The U.S. government's cloud mandate loses steam

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	The U.S. government's cloud mandate loses steam The migration to cloud computing is complicated by the sheer complexity of supported environments and the unique nature of many federal processes. However, people, processes, and yes, politics get in the way of the government cloud too. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Verizon Verizon Cloud Solutions for business. Improve time to market. Scale capacity to demand. Simplify the deployment of apps. Reduce capital investment. Control operating costs. Cloud Solutions from Verizon can enhance your competitive advantage and improve IT flexibility. And since you only pay for the capacity you need, you're more agile and better equipped to support changing demands. Click to continue In this Issue Users: what corporate cloud policies? The cloud as data-center extension Google gives cloud-based database a performance boost Evolving security standards a challenge for cloud computing WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Gartner Magic Quadrant: Wired & Wireless LAN Access In a Magic Quadrant study, Gartner compares the strengths and weaknesses of wired and wireless LAN access infrastructure vendors. Learn why Cisco remains an industry leader and "continues to be on shortlists for all access layer opportunities." Read study. Users: what corporate cloud policies? The problem with the disconnect is that savvy IT admins are keenly aware of the potential threats of permitting unbridled, unmanaged access to cloud services, and users don't care. Read More The cloud as data-center extension Many large enterprises gravitate to the cloud as an escape hatch for overworked and out-of-room data centers -- and then come to love it. Read More Google gives cloud-based database a performance boost Enterprises can now run bigger, faster MySQL databases on Google's cloud and also test Cloud SQL for free during a limited time. Read More Evolving security standards a challenge for cloud computing There's a slow but steady march toward approving a single data-privacy regulation scheme for EU members. Read More
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