Opscode has head in clouds with new funding

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	IT Blogwatch: Opscode has head in clouds with new funding Cloud-computing management software startup Opscode is announcing a big funding boost. Its open-source Chef product and service seem to have given some hungry VCs a healthy appetite. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers run the numbers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue In this Issue Preston Gralla: Microsoft's secret weapon against Google Maps --- open source Christopher O'Malley: Stimulating IT innovation Shark Tank: Hey, an answer's an answer, right? SURVEY: IDG Research Participate in this survey for a chance at $500! Computerworld is conducting a survey about the evolving role and influence of technology buyers in today's corporate enterprise. Participate in this brief survey and enter a sweepstakes to win a $500 cash prize. Please share your valued opinion with us in this important survey by clicking on the link below. Preston Gralla: Microsoft's secret weapon against Google Maps --- open source One of the many areas where Google is far ahead of Microsoft is mapping, with Google Maps by far the dominant map service on the Internet. Microsoft is employing an under-the-radar approach to fighting back, lending big support and big dollars to the open source map project OpenStreetMap. It looks as if the tactic is starting to pay off. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hosting.com What if your key applications FAIL? Build for 100% application availability in the Cloud with Microsoft SQL Server. Achieve the highest levels of availability, performance, scalability, and security for your mission-critical applications while minimizing cost. Learn more at the April 12 webinar from Microsoft and Hosting.com subject matter experts. Register now! Christopher O'Malley: Stimulating IT innovation We are seeing IT-centric innovation become the key to competitive advantage. IT is not longer about delivering a rock-solid general ledger system and a CRM system that lets you deliver incrementally better customer service than others in your market. It's also about incubating ideas that can make sure you're the disruptor, instead of the disruptee. Read More Shark Tank: Hey, an answer's an answer, right? Network support pilot fish working at a chip fabrication plant gets a priority-one ticket: One of the fabs is completely down. Read More
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