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	Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps for Business The battle between Microsoft and Google for office cloud dominance reminds me of the clash of the Titans. Microsoft and its classic on-premises business model is like Gaia, the earth goddess, and Google with its disruptive lightening bolt, is like Zeus, a sky god and a next generation kind of god. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Protecting Your Online Channels and Web Applications This whitepaper gives a broad overview of the ways in which Akamai can help organizations bolster the security of their Web-based assets, with capabilities ranging across the application, network, and DNS layers, as well as solutions focused on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and business continuity. 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Click to continue The 33 hottest tech arguments Network World and IDG News Service have assembled this collection of primers examining today's most explosive and intriguing networking and IT issues, from vendor rivalries to product battles to technology trends. Read More Private cloud vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud There's no denying it: practically every business is moving to the cloud or at least thinking about it. But with a number of options available to them, many are still experimenting with which works best. Read More IaaS vs. PaaS vs. SaaS Several different flavors have sprung up in cloud computing and each has their pros and cons. Add to these the plethora of vendor-created acronyms and it can be confusing to figure out the best option. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Worldwide Desktop Virtualization 2011 Vendor Analysis The IDC MarketScape for Desktop Virtualization 2011 is now available and positions Citrix as the only vendor in the Leaders Category, based on its comprehensive desktop virtualization technology suite and its strategic vision for its desktop virtualization product portfolio. Download the IDC MarketScape now. Read now Track cloud spending with Cloudability Imagine plopping down your credit card to turn on compute services late at night when there's no time to get permission from your boss and then getting distracted before the weekend on another work emergency. On Monday, when you remember you signed up for the services, which you intended to use for just a short time, you discover you've racked up US$5,000 in charges on your personal card. Read More Amazon Cloud Drive vs. Apple iCloud This isn't too much of a contest yet, since Apple is just getting started on its cloud storage service while Amazon Cloud Drive has been available for months. Read More Microsoft to Android, iOS users: Get off of my cloud Microsoft executives say its high time for IT professionals to embrace the consumerization of IT, where employees choose the devices to work on, and all is run on the cloud. But they are somehow delusional in thinking that consumers will always choose Windows. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Real Cost of Dealing with Carriers What is the TCO for your company's data network services and solutions? If you work with one of the large carriers, it's probably a lot higher than you think. Read Now! 7 ways to do big data right using the cloud There's a wealth of data out there companies can use to better understand customers and identify emerging business opportunities and threats. But how to access and work with all that data? An emerging type of service called data as a service, or DaaS, promises to help. Read More Tap the social media stream for competitors' secrets Ten years ago, Logicalis, a systems integrator, would have needed a wiretap to overhear the grumblings of a competitor's dissatisfied customer or prospect. But when a Logicalis sales representative stumbled across a LinkedIn status update revealing an individual's frustration with a rival company's cloud service, he knew just what to do. Read More US Air Force mulling changes as major ERP system project stumbles The U.S. Air Force is close to making decisions on the future of a sprawling Oracle ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) project that is supposed to remake the military branch's worldwide supply chain, according to a recently released document. Read More Dropbox adds new file-sharing service for work groups Dropbox for Teams starts at $795 annually for five users and offers 1TB of storage. 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