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CIO Columnist Microsoft Enhances System Center For Hybrid Cloud Work
By Charles Babcock
With System Center's new service pack and Windows Server 2012, an IT administrator can create Hyper-V virtual machines and deploy them to internal data center, remote hosting service provider or public cloud, such as a Windows Azure site.

Obama's Developer Brain Trust: Inside The Big Battle
Tech leaders for the Obama for America team discuss their re-election project -- and a business-like culture clash between free-wheeling nerds and their goal-oriented bosses.

Amazon AutoRip Provides Free Digital Copies Of CDs
Amazon has copied years worth of your music purchases to its Cloud Player.

OpenStack Brain Trust Gains $10M In New Funding
Mirantis, one of the only OpenStack brain trusts outside of Rackspace, lines up backers including Dell and Intel to elevate its prominence in the cloud systems integration business.

NetSuite Acquires Retail Anywhere For Point-Of-Sale Boost
NetSuite deal for Retail Anywhere completes view of customer transactions and inventory across Web, mobile and retail stores.

Is SharePoint Trustworthy For Business-Critical Processes?
With workflow improvements in SharePoint 2013, more companies may consider it. Here's what else to consider in Microsoft's latest version.

DropBox Restores Service, Mum On Outage Cause
DropBox client synching and upload services disappeared mid-Thursday afternoon, came back Friday morning.

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• Business Agility and the True Economics of Cloud Computing
• 10 Best Android Apps Of 2012
• Is Your Network Ready for BYOD?
• 2013 InformationWeek 500: Nominations Now Accepted

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LG: What Nexus 4 Supply Problems?
LG claims there is no supply problem with the Nexus 4, despite its lack of availability more than two months after launch.

10 Facts: Secure Java For Business Use
Businesses that rely on Java must now take additional steps to keep employees safe. Here's where to start.


CES 2013: 5 Dumbest Ideas
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