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Hitwise: Google+ now 8th largest social network | Enterprises gain cloud efficiencies with Sensible Cloud

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8 piles of paper replaced by iPads
Pilots, preachers, politicians and football teams among those taking the plunge with the Apple iPad tablet computer. Read More


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Benefits of an ITIL Help Desk in the Cloud
You can implement help desk processes based on ITIL easily with reduced up-front costs and automatic upgrades. Used by more than 72,500 companies worldwide, the Force.com platform is the most widely used Cloud platform in the world. Read More

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A Perspective from the Edge of the Cloud
Akamai Chief Scientist and co-Founder Tom Leighton explores the major forces and technology layers driving the cloud computing movement, the types of architectural approaches emerging and an assessment of the challenges that must be overcome for cloud computing to broadly succeed. Read now

Hitwise: Google+ now 8th largest social network
Traffic exploded on Google+ after the social networking site opened to the public, shooting up 1,269% in one week, making the site the eighth largest social network on the Internet, according to Web analytics firm Hitwise. Read More

Enterprises gain cloud efficiencies with Sensible Cloud
U.K. company Sensible Cloud is offering software designed to help companies take greater advantage of the benefits of cloud computing. Read More

CloudSigma offers IaaS with flexible pricing
CloudSigma, the European infrastructure-as-a-service provider, is bringing its offering to the crowded U.S. market. Read More


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Hardware Load Balancing
A comprehensive F5 solution readies application infrastructure for a successful implementation of the re-engineered Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Learn More!

Box.net boosts Sync, security features
Box.net bumped up security and synchronization on its content management and sharing platform and teamed up with HP and Motorola Mobility for pre-installation deals at its BoxWorks user conference in San Francisco. Read More

Google's 5 biggest hits (and misses)
You know you've really made it when your name becomes a verb. But the phrase "to Google" has begun to mean more than just "search for something on the Web." It now signifies a kind of overarching ambition that's both impressive and a little scary. And when a company as large and ubiquitous Google stumbles, the whole world feels the aftershocks. Read More

Microstrategy targets Excel users with Cloud Personal BI
Microstrategy is hoping to get its BI (business intelligence) software in front of people looking to get more out of Microsoft Excel with a new service, Cloud Personal, that is being offered at no charge. Read More


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Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers, 2010
The market for ADCs is consolidating. However, innovation continues, especially among some select smaller players. Although there are clear leaders in the ADC market, enterprises should focus their buying decisions on a vendor's ability to support specific application requirements. Learn more!

Will advanced biometrics automate future war machines?
Biometric security breakthroughs are coming that would let the military capture from a distance an iris and facial scan of an individual and immediately match it to a biometrics-based "Watch List" of suspected terrorists, combatants or criminals. Read More

Canon, Oracle to develop document processing technology
Canon will work with Oracle to integrate its business copiers and printers with the software giant's database and server products. Read More

US applies brakes to Google-Motorola
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked Google for more information about its planned $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, potentially slowing the transaction, Google said in a blog post Wednesday. Read More

Android adoption accelerates, says Nielsen
Google's Android mobile operating system is still steadily expanding its share of the U.S. smartphone market, as Nielsen reports that 43% of American smartphone subscribers use Android-based devices. Read More

Google buys land to build three data centers in Asia
Google has acquired land in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore to build data centers in these three locations, it said Wednesday. Read More



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