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<item><title>ATandT Synaptic Compute as a Service Boasts VMware Features </title>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:32:25 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The service allows users to provision and scale compute resources and shift workloads between their private clouds and AT&amp;Ts network-based cloud.   -  Network operator AT amp;T announced the release of Synaptic Compute as a Service with VMware vCloud Datacenter Service, an enterprise-class cloud service combining technologies from AT amp;Ts virtual private networking (VPN) specialists and cloud infrastructure software industry provider VMware. 
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<item><title>Multiple Cloud Formations Require New Security Approaches</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:20:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[New-generation service providers are filling gaps in private-public cloud security.   -  Reliable
user authentication in deployment of a cloud service is of utmost importance.
Even though a cloud service to which you subscribe may have two-factor or higher levels of secure authentication, certain protocols must be observed and rules must
be followed to enter each session. Frequent ch...]]></description>
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<item><title>Is This the Year PaaS Goes Mainstream?</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:05:37 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For years, the industry has readied itself for widespread adoption of PaaS. Is 2012 the year when this latest cloud technology gets the recognition it deserves?   -  Will 2012 be the year of platform as a service?
If you let the vendors tell it, 2011 was to be
the year PaaS offerings began to coalesce and take off. And the major market
research firms have been watching the space carefully, predicting consolidation
and more and more investment in PaaS. 
Whil...]]></description>
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<item><title>VMware Issues vCloud Integration Manager</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:45:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The platform will include Web-based portals to streamline and automate service plan, customer lifecycle and reseller management.   -  Virtualization and cloud infrastructure specialist VMware (NYSE: VMW), introduced the vCloud Integration Manager, a platform designed to help service providers automate the delivery and operations of VMware vCloud Director -based clouds. vCloud Integration Manager is expected to be available in the ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Oracle's Taleo Acquisition a Major Move into Cloud Services</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:24 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Analysis: Oracle has been building for more than four years to start acquiring top-notch cloud service providers like Taleo.   -  Oracle's Feb. 9 acquisition of enterprise talent management provider Taleo Corp. for $1.9 billion is a clear indicator of the all-purpose IT giant's commitment to becoming a major-league player in the enterprise cloud services business.

For $46 per share, Oracle is now the proud owner of the worl...]]></description>
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<item><title>Oracle's Taleo Acquisition Will Create Cloud-Based HR Resources</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:33:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Oracle's acquisition of Taleo Corp. for $1.9 billion is a big step in building a cloud offering for human resources departments.   -  Oracle has
acquired Taleo Corp., a cloud-based talent-management provider, for $1.9
billion.
According to a
Feb. 9 statement, Oracle intends to use Taleos assets to “create a
comprehensive cloud offering for organizations to manage their human resource
operations and employee careers.” In addi...]]></description>
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<item><title>Cloud Computing, Mobile Technologies Key to Small Business Success</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:14:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A CPPI report highlights the fact that cloud computing and mobile technologies have lowered the cost of entry for smaller firms.   -  Small businesses have the power to revive the nations economy; they just need the opportunity, technology and the right government policies to help them succeed, according to a report from the Center for Public Policy Innovation (CPPI) and the Digital Dialogue Forum (DDF). The report also notes smal...]]></description>
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<item><title>Apple TV Is Coming: 10 Ways It Will Hurt Google, Android</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:12:44 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS: The long-rumored Apple television could be a sales hit in the coming years. And in the process, it might hurt Google and Android.   -  The amount of talk surrounding the Apple television has hit a tipping point. Almost every day, there is a new rumor that
crops up about a possible feature, a launch date, pricing and more. There
appears to be no end to the speculation in sight, and Apple, as it has done in
