systems in the ITworld today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says.

• NEWS FOCUS: Experts explain greatest threats to Cloud security

  By Christine Burns | 12 October, 2011 09:27

  Cloud security threats come in all shapes and sizes, so we asked eight experts to weigh in on what they see as the top threat to Cloud security. The answers run the gamut, but in all cases, our Cloud security panelists believe that these threats can be addressed.