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Amazon Defies Apple With Kindle Cloud Reader
Amazon is taking another step forward in the e-reader game with the launch of its Kindle Cloud Reader, which lets users read Kindle e-books via their Web browser without the need to download and install an app. We have written the application from the ground up in HTML5, so that customers can also access their…
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Cloud Security Alliance Introduces Provider Trust and Assurance Registry
The Cloud Security Alliance announced the launch of a new initiative to encourage transparency of security practices within cloud providers. The CSA Security, Trust and Assurance Registry (STAR) is a free, publicly accessible registry that documents the security controls provided by various cloud computing offerings, thereby helping users assess the security of cloud providers they…
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HTC Eyes Cloud with Dashwire Acquisition
HTC is clearly interested in competing with Apple and other companies in the mobile-cloud game, snatching up a Seattle-based company known for its device-syncing software. Financials of the agreement between the manufacturer and Seattle-based Dashwire remained undisclosed, but the latter will become a wholly owned subsidiary of HTC. Dashwire s Dashworks platform allows users to…
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Yahoo’s Head Cloud Architect Departs for VC Firm
Yahoo lost a key thought leader when vice president and chief cloud systems architect, Todd Papaioannou, announced his departure from the company to take a new job as entrepreneur in residence at venture capital firm Battery Ventures, GigaOm reported Aug. 5. Battery Ventures, which has offices on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, Calif., in…
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Ex-Microsoft Exec Appointed Federal CIO
Former Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel has been tapped to become the nation s second Federal CIO. He will replace Vivek Kundra, who accepted a fellowship at Harvard University. VanRoekel worked at Microsoft for 15 years, eventually rising to senior director for the Windows Server and Tools Division. After leaving the company in 2009, he served…
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Fastest-Growing Vertical in IT? Healthcare
Health care is becoming the fastest-growing vertical for U.S. businesses, with (IAAS) (infrastructure as a service) leading the way, according to a new report by research firm In-Stat. IT spending in health care will grow 29 percent from 2010 to 2015, the company reports. "The health care vertical segment, across all sizes of business, and…