The industry is moving up the stack. We’re migrating from a focus on Layer 1 physical to Layer 7, applications. Software is king in the future of IT–applications and services are what matter. Cloud is what we’ve termed it for now, and when discussing cloud, open and standard are key discussions. To see the full article visit: http://www.networkcomputing.com/cloud-computing/240000933
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