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	Who can pry into your cloud-based data? Let the NSA Prism spying program serve as a reminder: Your cloud contract should safeguard your data from access by third parties. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Top 10 Cloud Backup and DR Best Practices Building out a complete disaster recovery infrastructure can be cost prohibitive for many organizations. This paper identifies the many ways the public cloud can supplement backup and recovery strategies and offers overall best practices to ensure secure and efficient data protection. Learn More In this Issue How Rackspace hires its admins Microsoft to offer Java as a service Which mission-critical legacy apps should move to the cloud? 5 elements your cloud infrastructure needs to enable application agility Salesforce.com launches new CRM product in the cloud First look: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V shines on WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware Your IT Journey - Your Way Faced with unrelenting pressure to do more with less, IT leaders are implementing virtualization, mobility and cloud computing in their enterprises. In this Knowledge Vault Exchange you'll find a plethora of valuable information, including videos, on-demand Webcasts, white papers and Twitter chats. View Now! How Rackspace hires its admins What leads to better hires: Textbook questions or break-fix challenges? Read More Microsoft to offer Java as a service Adding to a growing portfolio of enterprise software it offers as hosted services, Microsoft plans to add Java to its Windows Azure cloud service. Read More Which mission-critical legacy apps should move to the cloud? The flexibility and scalability of the cloud are tempting, but availability can become a serious issue for mission-critical apps. Here's how to decide what to move. Read More WEBCAST: Workday, Inc. Cloud: Uniting people, technology, and information. Managing HR and financial information in the modern business requires efficient business practices and technology. Learn how leveraging the cloud allows you to unify financial and HR data; visualize data with cloud analytics and improve productivity with flexible configuration. View Now 5 elements your cloud infrastructure needs to enable application agility In search of application agility? You may need to rethink the way you design, deploy and manage your application development lifecycle. Read More Salesforce.com launches new CRM product in the cloud Salesforce.com's new Sales Performance Accelerator combines its CRM software with its Work.com performance management application an adds customer lead information from Data.com to boot. Read More First look: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V shines on Preview editions of Hyper-V 2012 R2 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 pick up where the strong initial releases left off. Read More
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