Jon Brodkin

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Amazon EC2 creators to start cloud computing biz

Amazon veterans Chris Pinkham and Willem van Biljon will launch a cloud computing start-up called Benguela. The business is already nominated for a LaunchPad award

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Stop wasting your own infrastructure and IT staff supporting the thousands of legacy applications that you can never get rid of, said an IDC analyst at this week

Amazon cloud support forums lacking: IBM

A new report by IBM Research says that even though Amazon is highly experienced at operating its own data centres, customers may still face challenges operating their own virtual machines

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The free iPhone OS app syncs e-mail between iPad and Lotus Domino servers. The iPhone and iPad already support Microsoft Exchange e-mail accounts

How Apple topped Microsoft

Microsoft spends more, but Apple connects with users, Dow Jones says

Microsoft TechEd to shed light on cloud plans

There are several cloud topics Microsoft could address at TechEd, from its struggle to wrench momentum away from Google Apps, to security of the cloud, and licensing the use of Windows in cloud services

Microsoft’s cloud release all about composite apps

The company says Windows Server AppFabric and BizTalk Server 2010 close to availability. Microsoft is putting a heavy emphasis on using existing components to build private cloud apps and servers

Microsoft counters Gmail with Hotmail overhaul

Online Office 2010 document editing, mobile browsing highlight Microsoft's Hotmail updates. The company's refresh is aimed at overhauling the e-mail service for business and home users

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