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	Microsoft talks cloud CRM, ERP at partner conference Microsoft is expected on Tuesday to update its strategy for cloud-based ERP (enterprise resource planning) and CRM (customer relationship management) software during the annual Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Rackspace Get Back to Managing Your Business Expert monitoring and support for your cloud infrastructure, 24x7x365. With managed service in the Rackspace Cloud, you can get back to what's important - managing your business. Choose Fanatical Support today! In this Issue How to survive a cloud outage CloudBees Open Source PaaS Java Testing Service Are You Making Your Data Centers Cloud-Friendly? Are Cloud Computing Pay Walls Coming? Computer skills force out need for cursive writing in schools WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Ponemon: Security of Cloud Computing Providers This report offers the cloud providers beliefs on the state of cloud security. In addition, it compares the findings from both reports, determining similarities and discrepancies between cloud computing users and providers. Learn More How to survive a cloud outage Amazon's infamous cloud outage in April brought down a number of popular Web sites, including foursquare and Reddit - but many of Amazon's enterprise cloud customers were able to weather the storm without experiencing downtime. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Ensuring Reliable Service Delivery Learn how integrating infrastructure management tools with existing application performance management solutions will allow IT to promote holistic management that spans silos. Read Now CloudBees Open Source PaaS Java Testing Service The CloudBees platform is the first Platform as a Service that lets companies build, test and deploy Java web applications in the cloud. With CloudBees, software teams can move their development and production activities instantly to the cloud, without restrictions or infrastructure costs. They are also the keepers of the open source Jenkins (formerly Hudson) continuous integration tool. As well as... Read More WEBCAST: Siemens Cloud-based Unified Communications is here! Siemens Enterprise Communications will introduce you to the power of OpenScape Cloud Services for Unified Communications and Collaboration, including a sneak peak of up-coming cloud-based contact center. You'll learn what to expect in the transition, site equipment needs, and management of cloud communications. Learn More Are You Making Your Data Centers Cloud-Friendly? Data center construction is growing ever more complex and expensive as data center facilities expand to meet enterprises' seemingly limitless computing needs. Read More Are Cloud Computing Pay Walls Coming? When it comes to innovation at low cost, it's hard to beat cloud services and applications. As a user of these apps, there's basically no infrastructure cost beyond your ISP fees. On the supply side of apps and services, cloud deployments result in huge cost efficiencies, particularly if the supplier has designed around a multi-tenant architecture. Even if they've just used simple VM deployments, vendors can wring a whole lot more value out of a server rack by driving up utilization rates. Read More Computer skills force out need for cursive writing in schools Keyboard typing and messaging are the way of future no doubt but at the cost of cursive writing? That seems to be the trend as Indiana this week became one of a number of states that no longer require cursive to be taught, but rather require typing skills instead. Read More
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