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	Review: 4 killer cloud IDEs Surprisingly beefy, browser-based JSFiddle, Icenium, Cloud9, and Codenvy stretch from client-side JavaScript to server-side Java and Web stacks. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: NetApp Avoid buyer's remorse. Virtualize with Agile solutions from NetApp and VMware today. Download the VMware® and NetApp® trial. Learn more www.netapp.com/dataontap In this Issue OpenStack's hottest products right now Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The CIA and the cloud What the man behind HP's new internal IT plan has in mind Cloud fight keeps Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Rackspace clamoring for enterprise customers Squeezing savings from the cloud Google cloud open for business – includes $400 cover charge Microsoft's Azure advances may not be enough to catch Amazon Web Services Software licensing in the cloud BOOK GIVEAWAY: Win a copy of 'Google Drive & Docs In 30 Minutes' WHITE PAPER: Zetta Cloud-based enterprise-grade online backup If you're searching for a cloud storage provider, you're not alone. According to IDC, worldwide spending on public IT cloud is expected to approach $100 billion by 2016. Read Now OpenStack's hottest products right now At the OpenStack Summit last week, a variety of companies made product and services news. Here's a roundup of the best. Read More Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: The CIA and the cloud Get this: The CIA sees the cloud as being more secure than conventional IT. Read More What the man behind HP's new internal IT plan has in mind As someone who spent billions with HP over 20 years while in IT leadership roles at Boeing and Verizon Wireless, John Hinshaw knew the big hardware, software and services company from the outside as well as anyone. In the year and a half since becoming executive vice president of technology and operations at HP, he's been putting that knowledge to use on the inside. Read More Cloud fight keeps Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Rackspace clamoring for enterprise customers Amazon Web Services is attempting to distance itself from other cloud providers by enhancing its services to incorporate the differentiating features of its competitors. Read More WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware The Clear Case for Cloud Join this Webcast to learn how the partnership between VMware and HP has resulted in some dramatic changes to putting VMs into production and enabling a software-defined data center. View Now! Squeezing savings from the cloud Calculating the real ROI of cloud apps requires the analysis of a lot of factors, and cutting corners on that process means you might not save money. Read More Google cloud open for business – includes $400 cover charge Google earlier this month opened up its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) offering to customers and removing the beta tag from the service. One catch is that customers who sign up for the service need to buy a "gold-level" support package -- which costs $400 per month. Read More Microsoft's Azure advances may not be enough to catch Amazon Web Services Microsoft is adding to its Azure cloud service offerings and lowering prices in order to attract customers who may already have chosen another service provider, experts say, but it might not be enough. Read More Software licensing in the cloud Someone at my seminar in Los Angeles last month asked about challenges that the cloud poses for software licensing. That's such a broad and complex topic that it could warrant an entire seminar of its own. But this column can at least provide an overview of the issues. Read More BOOK GIVEAWAY: Win a copy of 'Google Drive & Docs In 30 Minutes' We've got 5 copies to give to some lucky readers. Enter now for your chance to win! Read More
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