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• Amazon and IBM are the 'cloud champions,' report says

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• Review: Cloud automation tools

  One of the promises of the public cloud is the opportunity to quickly dial up server resources in order to do a job that calls for heavy-duty batch processing. But first you need a way to manage the life cycle of that job. Fortunately, there are tools that can automate setting up and tearing down jobs in the public cloud. »

• VMware: Media overplaying our role in EMC-Cisco partnership

  The significance of VMware's role in a three-way partnership with Cisco Systems and EMC has been overblown by the media, a senior VMware executive said, reaffirming the company's intention to remain neutral amidst competition between top hardware makers. »

• Gartner: SaaS adoption on the rise

  More than 95 percent of organizations expect to maintain or grow their use of software as a service (SaaS), said Gartner Tuesday. »

• Cloud TCO, Private Clouds and Cloudwashing

  I attended Interop last week for the first time to participate in its cloud computing track (I spoke on cloud computing total cost of ownership). Several things stood out for me: »

• Tools to simplify cloud implementation launched

  Cloud computing firm Morphlabs recently launched a new product suite called mCloud Series designed to enable rapid deployment of the most sophisticated cloud delivery platforms for managed services providers (MSPs) and enterprise data centers. »

• Apple iPad, other tablets seen driving SaaS, cloud storage

  The rapid spread of tablet devices like the Apple iPad and HP Slate could prove to be a boon to providers of online storage services as users seek ubiquitous data access and synchronization across multiple mobile platforms for devices that don't have much internal storage capacity. »

• Virtualization: How to Get Your Power Company to Pay

  It might have been the rage in 2006, but interest in green IT drooped along with the economy during the last two years, analysts say. »

• Desktop Virtualization: Microsoft, VMware in Cost Smackdown

  Microsoft's new desktop virtualization initiatives announced yesterday are a long-anticipated move to make desktop and application virtualization easier and cheaper for enterprises. But it's also part of a broader Microsoft strategy to capture market share from virtualization arch-rival VMware. »

• Cloud Computing Will Cause Three IT Revolutions

  Every revolution results in winners and losers -- after the dust settles. During the revolution, chaos occurs as people attempt to discern if this is the real thing or just a minor rebellion. All parties put forward their positions, attempting to convince onlookers that theirs is the path forward. Meanwhile, established practices and institutions are disrupted and even overturned -- perhaps temporarily or maybe permanently. Eventually, the results shake out and it becomes clear which viewpoint prevails and becomes the new established practice -- and in its turn becomes the incumbent, ripe for disruption. »