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• The future of cloud apps: Key trends lead the way to real benefits

  Contributor Tom Nolle provides an insightful analysis into important trends driving the future of cloud apps. Continue Reading

• Building a mobile polling app, developer faces need for scale, speed

  In this feature, Executive Editor Jan Stafford describes a software developer's quest to create a new mobile polling application, Mobile Reactor. Continue Reading

• All this cloud pro wants in 2014 is open source cloud standards

  HubSpot's CIO has some New Year's resolutions for the cloud market, including OpenStack and AWS. Continue Reading

• This year's best advice on building, managing the hybrid cloud model

  There was no shortage of talk in 2013 about getting to a hybrid cloud model. And we have the best advice to help you reach that goal in the next year. Continue Reading

• Cloud insurance to file sharing: The year in cloud security

  Cloud security -- or lack thereof, for some -- continues to shape enterprise cloud adoption decisions. How can you best secure your company's cloud? Continue Reading

• Cloud computing experts forecast the market climate in 2014

  This year was busy for the cloud market, with acquisitions and new products. Our experts weigh in on what all this means for 2014.Continue Reading

• Enterprise cloud security best practices for locking down your cloud

  Fear still holds back adoption despite inroads in enterprise cloud security. Experts' best practices can guide you through your security options.Continue Reading

• Amazon dominates IaaS, but the PaaS market is up for grabs

  AWS reigns king in the IaaS market; however, the PaaS market is muddier. David Linthicum discusses this and cloud performance issues in this podcast.Continue Reading

• Creating and maintaining a corporate app store: Strategies for success

  Discover the best practices for launching and operating a corporate app store in this collection of tips, expert answers and other content.Continue Reading

• Too many automation tools hinder cloud management

  IT admin teams that use too many cloud automation tools can cause more problems than they solve. Here's how to choose the right cloud management tool.Continue Reading

• Considering migration to the cloud? Answer five key questions first

  In this Q&A, Todd DeCapua of Shunra Software Ltd. discusses considerations for minimizing risk and maximizing benefits in a migration to cloud.Continue Reading

• App performance management through a cloud admin's eyes

  Migrating an app to the cloud means more than just creating a machine image. Its performance is critical to business goals -- and APM can help.Continue Reading

• Winner: Best cloud management software product

  The winner of the best cloud management software product category in the Impact Awards is the third-party provider deemed to have the best overall offering.Continue Reading

• Enterprise private cloud tune-ups keep systems humming, users content

  To keep their systems humming and maintain user QoE, enterprises must tweak their private cloud configurations periodically.Continue Reading

• To maintain a corporate app store, manage change and seek user input

  This feature, the last in a series on creating a corporate app store, offers advice on maintaining the store and improving it with user feedback.Continue Reading