Will cloud computing make traditional vendor relationships obsolete?

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	Will cloud computing make traditional vendor relationships obsolete? Potentially game-changing is the attitude of cloud proponents, who view compute power as just another disposable commodity. In other words, hardware, and to an extent, software and applications, are just a means to an end, rather than hallowed and holy platforms to be venerated through long and arduous life cycles. The interesting question will be what effect this transformation in how companies acquire and consumer compute resources will have on longstanding relationships between traditional IT vendors and their customers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Kingston Technology The VMware vSphere 4.0 Edition The Yin and Yang of Memory Virtualization Click to continue In this Issue What if IPv6 simply fails to catch on? U.S. international cyberspace policy sounds good; will be hard to implement BlackBerry PlayBook Apps: 8 Great Free Downloads You call that a virus? 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During the past six months, the Internet engineering community has undertaken an unprecedented effort to promote IPv6 as an urgent and necessary upgrade for network and website operators to allow for the continued, rapid growth of the Internet. Read More U.S. international cyberspace policy sounds good; will be hard to implement The ambitious new U.S. strategy for securing the Internet sets critical goals that may be hard to put into practice, experts say, because some of them conflict and pose seemingly insurmountable technical problems. Read More BlackBerry PlayBook Apps: 8 Great Free Downloads CIO.com's Mobile Maestro Al Sacco recommends another batch of quality BlackBerry PlayBook apps. Access your favorite social networks, quickly take notes, draw sketches and build scrapbooks, kill time with simple games and much more with these free first-rate apps. 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After Oracle purchased Sun, Scott McNealy went into the background as the shadow of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison loomed ever larger. But he did come out of hiding last year after leaving the company, saying, " "Do I have a problem with Larry Ellison buying Sun? No, that's part of capitalism -- as soon as we go public we're for sale, that's part of the deal." Vote now! Read More Three dead after Foxconn factory blast, Apple investigating A third employee had died from injuries caused by an explosion at a factory of Foxconn in Chengdu, China, the company said Sunday. Initial findings show the blast was caused by "combustible dust in a duct." Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Much Ado about Collaboration New research from IDG shows that SMBs are moving toward a unified communications platform that allows for more efficient collaboration. Learn how small and midsize businesses are adopting everything from VoIP and IM, to Web conferencing and document sharing. It's just one of the valuable resources you'll find in this Collaboration Knowledge Vault. Read now Lawsuit claims Cisco aided Chinese repression Members of the Falun Gong group claim Cisco knew that Internet technology it supplied to China would be used to crack down on the religious movement in the country, according to a lawsuit filed last week. Read More Users lose faith in Google over Calendar glitches Google provided a crash course this week in how not to convince users to upgrade from a free service to a paid one. Google Calendar users have been complaining about missed email and text message appointment reminders, and several that I've spoken with today said the technical problems and Google's inadequate response makes them wary of handing cash over to Google. 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