Cloud Storage is strategically inevitable

Cloud computing can deliver storage services more effectively while saving both time and cost - but only if an organization first establishes an efficient data storage infrastructure. IBM can help by providing efficiency, automation and optimization capabilities.
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The Role of the Network in Cloud Computing

For a network that better supports your cloud and brings the most value possible to your business, its design has to be considered in the early stages of cloud planning. Read the white paper "Networking for cloud computing" to discover specific networking considerations for public, private and hybrid clouds.
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Think You are Safe from DDoS Attacks?

Amazon Web Services is the world's top cloud platform, offering reliable and affordable cloud computing. But, AWS does NOT have customer-specific DDoS detection or prevention and may not be able to help you in the event of a DDoS attack.
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IBM FlashSystem: Powering the Future of IT

This high-level white paper explains how supporting cloud, analytics, mobile, social, and data security compute requirements while at the same time exploiting the opportunities they offer demands the power of high performance, agile, and cost efficient FlashSystem storage.
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Securing applications for a safer cloud environment

This white paper explains how an effective application security program can help organizations protect their assets in the cloud. It will also discuss how a secure-by-design approach to application security can help reduce risk across the IT infrastructure, in the cloud and beyond.
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Best Practice Security in a Cloud Enabled World

This report explores that security in a fast-paced technology-infused world cries for an “invest once and deploy everywhere” approach. For this to be realized, security must be planned in advance and built-in, yet still be fluidly adaptable to circumstances, and singularly controllable.
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Optimizing the Hybrid Cloud

This analyst paper examines how Power architecture provides the scalability to leverage and support expanding needs of organizations to accommodate more users and more data.
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Service Providers: How Storage Infrastructure Can Help You Differentiate And Add Value To Your Cloud Storage Services

This paper examines customer expectations regarding cloud storage, and how your choice of infrastructure impacts your ability to deliver on those expectations. Infrastructure can help differentiate your service and create value for your clients. Read tips on selecting the right storage infrastructure that addresses clients’ evolving and demanding needs for storing, protecting and accessing their data and how IBM XIV Storage can address the needs of today’s services providers.
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Cloud, Collaboration and Communication: What’s on the Mind of IT Leaders Today?

In today's increasingly social world, the ability to collaborate with coworkers, business partners and even clients is taking on more importance. How are tools like mobile collaboration and file sharing impacting the way we work? What is top of mind for collaborators today, and what is the cloud's impact on social business? This SlashGuide discusses the results of a recent Slashdot Media survey bringing these issues to light.
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SOLVING FOR “TOTAL COST” IN THE CLOUD

It’s a simple question: How much is it going to cost to move an application to the cloud? But the answer is not simple, and many businesses suffer costly surprises when they make the move.

This paper shows you how to calculate the total cost of migrating applications to the cloud, including obvious hardware costs as well as the human costs of managing apps in the cloud.

Have you factored in these costs?

• Training related to new skills, tools, and processes

• Server CPU, memory, storage, and monitoring

• VPN and direct connect fees

• Need for additional cloud administrators

• Cost of moving data to the cloud

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Providing security for software systems in the cloud

The software industry has learned that putting fancy boxes on the network doesn’t fix bad software. Especially if you’re using cloud-services, you need to focus on the risks they bring to the software you deploy. This paper details risks to software deployed in the cloud and tells you what steps you can take to mitigate those risks.
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What Makes a Private Cloud a Cloud?

To run a truly efficient private cloud, the enterprise must have clear visibility into operations, applications, and costs, no matter how heterogeneous the underlying virtualized environment. Read on to learn how to build the ties that bind the private cloud infrastructure to what the business needs. Dell Cloud features Intel® technology.

Intel Inside®. Powerful Cloud (Services) Outside.

**Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.**

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Top Five Reasons to Take Advantage of the Private Cloud Now

If your company has yet to investigate the move to a private cloud infrastructure, it’s clearly bucking the trend. The private cloud - defined as on-premise or hosted cloud-based infrastructure dedicated to your company’s use - has moved from the trendy to the mainstream, and organizations of all sizes and in virtually all industries are beginning to invest in private cloud solutions. Dell Cloud features Intel® technology. Download this paper to learn more.

Intel Inside®. Powerful Cloud (Services) Outside.

**Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.**

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Building the Business Case for Cloud: Real Ways Private Cloud Can Benefit Your Organization

Companies and IT organizations are exploring migrating to a cloud architecture today in order to rein in IT costs, gain the flexibility and agility to deliver new and better services, and meet rapidly evolving business requirements. Read this paper to further learn how:

• Leveraging cloud technology can help drive costs while enabling service-oriented IT.
• Private and hybrid cloud approached improve application delivery.
• Cloud implementations increase agility and help organizations adjust to meet customer and worker expectations.
• Dell Cloud features Intel® technology.

Intel Inside®. Powerful Cloud (Services) Outside.

**Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.**

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Three Tough Business Challenges a Private Cloud Can Handle

More organizations are discovering that private cloud gives IT the right foundation to tackle three tough business challenges every day. This paper by Dell and Intel® highlights these 3 challenges and the smart solutions that private cloud offers.

Intel Inside®. Powerful Cloud (Services) Outside.

**Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.**

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