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1 hr ago | The Hartford Courant

Salesforce.com's quarterly results disappoint Wall Street

Salesforce.com Inc's quarterly earnings and outlook disappointed investors as costs rise following a spree of acquisitions, sending its shares lower.

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Related Topix: Startups, Salesforce.com, Salesforce, Application Service Providers, Science / Technology, Ansonia, CT

3 hrs ago | Ars Technica

How the Xbox One draws more processing power from cloud computing

While Tuesday's Xbox One presentation answered some questions about Microsoft's upcoming system, it left just as many or more unsettled.

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Related Topix: Game., Video Games, Kinect, Microsoft Game Studios, X360, Microsoft Xbox, Science / Technology, Microsoft, Startups

3 hrs ago | PC World

IBM preps SmartCloud for real-time analytics

Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service for use in data reporting and analysis.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, CPU

4 hrs ago | Seeking Alpha

ChannelAdvisor IPO: A Compelling Cloud-Computing Growth Story In The Global E-Commerce Market

ChannelAdvisor Corporation is scheduled for an initial public offering on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

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Related Topix: Internet, Science / Technology, ChannelAdvisor, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

9 hrs ago | CIO

Cloudian Connects with Citrix for Easier Cloud Rollouts

Cloudian is integrating its platform with Citrix's CloudPortal Business Manager as it aims to make it easier to roll out and manage storage as a service.

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Related Topix: Product Management, Science / Technology

9 hrs ago | CRN

Cloud Hosting Providers Must Defend Against Attacks

Cloud providers must address threats against their own infrastructure and remain vigilant over cybercriminals who are fraudulently using their platform to conduct malicious activities, according to a cloud computing expert who is overseeing Dimension Data's global cloud operations.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Startups, OpSource

12 hrs ago | Sys-Con Media

Retailers Turn Cloud Computing into Sales

It turns out cloud computing could be the most useful sales associate on the floor, and you won't have to worry about it stealing sales leads, ala "Glengarry Glen Ross." With the help of cloud computing, some brick-and-mortar stores are combating showrooming, a trend where consumers look at items in a store before buying them online, usually at ... (more)

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Science / Technology, Computers

14 hrs ago | ZDNet

Azure link to U.K. universities speeds up cloud computing, but beware the risks

Adding Microsoft's Windows Azure to the mix means university data will no longer have to traverse over the public Internet.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science

14 hrs ago | Wall Street Journal

Microsoft Steps Up Cloud Services in Japan

"Opportunity in Japan for growth and innovation we find incredible. Japan is our second largest subsidiary and I have a lot of optimism about our process here in Japan," Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told reporters during a news conference.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Science / Technology, Computers

16 hrs ago | PR-inside.com

ControlCircle partners with Skyscape Cloud Services to deliver on-demand cloud computing

The partnership brings together Skyscape's assured cloud services and ControlCircle's Max3000a monitoring and management platform to enable organisations to benefit from a fully monitored and managed compute as a service capability, consisting of servers and operating systems, on which applications and solutions can be deployed.

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Related Topix: ControlCircle, Science, Computer Science, Science / Technology

18 hrs ago | Forbes.com

Beijing Startup Builds On The Shoulders Of Giants To Go Global From China

Beijing entrepreneur Alan Guo makes the point that today, big companies serve small companies rather than the other way around.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Science / Technology, Internet, Business News

Wed May 22, 2013

IT Business

Amazon offers Canadians yet another free cloud storage service May 21st, 2013

Cloud computing firm Amazon.ca released a cloud storage service today to compete with a long list of competitors including Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, Apple iCloud, Box.net, and more.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Dropbox, iCloud, Computers

DigiTimes

Asustek, Chunghwa Telecom cooperate to provide cloud computing services

Asustek Computer on May 21 signed an MoU with Chunghwa Telecom for cooperation to set up a supply chain for cloud computing services in Taiwan and overseas markets, with the supply chain aimed to consist of about 1,000 Taiwan-based hardware and software suppliers, according to Asustek.

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Related Topix: Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom, Science / Technology, Restaurant Management, IT Services, Computers

CiteULike

AFD: Adaptive failure detection system for cloud computing infrastructures

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Java Developer's Journal

Cloud Is All About Security

"Open source has always provided a number of benefits, including easing adoption costs, propagating a better understanding of the technology, and allowing for faster evolution and commercialization of products and services based on it," noted Terry Woloszyn, Founder & CEO, Leeward Security Ltd., in this exclusive Q&A with Cloud Expo Conference ... (more)

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science

NBC Washington

Amazon Creating 500 New Jobs in Fairfax County

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Wednesday that the company will establish an office in Herndon, Va., to prove cloud computing services to businesses, government and educational organizations.

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Related Topix: Bob McDonnell, US Governors, Fairfax County, VA, Amazon, Herndon, VA, Science / Technology

Forbes.com

If Cloud Computing Is Here, Then Where Is My Jet Pack?

When I was a kid, I was enamored with the idea that I was going to get a jet pack.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

The Motley Fool

Why Microsoft Is the Best Investment in Cloud Computing

John is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, Blog News, Bill Gates

CBS Local

Amazon Unit to Expand in Fairfax Co., Add 500 jobs

Amazon Web Services provides cloud computing services to business and government customers.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Science / Technology

Computer Weekly

VMware's hybrid cloud to allow users to extend datacentres to public cloud

As the virtualisation market saturates and more enterprises begin to explore cloud computing, VMware has launched a hybrid cloud IaaS platform.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Science / Technology

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