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	JR Raphael: Would you pay $1300 for a Chromebook Pixel? After months of speculation, Google's touchscreen laptop is here -- so is the Chromebook Pixel actually worth its $1300 price tag? Read More WHITE PAPER: Message Systems, Incorporated Send High Volume Email Without Getting Blocked or Berated For many companies, sending large volumes of email is business as usual. Social networking sites are known to send a few billion emails a day. Whatever "high volume" means to your business, our guide reveals how to send more email without getting blocked by an ISP or eliciting customer complaints. Learn More In this Issue Microsoft's Azure service hit by expired SSL certificate Google adds fee-based support services for cloud platform customers Salesforce.com launches Twitter-powered advertising platform Review: Dell Cloud lets you have it your way Amazon launches Chef-based service for OpsWorks management platform Regulations and the cloud: HIPAA modification provides clarity Coke bottler picks SaaS over SAP Microsoft's SkyDrive now stores 1B documents WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Storage: Gov't Organizations Get the Best In January 2012, Aberdeen surveyed 106 enterprises spanning various sectors about how they're dealing with high-growth storage. This report looks at each component of hybrid cloud storage, as users of this new technology will be able to choose where to locate their data: on-premise with scale-out NAS or in the public cloud. Learn More Microsoft's Azure service hit by expired SSL certificate Microsoft's Azure cloud platform faced a worldwide outage in its storage services because of an expired SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate. Read More Google adds fee-based support services for cloud platform customers Google has launched fee-based support services for customers of its cloud platform and infrastructure products, like App Engine, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage and Big Query. Read More Salesforce.com launches Twitter-powered advertising platform Salesforce.com is hoping to give its Marketing Cloud product line a fresh boost with a new social advertising platform for Twitter. Read More Review: Dell Cloud lets you have it your way Dell's VMware-based cloud infrastructure provides all of the flexibility and complexity of the leading enterprise virtualization platform. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Network-Attached Storage in the Public Cloud In this paper, after reviewing the key requirements for an enterprise-grade cloud storage system, we introduce Red Hat Storage Server and review the architectural characteristics that make it the storage system of choice for enterprise users. Learn More Amazon launches Chef-based service for OpsWorks management platform Amazon Web Services has introduced OpsWorks, a cloud-based platform powered by the Chef framework, which will give enterprises more integrated tools for managing the complete application lifecycle. Read More Regulations and the cloud: HIPAA modification provides clarity Changes to the regulations should make it easier for cloud clients and vendors to understand their responsibilities. Read More Coke bottler picks SaaS over SAP The bottler uses SAP ERP software to run product manufacturing, but has now turned to SaaS vendor Coupa for indirect spend management. Read More Microsoft's SkyDrive now stores 1B documents Microsoft says its cloud storage service now has one billion documents stored, and company has added new features to quickly save documents and get a link to share with others. Read More
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