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  What GE's cloud computing foray means for big data

  As if GE doesn't already have enough on its plate, the company entered the cloud computing marketing this week, announcing plans to provide cloud-based analytics services for its industrial customers.

  By Brandon Butler | 19 June, 2013 16:11

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, Configuration / maintenance, Google, Pivotal, Cloud, hardware systems, Data Center, cloud computing, internet

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  CERN modernizes IT infrastructure with OpenStack and Puppet

  CERN is making the infrastructure that handles the data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) more flexible by upgrading it with OpenStack for virtualization and Puppet for configuration management.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 19 June, 2013 15:55

  Tags: popular science, virtualization, Server Virtualization, CERN, cloud computing, internet, Infrastructure services

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  Making peril permanent: Google's Gmail app redesign

  Google's recent update of its Gmail app made archive the default setting, encouraging its users to save their email, literally, forever.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 19 June, 2013 11:32

  Tags: SaaS, Google, cloud computing, internet, Software as a service

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  GE thinks it's time to put industrial data in the Cloud

  Internet tools are just starting to be applied to industrial tasks such as maintaining equipment and optimizing operations, but the wealth of data being produced by industrial systems could make this a major focus of development in the coming years.

  By Stephen Lawson | 18 June, 2013 22:52

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, services, Pivotal, general electric, cloud computing, internet

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  Microsoft Dynamics ERP software now available on the Azure cloud

  Microsoft is upping the stakes in the growing market for cloud-based ERP, with its Dynamics GP 2013 and NAV 2013 products now available for deployment on its Azure service.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 18 June, 2013 22:13

  Tags: netsuite, Internet-based applications and services, applications, Microsoft, enterprise resource planning, SAP, software, cloud computing, internet

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  Free Amazon Web Services -- and how to make the most of them

  If you avoid some gotchas and keep a close eye on resource usage, you can have a handy server in the Amazon cloud for free

  By Serdar Yegulalp | 10 April, 2013 10:16

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, iaas, cloud computing, internet

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  How-to: Get started with Amazon EC2

  Amazon cloud skills are in high demand. This easy, step-by-step guide will help start you on your path to cloud mastery

  By Sean Hull | 24 October, 2012 10:15

  Tags: amazon.com, iaas, cloud computing, internet

• Top 5 free Google Apps add-ons for business

  Google launched its Apps Marketplace back in March, effectively inviting companies to create business software for the cloud that would sit alongside the standard set of Google Apps.

  By Keir Thomas | 25 November, 2010 05:48

  Tags: applications, apps, Google, productivity, software, cloud computing, internet

• Get 5GB of free cloud-sync storage from SugarSync

  Wouldn't it be cool if you had a "magic" folder on your PC, one that automatically synced its contents with the Web, your other PCs, your cell phone, and other devices?

  By Rick Broida | 11 November, 2010 09:42

  Tags: application development, Web services development, web, Cloud, Utilities, web services, backup, software, cloud computing, internet

• How to: move your business to cloud computing

  The Internet has changed the way people do nearly everything--from consuming media to performing research to maintaining relationships to communicating.

  By Adam Pash | 28 April, 2010 00:38

  Tags: cloud computing

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  Where Cloud goes next

  It's difficult to define what the "Cloud of tomorrow" will look like because of all the changes happening in the IT industry - changes to fundamental application architecture, service models and interactions between components. The Cloud continues to disrupt IT in new ways so predicting tomorrow is a perpetual moving target.

  By John Considine | 11 June, 2013 15:10

  Tags: cloud computing, internet

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  Opinion: IT is about to meet the Amazon Effect

  IT upheaval is inevitable -- like it or not.

  By Steve Duplessie | 05 June, 2013 11:54

  Tags: management, Networking, cloud computing, internet

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  Exclusive research: IT commits to cloud computing

  Cloud budgets are rising as IT confronts security and ROI challenges, according to the 2013 Cloud Computing Survey from IDG Enterprise (free download). (Insider: Registration required)

  By Computerworld Staff | 04 June, 2013 16:40

  Tags: public cloud, SaaS, cloud security, private cloud, Software as a service, cloud computing, CIO, internet

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  Salesforce.com aims for next $1 billion business with ExactTarget buy

  Salesforce.com's pending US$2.5 billion purchase of marketing software vendor ExactTarget will help it develop a new $1 billion annual revenue stream and set the company on a clear strategic course for the foreseeable future, according to Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 04 June, 2013 15:58

  Tags: business issues, Internet-based applications and services, Customer Relationship Management, applications, IBM, Salesforce.com, Marc Benioff, Marketo, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, Oracle, Mergers and acquisitions, ExactTarget, software, social media

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  How to build a private cloud

  A private Cloud looks and acts like a public Cloud, giving your corporation all the speed, agility and cost savings promised by Cloud technology, only it's single-tenant, and that tenant is you, right? Well, that's the goal, but it's not quite the reality yet for most enterprises.

  By Christine Burns | 03 June, 2013 11:17

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Cloud, hardware systems, Data Center, cloud computing, Forrester Research, internet, OpenStack, eucalyptus, Gartner

Whitepapers about cloud computing

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  IT virtualisation, the engine behind cloud computing, can have significant consequences on the data centre physical infrastructure. The particular effects of virtualisation are discussed and possible solutions or methods for dealing with them are offered. Download to learn more.

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  Clearing the Clouds for Midmarket Businesses

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  Note to CIOs: Get Your Head in the Cloud