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With Cloud, What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Inevitably, cloud announcements, like Amazon's introduction of Elastic Beanstalk, sound good, but there are limits.
RELATED INSIGHTS
• 6 Ways To Fail In The Cloud
• Private Clouds Taking Off
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Botnets, Hacked Credit Cards Selling At Bargain Prices
Cybercrime black market emphasizes entrepreneurialism and customer service, with money buying just about anything, finds Panda Security report.
Global CIO: IBM Zings Oracle And HP Over Limited Vision
Calling Oracle "a one-trick pony" and saying HP's failed to invest wisely, IBM's hardware chief says IBM's surging hardware revenue is a sign of things to come.
IBM Workers Get $1,000 Stock Bonuses
Record sales and profits provide an unexpected windfall for Big Blue's rank and file employees.
Dear Larry. A Personal Note From Byte.com To Google's New CEO
Gina Smith sends a note to Larry Page -- urging him to not be evil and please, start building stuff again!
Google Acknowledges Web Spam Complaints
Low-quality content has some Internet users worried about the relevance of Google search results.
Obama Nominates Army IT Leader To CIO Post
Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence selected to assume the post that innovative IT leader Gen. Jeffery Sorenson vacated in November.
Camino Upgrades Open Source Mac Browser
Version 2.1 Alpha is based on Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine, adds six major features.
The Future of Google Docs
Docs has become a worthy competitor to Microsoft Office, but its future will rely less on feature parity and more on the value being added to Google's platform in the cloud.
Qwiki Snags $8 Million In Venture Funding
Founders of Facebook, YouTube invest in startup that delivers search results in multimedia, rather than links.
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SMB Security Means Putting Policy First
By Keith Ferrell
How long since you've taken a look at your business's security policy? (Assuming, of course that your business has a security policy.)
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SMBs Expanding Marketing Options In 2011
By Jake Widman
According to Ad-ology Research, the numbers of small businesses planning to invest in online video and mobile marketing are both sharply up from last year, part of an overall increase in planned ad spending.
How Careful Do You Need To Be With Cloud Storage? - Security
By George Crump
Developing a cloud storage strategy is moving to the top of many IT managers project lists. How to use cloud storage and what applications or processes could benefit the most from the use of cloud storage are key questions to answer. One mantra that keeps coming up is 'you have to be careful' with cloud storage rollouts. Really? What makes cloud storage so risky that it requires this extra caution?
Tablets Used Mostly For Email And Media Consumption
By Eric Zeman
Data compiled by In-Stat reveals that the most widespread use of tablet computers is for PIM management and multimedia playback.
Changes To Sprint And AT&T Plans
By Ed Hansberry
If you have service with either AT&T or Sprint, you might want to keep an eye on your bill, or at the very least, be very careful before making any changes that could garner some new charges for you.
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