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25 Feb 10
Richard GasparOn Aug. 1, IBM said it would spend $360 million to build a cloud computing data center in Research Triangle Park, N.C., bringing to nine its total of cloud computing centers worldwide
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Dell CEO Michael Dell says. "Now it's a several-hundred-million-dollar business, and it will be a billion-dollar business in a couple of years—it's on a tear."
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Many chief information officers remain concerned about the reliability and security of cloud-based services. Events like the six-hour outage on July 20 of Amazon's S3 service, designed for developers who want easy access to storage over the Internet, give CIOs reason for pause. "It's hard to turn a big ship very quickly," says Daryl Plummer, managing vice-president of consulting firm Gartner (IT).
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The enterprise version of Google Apps costs $50 per user per year, while a license of Microsoft Office Professional retails for $499.99. True, Google Apps lacks some of Office's features. But Google Apps compensates in that it's more adept at fostering collaboration among employees scattered across the globe
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29 May 09
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31 Aug 08
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One of those customers, Microsoft, has made cloud computing one of five priorities for fiscal 2009, according to a recent memo from CEO Steve Ballmer. Microsoft's version of cloud computing, Software-plus-Services, is designed to let customers choose whether they want traditional software, software services, or a combination of the two. In the memo, Ballmer promised that employees would hear more about the company's cloud computing platform initiatives in the next version of its Live and Online technologies, scheduled to be unveiled in October. About 9% of IT managers who responded in a Goldman Sachs (GS) survey said they planned to use Microsoft for software services this year in addition to those they already use.
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Plummer says that about $8 out of every $10 spent on technology in corporations is for maintaining systems, rather than innovating.
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At Sanmina, spurring innovation is one of the main motivations for investment in Google Apps, Patel says. "One of our strategies to be competitive on a global basis is to be innovative in terms of how we work with our different teams, with our customers, and our suppliers," he says, adding that his company operates in an extremely competitive industry. The price doesn't hurt, either. The enterprise version of Google Apps costs $50 per user per year, while a license of Microsoft Office Professional retails for $499.99. True, Google Apps lacks some of Office's features. But Google Apps compensates in that it's more adept at fostering collaboration among employees scattered across the globe, Patel says. "We see [cloud computing] as a very compelling proposition in the long term," he says.
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08 Aug 08
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Microsoft, has made cloud computing one of five priorities for fiscal 2009, according to a recent memo from CEO Steve Ballmer.
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When Amazon's S3 storage service went down, many companies had trouble doing business. For smaller companies, the trade-off between the cost savings of using Amazon's service and the occasional hiccup in reliability is worth it.
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