Using the Cloud to Guard Against Vendor Lock-In

February 4, 2010 Manage Your Profile IT Management Daily Brought to you by Using the Cloud to Guard Against Vendor Lock-In In the wake of current tech mergers, big IT vendors are offering complete infrastructure solutions. Yet customers can retain their flexibility by looking to the cloud. Read more >> Whitepaper: Key Challenges with Virtualization Sponsored by Riverbed How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? In this paper, we examine the trends toward server consolidation and virtualization, and how WAN optimization can help IT organizations like yours solve the key challenges of application performance and information availability within these environments. Download Now >> What's Java's Future? Now under Oracle's control, Java is being eclipsed by other programming languages, which may impact a wide array of IT projects. How will Oracle manage this key platform element? Read more >>    Researcher Warns Of Privacy Risks From Rogue iPhone Apps    Salesforce.Com Unveils Business Process Tools    Outsourcing of App Development Projects Is on the Decline    Microsoft Probes Windows 7 Battery Problems    Twitter Reveals Torrent Scam Details    IBM Article: SOA, Cloud and the Rise of the IT Services-based Economy    Tech Brief: Establishing a Low Cost Disaster Recovery Site. Sponsored by Intel    Microsoft Article: Solving Data Center Complexity with Microsoft Configuration Manager 2007 Job Title: Software Developer Company: Next Step Systems Location: US-CA-Cupertino    IBM eBook: Top 5 IT Budget Killers    Microsoft eBook: Managing Mobile Devices in the Enterprise    Oracle Whitepaper: Lower TCO for Mission Critical Applications    Riverbed Whitepaper: Five Steps to Successful IT Consolidation    IBM Whitepaper: Addressing the Complexities of Remote Data Protection IT Security Threat: Social Networking A malware epidemic plaguing social networking sites threatens far more than users' systems � the entire enterprise infrastructure may be at risk. Read more >> James Maguire Datamation Blog by James MaguireYes, Bill Gates is on Twitter. The planet's richest man, the iconic software mogul who so powerfully shaped modern computing, is posting his thoughts in 140-character chunks. Twitter users are likely expecting some trenchant quips about tech from Gates.... Read more >>