How 100-year-old firms stay relevant
Many legacy Fortune 500 firms are no longer market leaders because their focus remains on protecting their traditional business in this era of digital transformation
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Jumpstart your private cloud
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CIOs: At What Stage is Your Thinking on Cloud Economics?
Cloud computing can save you money - but will it?
Will IT fall beneath the shadows?
In an empowered business world, what is the right model for IT for the next decade?
How much infrastructure integration should you allow?
IT ops pros are under pressure to bring cloud technologies to their company - but should they take the fast path?
The Open Cloud Manifesto
The Open Cloud Manifesto, backed by its thirty-six firms that signed on with its debut, outlines core value propositions, points out challenges, sets goals, and then lists several principles of what an open cloud should accomplish. Until now, there has been no real attempt to define or restrict the term or use of the term "cloud", but it’s hard to view this effort as highly credible when many of the early cloud leaders did not sign onto it.
Cisco's big blade server bet
After months of rumors, Cisco officially entered the server business this morning with a modular system it calls the "Unified Computing System" (UCS). This blade server system goes one step beyond its predecessors by starting from a unified network foundation on ten gigabit per second Ethernet (10 GbE) that delivers a true wire-once architecture.