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	Microsoft launches Office 365, glosses over cloud limitations CEO Steve Ballmer pitched his answer to Google Apps as Microsoft announced worldwide availability of Office 365, but made no mention of Microsoft's biggest cloud rival. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC 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 In this Issue Apple exposes limitations of the cloud Inventor of SecurID token has new authentication system Cloudera outfits Hadoop with management tools Office 365 apps for iPhone and Android not coming anytime soon Dell looks to increase focus on midmarket In search of the most tortured cloud computing images out there Office 365 arrives to flat IT spending Microsoft boosts Java accommodations on Azure cloud HP to open cloud, R&D centers in China WHITE PAPER: Dell Mobility KnowledgeVault The resources in this Mobility KnowledgeVault provide expert guidance, peer advice, survey results and best practices to help you protect your mobile infrastructure. From determining a policy for employee-owned devices and data encryption to supporting the six major mobile operating systems, securing mobile devices and data is a top priority. View now Apple exposes limitations of the cloud Apple announced that it will allow customers to download the next release of Mac OS X, codenamed "Lion," at its Apple stores. This move comes as a result of customer concern that bandwidth limitations or caps will limit their ability to download Lion through the Apple Mac store. Read More Inventor of SecurID token has new authentication system The inventor of the two-factor authentication SecurID token says the latest technology he's come up with is better because it can be used with a voiceprint biometric, plus it can be deployed for purposes of secure authentication in mobile phones, payments and cloud computing. Read More Cloudera outfits Hadoop with management tools Version 3.5 of the Cloudera Enterprise edition has new modules for configuration and process monitoring. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Cloud Computing Drives Improvements in IT Service Delivery IDC OPINION Cloud computing promotes a new dialogue between business and IT decision makers allowing them to define business service requirements first and then decide how to balance the use of shared, internal virtualized IT resources and external public services cost-effectively. Read now Office 365 apps for iPhone and Android not coming anytime soon Microsoft launched Office 365 to the world this week, but the company's cloud product development is by no means complete. Read More Dell looks to increase focus on midmarket Dell on Wednesday said it was increasing focus on the midmarket as the company looks to offer new cloud computing, security and data management services to customers. Read More In search of the most tortured cloud computing images out there Network World is not immune to the powerful forces that require anyone writing about cloud computing to accompany said writing with colorful cloud images, like the one immediately below for our latest Enterprise Cloud Services coverage: Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Introduction to Data Center Infrastructure Management This paper looks at how DCIM products can help you streamline operations, automate asset management, optimize resources and reduce costs. Read More Office 365 arrives to flat IT spending Microsoft is pitching its cloud-based Office 365 as a less costly alternative for IT budgets, assuming IT managers can find money in their budgets for a migration. Read More Microsoft boosts Java accommodations on Azure cloud Windows Azure Plugin for Eclipse with Java helps Eclipse users build and configure deployment packages of their Java apps for Azure. Read More HP to open cloud, R&D centers in China Hewlett-Packard is opening two new centers in China, one focused on cloud computing, and the other on research, as the company ramps up to address this large market. Read More
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