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September 7, 2011 10:19 PM
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Google makes a green case for the cloud

Findings confirm that cloud computing's economy of scale means less energy consumption and fewer carbon emissions...
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September 7, 2011 10:17 PM
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Amazon Web Services Blog: Updated Mobile SDKs for AWS - Improved Credential Management

Amazon Web Services Blog: Updated Mobile SDKs for AWS - Improved Credential Management | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
We have updated the AWS SDK for iOS and the AWS SDK for Android to make it easier for you to build applications that need to make calls to AWS using your AWS credentials. Until now, your AWS credentials would...
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September 7, 2011 10:17 PM
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HDFS: Facebook has the world's largest Hadoop cluster!

HDFS: Facebook has the world's largest Hadoop cluster! | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
Whoa!"The Datawarehouse Hadoop cluster at Facebook has become the largest known Hadoop storage cluster in the world" http://t.co/wEK7UQu...
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September 4, 2011 1:01 PM
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The great debate: Windows Azure vs. Amazon Web Services

The great debate: Windows Azure vs. Amazon Web Services | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
The Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) markets are growing faster than ever. But sometimes it seems like startups base their infrastructure decisions on a popularity contest or random selection.
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August 30, 2011 9:38 AM
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Microsoft: 'Virtualization Is Not Cloud Computing' - ReadWriteCloud

Microsoft: 'Virtualization Is Not Cloud Computing' - ReadWriteCloud | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
At this week's VMworld conference in Las Vegas, attendees are gearing up for a series of events and breakthrough announcements beginning Tuesday, some of which are expected to ...
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August 29, 2011 5:43 PM
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Dell to rival HP, IBM with public cloud service

Service based on VMworld's vCloud to debut this year, and next year Dell will offer a PaaS using Microsoft Azure as well as an open-source cloud stack...
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August 29, 2011 10:49 AM
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TechCrunch | Zynga Co-founder Andrew Trader Joins VC Firm Maveron As A Venture Partner

TechCrunch | Zynga Co-founder Andrew Trader Joins VC Firm Maveron As A Venture Partner | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
Maveron, a VC firm with offices in Seattle and San Francisco, this morning announced that it has named Andrew Trader (who is often referred to simply as A.T.) as a partner.
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August 18, 2011 9:41 PM
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Dropbox cloud was a haven for data thieves, researchers say

Files entrusted to cloud-storage provider Dropbox were susceptible to unauthorized access via three attacks devised by security researchers, but the provider has since closed the vulnerabilities.
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August 16, 2011 4:27 PM
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Amazon Web Services comes clean on outage and offers 10 days of credit

Amazon Web Services comes clean on outage and offers 10 days of credit | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
Backup generator PLCs failed following lightning strike (RT @shaundnichols: Amazon Web Services comes clean on outage and offers 10 days of credit http://t.co/YoZBDQP...)...
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August 14, 2011 1:13 PM
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It's official: 'Cloud computing' is now meaningless

Gartner's 2011 hype cycle shows that cloud computing is entering the trough of disillusionment as everyone claims to be cloud-centric, but few are...
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August 11, 2011 8:35 PM
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Amazon's Latest Outages Raise Questions About the Cloud's Stability

Amazon's Latest Outages Raise Questions About the Cloud's Stability | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
Amazon's Web hosting services suffered another outage this past weekend, this time in its European zone, thanks to power issues at a data center in Dublin, Ireland.
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August 9, 2011 8:10 PM
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Cisco, Networking Companies Deal With More Bad News

Cisco, Networking Companies Deal With More Bad News | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
Cisco, Networking Companies Deal With More Bad News http://r.einnews.com/P8ozZw #tech...
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August 9, 2011 8:06 PM
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HostingCon Keynote on Cloud Computing: “Situation Normal, Everything Must Change” | cloud computing

ScienceLogic is exhibiting at HostingCon in San Diego this week, and I had the opportunity to watch a keynote address by Simon Wardley, a research...
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September 7, 2011 10:17 PM
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HP Blogs - How Cloud Computing Transforms Enterprise Architec... - The HP Blog Hub

