“Cloud Computing: Effectively Changing The Business Operation Model” plus 3 more

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“Cloud Computing: Effectively Changing The Business Operation Model” plus 3 more

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• Cloud Computing: Effectively Changing The Business Operation Model
• Microsoft’s Cloud Businesses Help Lift Shares
• Cloud computing can slash IT expenses by half – Executive
• Cloud Computing Gains Another Competitor with Google

Cloud Computing: Effectively Changing The Business Operation Model Posted: 17 May 2013 01:20 AM PDT Cloud computing technologies are ubiquitous. While not exactly new technologies, the speed with which they’re transforming business models and efficiencies seem to have accelerated over the past few years. The reason for the transformation depends on how the business operates and its specific needs, but there are some major trends that have emerged

Microsoft’s Cloud Businesses Help Lift Shares Posted: 17 May 2013 01:01 AM PDT Microsoft Corp. MSFT +0.69% shares hit a new five-year high this week, as growth in the company's online software business helped the stock break out of its mostly decadelong rut—despite lingering concerns about lackluster demand for its latest operating system and plunging computer shipments

Cloud computing can slash IT expenses by half – Executive Posted: 17 May 2013 12:48 AM PDT Businesses can still achieve more with less and remain competitive through cloud computing, according to an IT firm executive. “Businesses that migrate their IT systems to the cloud could save at least 50 percent of their expenses on infrastructure, management and support,” says DataOne Asia President and CEO Cyril Rocke

Cloud Computing Gains Another Competitor with Google Posted: 17 May 2013 12:43 AM PDT At an event Wednesday at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco, the technology giant announced that its Compute Engine will now be available to any users, not only those who have Google Gold support. To make that possible with Compute Engine, which provides a high-performance, hosted environment for running virtual machines, it will be billed in instances as small as one minute to 10-minute increments, there will be shared core instances for low-intensity workloads, and advanced routing features have been added for creating gateways and VPN servers