Amazon and Microsoft drop cloud storage prices by up to 50%

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	Amazon and Microsoft drop cloud storage prices by up to 50% First, Amazon dropped the price of its S3 cloud storage service by 22%. Now, Microsoft has followed suit by cutting the price for Azure by up to 50% to keep up. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Connection The Benefits of a Windows 7/8 Technology Refresh Are you due for a technology refresh? Whether you've held off due to budget constraints, network limitations or manageability issues, a technology upgrade cannot wait if you want to stay competitive and, more importantly, innovate. Learn how a technology refresh can foster innovation with little business disruption. Learn More In this Issue SPECIAL REPORT: Your Strategic Guide to VDI 2 DAYS LEFT: Enter to win a copy of "Ubuntu Unleashed 2014 Edition" Your backup drive needs a backup plan: Three ways to safeguard the data Microsoft's SkyDrive becomes OneDrive after trademark dispute WEBCAST: IBM Tame the data explosion with IBM Real-time Compression Learn about IBM's unique Real-time Compression technology that can enable storing up to 5x as much data in the same storage space. Learn More SPECIAL REPORT: Your Strategic Guide to VDI Companies take bold steps into desktop virtualization as benefits begin to outweigh challenges. In this special report, IT leaders share their rookie mistakes (Do not virtualize everything!) and their best tips (Choose that pilot project carefully!) Get the report now! Read More 2 DAYS LEFT: Enter to win a copy of "Ubuntu Unleashed 2014 Edition" Five will win. Enter the drawing today! Read More WEBCAST: Oracle IT Budget Strategies for Financial Services Date: November 20th, 2013 Time: 1 PM Join this live Webcast to hear how IT is rebalancing budgets to accommodate innovation and learn how more effective project portfolio management processes and systems can help. Learn More Your backup drive needs a backup plan: Three ways to safeguard the data Files on your backup drive may be as vulnerable as those on your PC, unless you take some important precautions. Read More Microsoft's SkyDrive becomes OneDrive after trademark dispute Microsoft has chosen OneDrive as the new name for its SkyDrive cloud storage service, which it had agreed to rebaptize after losing a trademark dispute last year with British broadcast TV and broadband provider BSkyB. Read More
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