HP Blogs - How Cloud Computing Transforms Enterprise Architec... - The HP Blog Hub | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
Much of the practice of enterprise architecture (EA) can be categorized into these three topics:   Governance – Roles, Responsibilities, Processes, Tools, Standards, Metrics, Portfolio, Projects.
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September 7, 2011 10:17 PM
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Microsoft eats its own tasty cloud dog food

Microsoft eats its own tasty cloud dog food | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
When it comes to "eating your own dog food," Microsoft coined the phrase. But while Microsoft doesn't have to prove to anyone that it uses Windows and Office, Windows Azure is another matter.
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September 4, 2011 1:10 PM
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5 things I learned at VMworld

5 things I learned at VMworld | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
VMworld can be a lot to digest, but it also can be a good barometer of where IT is and where it's going. A couple days removed from the show, I gave some thought to the interesting trends I noticed and the insightful discussions I had.
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September 1, 2011 2:35 PM
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CloudFlare, Dropbox, Palantir And Kickstarter Named Technology Pioneers By The World Economic Forum

CloudFlare, Dropbox, Palantir And Kickstarter Named Technology Pioneers By The World Economic Forum | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
Every year the World Economic Forum picks a number of up-and-coming technology startups from around the world and dubs them Technology Pioneers.
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August 29, 2011 9:31 PM
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4 trends to watch for at VMworld

4 trends to watch for at VMworld | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
In our cloudy times, VMware is a barometer for IT, and VMworld is what CES is to the consumer electronics industry. So check out what this week's hoopla in Las Vegas is telling us about enterprise IT and the cloud.
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August 29, 2011 10:51 AM
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TechCrunch | Post Citrix Acquisition, Cloud.com’s CloudStack Goes 100% Open Source

TechCrunch | Post Citrix Acquisition, Cloud.com’s CloudStack Goes 100% Open Source | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
After being acquired by Citrix Systems in July for more than $200 million, Cloud.com's CloudStack cloud management framework is being open-sourced.
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August 29, 2011 10:47 AM
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SunGard Offers Recover2Cloud - ReadWriteCloud

SunGard Offers Recover2Cloud - ReadWriteCloud | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
Disaster recovery specialty firm SunGard announced this week Recover2Cloud, a collection of managed recovery services that provide guarantees to recover your servers including replications and data vaults.
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August 18, 2011 9:39 PM
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Face the facts: Cloud performance isn't always stable

Cloud computing performance varies more than you might think, but the price of consistency likely exceeds what you want to spend (Fluctuations in #cloud performance happen but don't reduce overall cost efficiency says @DavidLinthicum
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August 16, 2011 3:33 PM
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Twitter by the numbers [Infographic]

Twitter by the numbers [Infographic] | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
Did you know that nearly 40% of all tweets come from a mobile device. Nearly 56% of Twitter users are women and 70% of Twitter accounts are based outside of the US. These and more Twitter facts can be found this infographic.
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August 14, 2011 11:52 AM
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Cloud-Based Endpoint Management Tools Gain Traction - ReadWriteCloud

Cloud-Based Endpoint Management Tools Gain Traction - ReadWriteCloud | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
The release of a new tool from DigitalPersona shows that the evolution of endpoint protection and management software is evolving from traditional client/server to hybrid approaches that make ...
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August 10, 2011 6:12 PM
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StorageRoom Wants to Be Your Cloud-based Mobile Content Management System

StorageRoom Wants to Be Your Cloud-based Mobile Content Management System | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
While handling backend data for mobile development is a challenge that many startups are addressing this year, content management systems are also a service that many developers would ...
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August 9, 2011 8:09 PM
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How Cloud Computing Will Change IT: 6 New Predictions

How Cloud Computing Will Change IT: 6 New Predictions | Cloud Computing News | Scoop.it
CIO.com's Virtualization and Cloud blogger Bernard Golden presents a clear picture of what the IT world will look like when cloud computing becomes the status quo. The future of IT has never looked more promising.
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