| InfoWorld Daily AM | | | When Microsoft makes strategic purchases, it has paid off handsomely. Although you might not realize it, some of Microsoft's most-used products were bought out. | | | Issue highlights 1. Go free chat! Disruptive services outrun Big Brother 2. Good advice: Bad code happens, so be prepared 3. If IBM cloud-washed its earnings results, it's likely not alone | | White Paper: Riverbed Technology A new kind of storage architecture allows IT to consolidate remote servers and data in the data center by decoupling storage from its server over any distance--even thousands of miles--and still get the same performance as if the storage remained local to the branch. Read more >> | | When autocrats try to control a new communications medium, you know that medium is good for society. READ MORE | | When it comes to coding, software development is subject to mishaps. And when developers embrace this, they can make their software better, says Nathan Marz, developer of the Storm real-time distributed computation system. READ MORE | | If you look into the accounting and reporting methods for most larger enterprise technology providers, I suspect their claims of what constitutes cloud computing would leave you scratching your head. READ MORE | | White Paper: Riverbed Technology In today's global economy, many companies are increasingly distributed. That puts IT in a precarious position, especially when it comes to backup processes. Providing IT services to remote locations generally requires investment in local servers, storage, and networking. Read Now | | | | |
