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Cisco Partners: Cloud More Than Just a Conversationview story

http://www.thevarguy.com – Edison Peres, Cisco System’s (NASDAQ: CSCO) Worldwide Channels senior vice president, wrote in a newly posted blog that the vendor is busy taking the collective temperature of its channel partners globally concerning its go-to-market strategies, programs, incentives, sales teaming and other channel-related things. “Every year we bring together a select group of partners as part of a series of Cisc (IT news)

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Mandriva announces CloudPulse, the cloud-based I.T infrastructure management solutionview story

http://blog.mandriva.com – Paris, the 2nd of November 2012 : Mandriva has released CloudPulse, its new cloud-based I.T infrastructure management solution. CloudPulse is the SaaS evolution of Mandriva Pulse². (General)

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Make It So: Ubi, The Ubiquitous Plug-in Computer Is Available For Pre-Orderview story

http://techcrunch.com – Originally a Kickstarter project, Ubi is a ubiquitous computing device. Designed to plug into your wall and remain dormant until you talk to it, this little computer can perform searches, wake you up, and even sense environmental conditions in every room. The Ubi costs $219 to pre-order and should ship in early 2013. (IT news)

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Where The iPad Mini Fits On My Digital Tool Beltview story

http://techcrunch.com – Happy iPad mini day. Since my review a few days ago, by far the number one question I’ve been asked about the device is: how does it fit into my life? Do I really need another iPad — let alone a smaller, less powerful one with a non-retina screen? Will I use it alongside the regular iPad? What about alongside a MacBook? (IT news)

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Open Data Center Alliance sets requirements for cloud computingview story

http://www.itwire.com – Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Cloud ServicesThe Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) has released three “master usage models” summarising requirements from its existing publications to help simplify the delivery of cloud computing. (IT news)

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Open Source Cloud Roundup: Week of Oct. 29view story

http://www.linuxfoundation.org – This week's open source cloud headlines highlight a few smaller open source projects and companies, including Blue Box and Orion. You'll also find more details on HP's cloud strategy, a new software-defined-networking feature for Rackspace cloud and an op-ed from Alfresco on the role of open source cloud in disrupting proprietary software vendors. (General)

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Microsoft Rolling Out Azure Cloud To China, A Deal Only The Chinese Government Can Loveview story

http://techcrunch.com – Microsoft has made a deal with China to offer Windows Azure in the country. The deal is ballyhooed as a landmark agreement but, at its core, represents something that only the Chinese government can love. The agreement with the municipality of Shanghai shows how China will begin rolling out more cloud services to China. (IT news)

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Intel is already developing 48-core mobile processorsview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – Quad-core phones? Old news. All the manufacturers are doing that now. How about a 48-core CPU for smartphones and tablets? Intel’s looking to shake up the mobile market and make that kind of processing power a reality within the next ten years. (IT news)

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[all variants] Do you know any desktop with these features?view story

http://ubuntuforums.org – I was going to buy the newest Mac Mini, for using it with both OSX and Ubuntu. (Hardware)

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Rackspace Unveils Cloud Isolation Technologyview story

http://www.thevarguy.com – Having your own cloud is great. But what if you need to isolate different applications and resources from one another? You could, of course, build multiple clouds. Or you could adopt technologies like Rackspace‘s (NYSE: RAX) new Cloud Networks feature, which supports multi-tiered networks across an Open Stack cloud infrastructure. (IT news)