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Tech Debate: Is the cloud ready for mission-critical apps?
Organizations are gaining confidence in cloud computing, although questions still swirl around everything from basic security and compliance controls to issues regarding supplier viability, ROI and, given the prominent outages of late, simple availability. Read More

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Top Reasons to Attend Collaboration in the Cloud Event
Coming to 8 U.S. Cities, in April-May, 2013, register to attend this complimentary event! Learn why enterprise-grade communication and collaboration suites are leading candidates for moving to the cloud. See why video levels the collaboration playing field for the growing numbers of enterprise mobile and remote workers. Presented by Network World and Computerworld. Learn more

New Google site aimed at helping webmasters of hacked sites
Google has launched a site for webmasters whose sites have been hacked, something that the company says happens thousands of times every day. Read More

VMware blends in Nicira SDN technology, reveals public cloud plans
VMware today announced it will integrate software-defined networking (SDN) technology it acquired from Nicira into its vCloud suite, while also unveiling plans for a new hybrid cloud service that in reality will provide customers with a VMware-powered public cloud. Read More

Oracle acquires Nimbula for hybrid cloud software
With the intent of rounding out its software stack for building hybrid clouds, Oracle is acquiring Nimbula, a provider of private cloud infrastructure management software. Read More

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The #1 real-time network mapping and monitoring tool.
InterMapper provides an at-a-glance, real-time view of your network devices, services, applications, connections and traffic patterns. Drilling down on maps uncovers details needed to fix performance problems. It is an industrial strength monitoring, mapping and alerting tool that empowers network administrators to maintain healthy IT environments.

Cheeky browser plug-in paddles 'cloud' peddlers
It's a browser plug-in for Chrome, Safari or Firefox -- posted to Github by someone going by the name panicsteve -- that simply replaces every reference to "the cloud" on a webpage with the words "my butt." Read More

IBM's Rometty nets $16.2 million in first year as CEO
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty earned a $16.2 million pay package in 2012, while her predecessor, Sam Palmisano, made more than double that for his role as chairman and senior adviser to IBM. Read More

Automating the cloud, one website script at a time
Cloud-based APIs offer the promise of seamless integration between services. All you need is the programming chops to make the most of them and the bandwidth to keep up with the rapid pace of change of today's most popular services. Read More

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The Best Path to SaaS
Cloud computing is here to stay. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is particularly popular because it can lower cost while enabling business agility. But not all applications are suited to SaaS. In this Webcast you will learn the best applications for SaaS deployment and how to avoid SaaS pitfalls and cost overruns. Learn More.

IBM launches a customer experience practice
IBM has started a new practice to help organizations interact more effectively with their customers through the use of social media and other emerging technologies. Read More

20 historic tech sounds you may have forgotten
Boy, does technology evolve fast. How many of these iconic sounds do you remember? Read More

Google acquires Toronto University startup focused on neural networks
Google has acquired a startup from the computer science department of the University of Toronto to get key researchers in the area of deep neural networks. Read More

Google I/O registration: Open and shut in 45 minutes
Google I/O conference registration opened at 10 a.m. EDT on Wednesday and closed less than an hour later, showing once again that this is as hot tech confab as there is these days. Read More

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