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Microsoft Announces 'Cloud CRM for Less' Program

A Microsoft program unveiled on Monday called "Cloud CRM for Less" would pay customers $150 per user seat for switching to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online from competitors SAP, Salesforce.com and Oracle.

VMware Takes Database Development to the Cloud

vFabric Director to support open-source Postgres SQL database initially; it's available now at CloudFoundry.com.

Cloud Licensing Takes Center Stage in Microsoft-VMware Rivalry

Microsoft revved up its cloud marketing message on Monday with the release of a whitepaper titled "Microsoft Private Cloud: A Comparative Look at Functionality, Benefits and Economics."

Virsto Powers Up First Storage Hypervisor

The company claims its Virsto for VDI plays very well with VMware's vSphere.

With Recover2Cloud, Disaster Relief Comes to Cloud Services

Sungard provides what it calls the first cloud disaster recovery service of its kind for VMware VMs.

vCloud Express Gets Monitoring Capabilities

Monitoring, reporting on public cloud services provided through partnership with Goliath Technologies.

AppSense To Add 'Virtualization Environment Impact Reporting' Capabilities

AppSense partners with Lakeside Software to help customers figure out how virtualization can impact computing environment.

VMware vSphere 5 Now Generally Available

VMware's newest hypervisor upgrade officially released before the company's VMworld Conference taking place next week in Las Vegas.

eXO Cloud IDE Extends Support to VMware Cloud Foundry

eXo's Cloud IDE development tool, which the company touts as the industry's only cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE), now supports VMware's Cloud Foundry Platform as a Service (PaaS).

VMware Steps Up PaaS Effort with Micro Cloud Foundry Beta

VMware on Wednesday released the beta of Micro Cloud Foundry, a complete version of its Cloud Foundry Platform as a Service (PaaS) designed to run on developers' PCs or Macs.

Microsoft and China Standards Software Finalize Linux Partner Deal

China Standard Software Co. Ltd. (CS2C) signed a legal and interoperability deal with Microsoft today as part of a parnership deal with Linux server technology.

Fast Startup Via Cloud May Be in Microsoft's OS Future

A U.S. patent application filed this month by Microsoft updates an earlier holding concerning streaming data for faster computer startups.

Amazon Provides Explanation for Cloud Outage in Dublin Last Week

In a detailed post-mortem, which included an apology, Amazon Web Services is giving reasons for last week's massive cloud outage that hit its Dublin data center.

HP Considers Spinning Off PC Business, Buys Cloud Giant Autonomy

Hewlett-Packard made several major announcements on Thursday, foremost that it is considering the spinoff or sale of its PC division.

Microsoft Office 365, SkyDrive and CRM Online Hit by Outage

Many of Microsoft's cloud service offerings, including Office 365, CRM Online and SkyDrive, have experienced major outages today.

Survey: More Developers Are Moving to the Cloud

Despite persistent concerns about security, developers increasingly prefer cloud-based development tooling, according to a survey by Evans Data Corp.

Amazon Rolls Out Government-Only Cloud Services

Amazon Web Services announced on Tuesday its new GovCloud service, which is geared solely at U.S. federal departments seeking a secure cloud solution that meets specific regulatory and compliance requirements.

Xsigo's Server Fabric Switch Provides One-Click Cloud Connectivity

Xsigo Systems lays claim to first fully virtualized infrastructure for cloud-optimized data centers.

F5 Looks To Improve Cloud Services with Crescendo Network's Technology

F5 Networks has bought the intellectual property of Israel-based Crescendo Networks and will be hiring some of its engineering team.

Using the New vSphere 5 Licensing Advisor

Before you update that older vSphere, gain some insight into your licensing requirements for vSphere 5 with this nifty tool.

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