the past, has relished ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Symantec, Doyenz Partner on Cloud-Based Recovery Service for Virtual Environments</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:57:22 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As part of the new release, Symantec transformed Backup Execs user interface and configurability to provide users with a simpler experience.   -  Doyenz, a provider of cloud-based recovery services for small and midsized businesses (SMBs), announced that its cloud-based recovery technology was selected by Symantec to power the new Cloud DR Option available as part of Backup Exec 2012. The service enables customers to leverage recovery as a se...]]></description>
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<item><title>Google, Facebook Fierce Tech Rivalry Looms: 10 Reasons Why</title>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:22:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS: Google and Facebook have their gun sights set on each other. As Facebook gains huge new riches with its initial public stock offering, the competition between these two giants is likely to become fierce and even nasty.   -  When Facebook first
launched, it was looked at as a niche social network. The site catered to
college kids and seemed to be destined to live in that world. But after an
increasing number of people joined the site, and its CEO and co-founder Mark
Zuckerberg decided to open it up to the general pu...]]></description>
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<item><title>Facebook IPO to Dwarf Recent Groupon, Zynga, LinkedIn Stock Market Debuts</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:04:47 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Facebook filed for its initial public offering as expected Feb. 1, ending a week of hype, buzz and punditry that had financial and Internet analysts predicting the social network giant's initial public offering would be the biggest in the history of the Internet. The company will trade under the ticker symbol “FB,” but has not revealed whether it will trade on the NASDAQ or NYSE. While Facebook will go on touting its Like buttons for Web publishers and hawking its Timeline user interface for consumers and applications alike, the company's financial statements will be poked, prodded and pored over by hundreds of experts looking to divine just how big an Internet player Facebook is now and can become 5, 10, 15 years down the road. Facebook may be the biggest IPO to date, but it isn't the only game in town. In this slide show, eWEEK takes a look at some of the top Internet company IPOs of the past couple of years, along with some obvious earlier blockbuster debuts. Plus, we make our logical guess for whom we think the next IPO will be.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Facebook IPO Will Put Social Network in Google, Apple's League</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:20:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Facebook's Feb. 1 filing for a $5 billion initial public stock offering has the potential to give the world's biggest social network a market capitalization that would put it in the same rarified league as Google and Apple. The question is whether its future growth and financial performance will keep it there.   -  Facebook
filed for a $5 billion initial public offering (IPO) Feb. 1, claiming to
make $3.7 billion in annual revenue, $1.8 billion in operating income and $1
billion in net income.
With
some 845 million users, Facebook may not have been an Internet darling for a
few years. When the social net...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft Snipes at Google on Privacy</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:12:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft wasted no time taking some very public jabs at Google's privacy-policy controversy.   -  Microsoft wasted no time swiping at Google over its recent privacy controversy.
Starting March 1, Google will fold 60 of its 70 existing product-privacy policies into one blanket policy. Users cannot opt out. Under the auspices of its new policy, the search-engine giant will also treat any user wit...]]></description>
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<item><title>EnterpriseDB Creates Database as a Service for Cloud Hosting Platforms</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:40:59 -0500</pubDate>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/EnterpriseDB-Creates-DatabaseasaService-for-Cloud-Hosting-Platforms-577274/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[News Analysis: EnterpriseDB is hoping entice more enterprises into cloud computing with a database-as-a-service offering geared to challenge Oracle in the database market.   -  EnterpriseDB has announced a new database-as-a-service offering, which will bring   EnterpriseDBs PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL Plus database products to the cloud. 
The company has already forged agreements with leading cloud services hosts to immediately offer EnterpriseDB's PostgreSQL Plus Cloud Ser...]]></description>
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<item><title>CloudPassage Fills Gaps in Private-Public Cloud Security</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:19:18 -0500</pubDate>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/CloudPassage-Fills-Gaps-in-PrivatePublic-Cloud-Security-362742/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The security as a service (SaaS) vendor combines hosted security with cloud access to build secure environments for public and hybrid cloud users.   -  When it comes to the cloud,
security has always been the No. 1 concern for users. After all, as data
travels around the Internet, there are numerous windows of opportunity for data
interception or capture. A single weak link can lead to system compromise and
lost information.
Now there's a clou...]]></description>
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