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Tech News Recap for the Week of 9/29/2014

Were you busy last week? Here’s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 9/29/2014.

Tech News Recap

Tech News RecapMore talk this week about retail store data breaches. Microsoft announces Windows 10. eBay and PayPal will be splitting into two separate companies. Apple has made iPhone theft even harder with a series of security enhancements within iOS 8. Cisco sets $1 billion investment for global cloud network. Microsoft CEO talks about economic boost cloud computing will provide to India. There were also some good articles around qualifications of a cloud architect, security essentials, data analytics & more.

What top tech news did we miss? Leave a comment with links to any quality articles from last week that other readers may enjoy!

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Microsoft Azure – It’s More Than Just Portability

When people discuss Microsoft Azure, they often think about portability to the cloud. One of the misnomers of the Azure cloud is that you’re just taking your on-prem virtual machines and moving them to the cloud when, in reality, Azure is much more than that. It is about VM portability, but it is also running different platforms in the cloud. It’s using instances which allows users to move, say, a web server to an instance in the Azure cloud so they don’t have to worry about the patching and management of that server from month to month. Instead, the user knows that it’s already taken care of for you. Other benefits include uptime SLAs and back up solutions.

Watch the video below with DJ Ferrara to learn more about the benefits Microsoft Azure has to offer.

 

Microsoft Azure – What are the benefits?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfsobUCjff0

What are your thoughts on Microsoft Azure? Has your organization utilized the platform? Any plans to use Azure in the future? Why or why not?

To hear more from DJ, watch his video blog discussing the pros and cons of different public cloud platforms and when it makes sense to use each. If you’d like to speak with DJ more about the Azure cloud, email us at socialmedia@greenpages.com.

 

Video with DJ Ferrara, Vice President & Enterprise Architect

Tech News Recap for the Week of 9/22/2014

Were you busy last week? Here’s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 9/22/2014.

Tech News Recap

Tech News The biggest story this week was about the software vulnerability Shellshock. Be sure to read up on this and how it may be impacting your environment. iPhone 6 and 6 Plus reviews are out. Amazon workers in Germany are on strike again. Russia has told Facebook, Google & Twitter to comply with its law on data storage. There were also some strong articles around cloud storage, ransomware, analytics, IT savings in the cloud, and connectivity in city services.

 

What top tech news did we miss? Leave a comment with links to any quality articles from last week that other readers may enjoy!

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Tech News Recap for the Week of 9/15/2014

Were you busy last week? Here’s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 9/15/2014.

Tech News Recap

A big story this week was Larry Ellison stepping down as CEO at Oracle. Citrix acquired the virtualization start up Virtual. There was also several announcements around iPhones and Androids. China denied US hacking allegations and called them “totally groundless.” More security breaches at major retailers (surprise surprise). Legislation was introduced in the US Senate aiming to place limits on access by U.S. law enforcement agencies to emails and other communications stored abroad. There were also some good posts around the internet of things, wireless strategy, and programming.

What tech news did we miss? Leave a comment with links to any quality articles from last week that other readers may enjoy!

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What’s Your Wireless Strategy?

Video with Dan Allen, Solutions Architect

 

There are many different factors that go into wireless deployments. Before you start you need a well thought out wireless strategy. For example, IT departments need to look into whether they have specific power restrictions. Will it be cheaper to run new cabling? Do you have the right switching infrastructure to support your initiative? Is it PoE or UPoE? How will you address security concerns?

 

What’s Your Wireless Strategy?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvVpot9_1kE

 

 

Are you interested in speaking more about your wireless strategy? Email us at socialmedia@greenpages.com

 

 

 

 

 

Tech News Recap for the Week of 9/8/2014

 

Were you busy last week? Here’s a quick tech news recap of articles you may have missed from the week of 9/8/2014.

Tech News Recap

After the scandalous iCloud security breach Apple adds 2 factor authentication, Home Depot confirms a security breach, and researchers cracked a piece of TorrentLocker ransomeware using an encryption vulnerability. There were also some interesting articles around the Defense Department’s outlook on cybersecurity, cloudwashing, the iPhone 6, as well as an interview with VMware’s CTO of the Americas Chris Wolf.

 

Watch this on-demand webinar if you would like to learn more about modernizing your IT operations to allow your team to focus on more strategic initiatives.

 

 

 

 

 

Comparing Cloud Platforms: When it Makes Sense to Use Each

Video with DJ Ferrara, Vice President & Enterprise Architect

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn9-VJ92yxc

 

In this video, DJ discusses the pros and cons different cloud providers have to offer. When does it make sense to use vCloud Air (note: this was filmed right before VMware announced name change from vCHS)? What about Azure? How about Amazon?

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Tech News Recap for the Week of 9/1/2014

 

Busy last week? Here’s a quick recap of what you may have missed from the week of 9/1/2014:

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Clarifying VMware’s New Product Name Changes

By Tim Cook, Practice Director, Advanced Virtualization

 

Very quick post – yesterday, our CTO, Chris Ward, posted a great recap from VMworld 2014. As Chris mentions in his recap, VMware announced that they were renaming several key products. Click the image below to see the changes VMware has made.

 

New VMware Names

 

If you have questions about any of the products, feel free to send us an email at socialmedia@greenpages.com.