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IT, Corporate Execs at Odds on Virtualization, Cloud Computing

According to a Symantec survey, not only are business and IT executives frequently not on the same page when it comes to virtualization and cloud computing, but in some case they're not even reading from the same book.

Wyoming Moves to Cloud Via Google Apps

Last week, Wyoming became the first state to "go Google," as all 10,000 of its employees moved to Google Apps for Government.

Enterhost Announces Cloud-Based Data Recovery Services

Enterhost recently debuted four new cloud services based around Microsoft's cloud platform. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner based in Fort Worth, Texas specializing in Windows-based Web hosting.

Microsoft To Drop Cost of Inbound Azure Data Transfers

Starting July, Microsoft will allow for free inbound Windows Azure data transfers during peak hours as well as off-hours.

Simon Crosby Leaving Citrix, Joining Cloud Startup

Citrix CTO joins two other founders at Bromium, which Crosby said is focused on security and virtualization.

Microsoft's Server and Tools Chief Talks Up Cloud, SaaS Products

The president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business Division, Satya Nadella, answered questions about cloud computing on Wednesday in a 15-minute Q&A at the GigaOM Structure event, taking place in San Francisco.

Microsoft's Cloud-Based Exchange Service Goes Down Again

Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), the company's cloud-based Exchange messaging service, went down again on Wednesday across North America.

FireScope Analytics Gives Decision Support in Real Time

FireScope has extended its Unify business services management dashboard with the release of FireScope Analytics, a real-time "drag-and-drop analytics" service.

IDC Predicts Higher Worldwide Cloud Services Spending Trend

A newly released forecast by IDC projects that IT spending in the public cloud sector will have a compounded annual growth rate of 27.6 percent over the next four years, raising the total global spending in the market to $72.9 Billion by 2015.

Microsoft Announces Upgrades to SkyDrive Cloud Storage Service

Microsoft rolled out several improvements to its Windows Live SkyDrive product, a free consumer-oriented cloud storage and file-sharing service, this week.

System Center Orchestrator 2012 Now With Beta Testers

Microsoft unleashed System Center Orchestrator 2012 to beta testers last week.

Study: Public Cloud-Based UC Still Has Many Doubters

Midsized and large businesses are largely reluctant to adopt unified communications (UC) services over a public cloud, according to a study commissioned by Seattle-based Azaleos Corp., a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

CIO Panel Discusses Cloud Data Ownership in Washington

According to a panel of CIOs representing defense and civilian agencies, moving applications to a cloud computing provider does not mean giving up control of the data -- as long as agencies get a guarantee in writing.

Talend Adds Hybrid Cloud Support to Integration Platform

Talend, a commercial open-source middleware maker, is pushing its new Unified Integration Platform into the cloud.

SolarWinds Updates, Rebrands Hyper9

SolarWinds this week solidified its line of virtualization management tools, with new versions of its Hyper9 virtualizaztion management solution and SolarWinds Storage Manager.

PerfectDisk 12 Optimizes Disk Performance, Whether Physical or Virtual

Raxco adds new feature called Virtual Awareness, aimed at thwarting fragmentation in virtualized disks automatically.

Windows Azure-Powered Cloud Coming August from Fujitsu

Fujitsu plans to launch a commercial cloud service in August using Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, the two companies announced on Tuesday.

Microsoft To Release Office 365 on June 28

Microsoft is expected to release Office 365, the cloud-based successor to its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) with added desktop productivity functionality, on June 28.

Private Equity Firm Acquires Hosted E-Mail Giant Intermedia

Exchange hoster Intermedia has been acquired by private equity firm Oak Hill Partners for an undisclosed amount.

JNBridge's Interop Tools Now Supporting On-Premises, Cloud Interop

Developer of Java/.NET interoperability solutions now supporting interop in the cloud.

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