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Network World Cloud Computing Alert Dec 31, 2015 Review: Google Cloud flexes flexibility Google's elegant Cloud Platform makes it easy to spin up instances or simply tap Google APIs only when you need them Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Three ways to use the cloud to regain control over network endpoints • Oracle asked to help low-income residents evicted for its new cloud campus • Salesforce.com buys developer of quoting and billing apps for SMEs • NetSuite CEO: The cloud is the last computing architecture • Why ownCloud's CEO isn't worried about the death of Safe Harbor • Cloud, virtualization take toll on data centers • IBM will manage AT&T's hosted and cloud services as part of partnership • Acacia's $125M IPO filing a rarity among networking firms in 2015 • Cloud for the most mundane use cases: Salesforce and MaidPro eBook: IBM eBook: Forward Looking Business Intelligence This eBook discusses how to drive BI deeper into an organization with easier to use descriptive analytics solutions and how to transform an organization from being reactive to being pro-active. Read More ▶ Three ways to use the cloud to regain control over network endpoints Promising new cloud-based endpoint security solutions can change how we protect against cyber intrusions. Read More ▶ Oracle asked to help low-income residents evicted for its new cloud campus Earlier this week Oracle announced that it's planning to build a brand-new cloud-computing campus in Austin, Texas, but since then a darker backstory has come to light. Read More ▶ Salesforce.com buys developer of quoting and billing apps for SMEs If you can't beat them, buy them: Salesforce.com is snapping up SteelBrick, a startup that builds quoting and billing functions for SMEs on the Salesforce cloud platform. Read More ▶ NetSuite CEO: The cloud is the last computing architecture As CEO of NetSuite, Zach Nelson knows a thing or two about cloud computing. After all, his company was born in the cloud way back in 1998 -- before it became fashionable -- and it's been all-cloud ever since, offering ERP and other business software as a service by subscription. Read More ▶ Why ownCloud's CEO isn't worried about the death of Safe Harbor Data sovereignty has become a hot-button issue ever since the EU's top court struck down the Safe Harbor agreement in October, and for many users of file-synchronization and sharing services, it poses a considerable problem. OwnCloud CEO Markus Rex sees it as more of an opportunity. Read More ▶ Cloud, virtualization take toll on data centers More and more businesses are opting out of the data-center game, choosing instead to go with cloud or colocation. Find out why outsourcing may or may not be right for your organization, along with advice on how best to manage the transition. Read More ▶ IBM will manage AT&T's hosted and cloud services as part of partnership After the deal is closed, IBM will deliver the managed applications and managed hosting services that AT&T provides today. Read More ▶ Acacia's $125M IPO filing a rarity among networking firms in 2015 Acacia Communications, an optical networking company that boosts bandwidth for cloud and other service providers, Monday filed for an IPO -- a rarity during a year in which the number of tech companies going public is at its lowest since 2009, the year Acacia launched. Read More ▶ Cloud for the most mundane use cases: Salesforce and MaidPro We often hear about how cloud is revolutionizing high-profile and highly complex industries. Sometimes it's nice to hear about it being applied to the more mundane ones. Read More ▶ White Paper: PC Connection Harness the Power of Flash Storage In this white paper, you will learn how PC Connection and EMC have partnered together to offer IT solutions built on the latest, most innovative flash technologies. Read More ▶

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