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• SAP CEO Shuns the Criticisms that HANA Cloud is a ‘Half-baked Business Model'

  Added 17th May 2013

  Forrester has said that SAP's enterprise HANA cloud is useless for many customers

• Google CEO on Innovation: 'We're at 1% of What's Possible'

  Added 16th May 2013

  Google CEO Larry Page took the stage today to wrap up a nearly four-hour long keynote that kicked off the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco.

• SAP Offers Mobile Device Management for 1Euro Per Month on Amazon's Cloud

  Added 15th May 2013

  Enterprises can take control of mobile devices without the cost related to installing an on-premise platform

• Ingram Micro Sees Surge in Uptake of Cloud Services Offerings

  Added 15th May 2013

  The distributor has been inundated with requests from resellers wanting to find out more about its Cloud services offerings

• Is Windows 8 Really Killing the PC Market?

  Added 14th May 2013

  The multitude says Windows 8 sucks. Microsoft says it's sold 100 million licenses. Where does the truth lie?

• Salesforce.com to Buy Clipboard, Shutting Down Service

  Added 13th May 2013

  The Clipboard service will be discontinued on June 30

• Gartner: India IT Infrastructure Spending Will Reach $2.3 Billion by 2014

  Added 13th May 2013

  Key issues faced by infrastructure and operations leaders is being addressed at the Gartner Infrastructure, Operations and Data Centre Summit, today in Mumbai.

• HP Q&A: Converged Cloud is Company's Chief Initiative

  Added 11th May 2013

  Saar Gillai, named head of Hewlett-Packard's cloud operations in January, is on the hot seat.

• Wall Street Beat: Rise in Markets Could Fuel Tech M&A

  Added 11th May 2013

  Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the mobile market.

• Survey: Risk to Organisational Data an Ongoing Cloud Security Concern

  Added 11th May 2013

  While companies have become more comfortable with the security of third-party cloud service providers, data security--particularly at the end user level--as well as concerns over meeting compliance requirements, remain top-of-mind among cloud adopters. This is the conclusion of a cloud security survey commissioned by NetIQ.

• IDC: Cloud, Mobility Exposing Limitations of Existing Networks

  Added 10th May 2013

  The combination of highly virtualized environments inside enterprise networks, along with an explosion of mobile traffic, are exposing the limitations of existing networks, and driving the need for a new era of dynamic and scalable networks of the future, IDC researchers said.

• Microsoft Says Yammer Sales are Booming

  Added 10th May 2013

  With the backing of its new parent company, Yammer more than tripled its revenue year on year in the quarter that ended in March.

• Salesforce.com to Buy Clipboard, Shutting down Service

  Added 10th May 2013

  The Clipboard service will be discontinued on June 30

• Akamai Appoints Sidharth Malik as Managing Director for India

  Added 7th May 2013

  Malik has taken up various roles in companies like Microsoft, Telelogic AB, IBM and Salesforce.com in the past

• BMC Going Private Could Be The Right Move At The Right Time

  Added 7th May 2013

  BMC's move to go private also makes sense because it will allow it to focus on the long-term picture of its business in a competitive market

• Dell Boosts Cloud Portfolio With Enstratius Buy

  Added 7th May 2013

  Dell continues to add to its portfolio of systems management software

• IaaS, The Fastest Growing Segment Of Cloud In India: Gartner

  Added 7th May 2013

  Future growth will result from the adoption of cloud services for production systems and workloads

• Winners of ChannelWorld Premier 100 Award 2013

  Added 6th May 2013

  The curtain fell on the most anticipated industry event in the channel space. Here we present the winners--the Bold 100--organizations that undertook bold moves for the sake of great reward.

• Cloud Security Certification In The Works

  Added 6th May 2013

  Two not-for-profit groups have recently announced a partnership that seeks to develop a certification system for cloud security

• Why Is Premier100 The Most-suitable Industry Platform For Solution Providers?

  Added 3rd May 2013

  This year's Premier 100 event and awards was held on May 3rd at the Hyatt Regency in Mumbai. Here are the highlights from the event