IT professionals lack confidence to manage governance, risk and compliance

Dell Software survey shows nearly 100 percent of respondents in finance, retail and healthcare industries are worried about capability to meet compliance objectives.

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VMware veterans launch 100% Cloud Managed Platform for Docker, KVM and VMware vSphere

Platform9 has emerged from stealth and unveiled its SaaS platform that transforms an organization's existing servers into an AWS-like agile, self-service private cloud within minutes. The platform significantly reduces the operational complexity for IT and offers single pane of glass management of Docker, KVM and VMware vSphere. Platform9 is currently in beta with a dozen mid-to-large sized organizations.

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Scalr introduces Cloud Cost Analytics

Scalr has announced the release of Scalr Cost Analytics. Scalr Cost Analytics will enable a broad group of stakeholders within an enterprise to understand and analyze the costs associated with using cloud computing resources. This set of features addresses a growing need for IT operations and development to work with financial managers to proactively understand spend, optimize usage and in turn enforce budgetary decisions and controls on cloud infrastructure.

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Only one in a 100 Cloud providers meet proposed EU Data Protection requirements

The EU General Data Protection Regulation is expected to be passed this year and take effect in 2015 but new research from cloud visibility and enablement company, Skyhigh Networks, suggests that only 1 in 100 cloud providers meets these requirements to date.

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New IBM SyNAPSE chip could open era of vast neural networks

New chip with brain-inspired non-von Neumann computer architecture has one million neurons and 256 million synapses.

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IT budgets set to increase according to a third (37%) of financial services organisations

Survey of UK & Ireland financial services sector reveals companies are set to spend as cost-cutting moves down the agenda and customers become priority.

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Security considerations for private Cloud

Cybersecurity today can feel complex, especially if you are moving to or managing cloud security. But it doesn’t have to be. Hear from Rackspace Principal Architect, Luke Huckaba, as he explains some of the major concerns around Private Cloud and Security, and how Rackspace is helping to solve these issues both internally and for customers.

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