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15th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

20 steps to an iron-clad SaaS contract

From: Computerworld Servers & Data Center Roundup <computerworld_newsletters@cwonline.computerworld.com>

Computerworld Servers & Data Center Roundup: February 15, 2012 =============================================================== 20 steps to an iron-clad SaaS contract Here are 21 battle-tested tips from the negotiating teams at the Guardian Life Insurance Co., Fox Entertainment Group and others. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857569/869152237/552099/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857569/869152237/549950/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. 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Learn more with on-demand webinar. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857569/869152237/548195/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Josh Stephens: Are virtual network devices creeping into your network? Virtualization technologies have dramatically changed the way that we think about servers and computing resources in general; this is common knowledge among most technologists and especially with system administrators. However, many engineers fail to realize that these technologies have also created significant changes to our networks. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857569/869152237/552100/0/ Jean-Marc Seguin: Moving forward toward the private cloud Before you start making changes in the organization steam rolling toward the goal of a private cloud, it's important that you understand where you are today so that you can plot the right trajectory, and as you progress toward your goal, make course corrections as needed. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857569/869152237/552101/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: F5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Case Study: Publisher Cuts Backup Times by 98 Percent Learn how John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a leading publisher for scientific, technical, and medical communities, successfully reduced backup times from 36 hours to just 50 minutes, which lowered media costs by 90 percent. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857569/869152237/552104/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cloudscaling to offer OpenStack private cloud platform Cloudscaling plans to introduce on Monday an OpenStack-based platform that enterprises can use to build private clouds. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857569/869152237/552102/0/ Demand growing for application performance management tools, experts say The growing importance of reliable applications in the enterprise has opened a lucrative market opportunity for application performance management vendors, some of which have taken full advantage lately. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857569/869152237/552103/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IDC and Computerworld's 8th Annual BI & Analytics Survey What's the status of BI and analytics in your organization? 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