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Economics of cloud computing As CIOs and managers review their IT budgets and strive to cut costs, a cloud computing architecture can be attractive given zero up-front capital costs for hardware and software and multi-tenant, pooled-resources for flexible scaling up or down. Cloud providers claim it also lowers IT staffing requirements. Get news and resources on the cost-saving benefits of cloud computing but also the potential higher costs and risks of a cloud environment, including loss of control of your infrastructure and lack of in-house IT expertise when you need it. This topic also covers the economics of cloud computing and EC2 pricing.



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	Dreamforce 2009 conference coverage SearchCloudComputing.com \| 18 Nov 2009 CONFERENCE COVERAGE - Check out the news and video coverage of Dreamforce 2009, the cloud computing conference in San Francisco.


	SaaS and the future of cloud rosy, says Ariba marketing chief SearchCloudComputing.com \| 16 Nov 2009 ARTICLE - Although the slumping economy and financial shortages may have boosted cloud adoption, Ariba's chief marketing officer says scalability and a business model shift keep it going.


	Google cuts cloud storage costs; Amazon expands its horizons SearchCloudComputing.com \| 13 Nov 2009 ARTICLE - This week: Google answers competitors by lowering prices; Amazon Web Services to hit Asian businesses in 2010.


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	Tech Watch: Cloud computing services Submitted By: SearchCloudComputing.com \| 31 Oct 2008 FEATURE - Find out how to stay relevant in cloud computing's new world order.


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Liquid Web opens 'cloud'-enabling data center
SearchDataCenter.com | 12 Nov 2009
VIDEO - A Web hoster will run Storm, it own cloud computing platform. at its new data center in Michigan. Storm will compete with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and other offerings.


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	Cloud computing management and monitoring primer Steve Cimino, Assistant Editor \| 13 Nov 2009 PRIMER - Organize, outline and oversee your cloud computing services with this guide on cloud management and monitoring.


	Comparing Microsoft Azure's pricing policies SearchCloudComputing.com \| 28 Aug 2009 TUTORIAL - Microsoft's reluctance to release Azure pricing details made users wary, and the numbers it finally released come up short against Google App Engine in several ways.


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	Cloud management pricing and licensing Published by: SearchCloudComputing.com \| 13 Nov 2009 PODCAST - Learn about the costs associated with cloud management tools in part two of our podcast with Andi Mann, vice president of research with Enterprise Management Associates.


	Cloud computing 101, part 2 Published by: SearchCloudComputing.com \| 13 Aug 2009 PODCAST - Learn about the advantages provided by cloud computing in part two of our podcast with Jeff Kaplan, managing director at THINKstrategies Inc.


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