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LiveBackup goes live, merges local and cloud backupview story

http://www.itwire.com – LiveBackup - an Australian backup service provider with an interesting hybrid local/cloud model - is officially open for business. (IT news)

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Greenpeace: Facebook Has a Hand in Global Warmingview story

http://www.networkworld.com – Greenpeace has charged that Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google and others are contributing to global warming by using coal to power data centers for their cloud-based services. The charges are dramatic --- but are they on target? (IT news)

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Greenpeace says the cloud is a carbon polluterview story

http://www.networkworld.com – A new report from Greenpeace warns that the growth in cloud computing will be accompanied by a sharp rise in greenhouse gas emissions, and calls on big companies like Facebook, Yahoo and Google to do more to help the environment. (IT news)

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CSC new Australian chiefview story

http://www.itwire.com – Global IT services vendor, CSC has appointed a new head of its Australian operations with a brief to drive the introduction of emerging delivery models of cloud computing to assist the company’s Australian clients gain further efficiencies and achieve their business outcomes. (IT news)

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Jolicloud 0.9 Robby Pre-Final Brings the 'Cloud' Closerview story

http://news.softpedia.com – The makers of Jolicloud have been on a roll lately. Jolicloud is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu aimed at netbooks. It lays a great emphasis on cloud apps and many believe it to be a true competitor to Google Chrome OS. (General)

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Salesforce.com grows ANZ cloud useview story

http://www.itwire.com – Salesforce.com's annual results include a 35% increase in net customer numbers. (IT news)

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Clarity appointment to TM Forumview story

http://www.itwire.com – The chief product office of Australian-based unified telecommunications solutions provider, Clarity has been appointed to the advisory council of the TM Forum, the global industry association focused on improving business effectiveness for service providers in the communications, media and cloud services markets. (IT news)

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Telstra-Microsoft tie up spawns international copycatsview story

http://www.itwire.com – Six months into its cloud computing hook-up with Telstra, the president of Microsoft’s business division has made clear this is how the software giant will manage SME access to its cloud globally, with similar deals with international telcos now in the wings. (IT news)

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Cloudy with a chance of Linux: Canonical aims to cash inview story

http://linuxo.com – ars Technica: "Although Ubuntu is generally regarded as a desktop Linux distribution, the sever variant is becoming increasingly popular in the cloud. It is silently infiltrating server rooms and gaining traction in enterprise environments." (General)

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Ubuntu One Music Store: Tops or Flop?view story

http://linuxo.com – Linux Pro Magazine: "Thus Canonical is implementing the cloud in its context. The DRM-free songs in MP3 format with a bitrate of at least 256 kbits/second are not loaded on the local machine, but in the Ubuntu One cloud." (General)