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	Google makes a green case for the cloud Google released a study today concluding that using cloud-based email is more energy efficient than running email in-house. Google stands to gain from successfully working the case as it looks to make Gmail converts out of shops running Microsoft Office and other rivals. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ping Identity Centralized Cloud Identity Management for Enterprise Now that employees are leaving the relative safety of the firewall to use online SaaS applications, enterprises need to adjust the way they manage employee identities. This White Paper from Ping Identity addresses why we need to centralize employees' IDs across applications. Read now In this Issue Value of the cloud, telecommuting overstated Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source data center and cloud software Botnet rentals reveal the darker side of the cloud HP launches Cloud Services beta Startup offers SaaS app to manage data-breach incidents WHITE PAPER: Cisco The Right Unified Communications Solution The advantages of today's unified communications are numerous, and there are many choices among solutions. A Cisco white paper is available to help you make the right decision. The paper outlines ten differentiators—from mobile device support to social software—that you should consider before deciding on a unified communications upgrade. White Paper Value of the cloud, telecommuting overstated Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Cisco, take notice: Despite the near-constant hype about cloud computing services, most mid-market companies are still viewing cloud as a complement, not a replacement. Read More Bossie Awards 2011: The best open source data center and cloud software Our Bossie winners in the data center and cloud division include platforms for building clouds on your own hardware, as well as longtime favorites in virtualization, application middleware, and data integration. Read More Botnet rentals reveal the darker side of the cloud The operators of TDSS, one of the world's largest, most sophisticated botnets, are renting out infected computers to would-be customers through the awmproxy.net storefront. Read More HP launches Cloud Services beta HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage will provide compute and storage resources from HP's own data centers. HP will use the OpenStack set of open-source cloud software tools to provide the foundation for these services. Read More Startup offers SaaS app to manage data-breach incidents If your company suffered a data breach, would you know what to do to comply with state, federal and local law? startup Co3 Systems is offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application to tackle that unhappy task, tracking how a corporate data-loss incident is handled. Read More
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