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      <title><![CDATA[CloudCon Expo & Conference 2013]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Jason Read]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Measuring performance of cloud services is often difficult to define and execute effectively. Many cloud-specific issues such as resource abstraction, multi-tenancy, infrastructure heterogeneity and network latency should be considered in such analysis.
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      <title><![CDATA[Apache launches Cassandra 1.0 NoSQL DB]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/virtualization/apache-launches-cassandra-10-nosql-db/3948]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 18 Oct 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[ZDNet]]></author>
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      The Apache Software Foundation announced Tuesday the release of Cassandra 1.0, the NoSQL database originally developed at Facebook for handling distributed, massive workloads common in cloud computing.
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      <title><![CDATA[Beyond the Cloud Vapor: Gartner Analysts Pinpoint IT Cloud Strategy]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://forwardthinking.pcmag.com/show-reports/289283-beyond-the-cloud-vapor-gartner-analysts-pinpoint-it-cloud-strategy#fbid=lrwuzAG0-f4]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 18 Oct 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[ForwardThinking.PCMag.com]]></author>
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      The value of a cloud computing service is in the outcomes it enables, just as the value of a treadmill is in building heart health or losing weight.
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      <title><![CDATA[Is Cloud Computing to big to fail?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/3796331e-f900-11e0-a5f7-00144feab49a.html#axzz1bBNmaNDu]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[FT.com]]></author>
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      What if one cloud provider got so many big companies (or companies in an industry) and then failed? Could this affect us all? Could it affect the economy? Could a cloud provider become “too big to fail?”
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon's Real Problem isn't the Outage; It's the Communication]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.geekwire.com/2011/amazoncoms-real-problem-outage-communication]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 21 Apr 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Keith Smith]]></author>
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      Some feel that AWS did not provide sufficient communication during last week's EBS outage.
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon EC2 Goes Down; Takes the Half of the Web with it]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://unplugged.rcrwireless.com/index.php/20110421/news/8593/amazon-ec2-goes-down-takes-half-the-web-with-it/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Jon Norris]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      AWS EC2 EBS failures have caused outages for Quora, FourSquare, Hootsuite, and a whole host of other well-known services.
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      <title><![CDATA[Working around the EC2 outage]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://blog.dotcloud.com/working-around-the-ec2-outage]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Unknown]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      DotCloud provides a good description of the US East EC2 EBS outage and their progress in re-establishing service for their users.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Live Streaming With Amazon CloudFront and Adobe Flash Media Server]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/04/live-streaming-with-amazon-cloudfront-and-adobe-flash-media-server.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Jeff Beezo from Amazon]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      AWS documents how to stream live video using CloudFront, EC2, Route 53 and CloudFormation.
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      <title><![CDATA[Cotendo Announces Patent-Pending CloudletTM Platform, the First CDN Integrated H]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Cotendo-Announces-Patent-Pending-Cloudlet-Platform-First-CDN-Integrated-High-Performance-1425273.htm]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Liz Youngs]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Cotendo, a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Value-Added Site Acceleration services provider, announced the availability of its new Cloudlet™ Platform, the world's first fully customizable and globally distributed cloud application environment.
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      <title><![CDATA[10,000-core Linux supercomputer built in Amazon cloud]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/040611-linux-supercomputer.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[John Brodkin]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Computing expert Jason Stowe recently asked two of his engineers, Can you build a 10,000-core cluster in the cloud?  This article explains how it was done.
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      <title><![CDATA[Try AppCloud Risk Free]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2011/try-appcloud-risk-free/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 05 Apr 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Dr. Nic Williams]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      EngineYard, a Rails PaaS, is now offering 500 compute hours for free to allow users to try out their service.
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      <title><![CDATA[Moving a Production MySQL Database to Amazon RDS with Minimal Downtime]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://geehwan.posterous.com/moving-a-production-mysql-database-to-amazon]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 05 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Gee-Hwan Chuang]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      This article provides a real world case study of migrating a production MySQL database from a dedicated server to the AWS Relational Database Service (RDS).
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      <title><![CDATA[Announcing Public Beta of Orchestra]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://blog.orchestra.io/post/4349232969/announcing-public-beta]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Anonymious]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Orchestra, a PHP PaaS, announced their public beta and offering a free trial account.
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      <title><![CDATA[Adding a Second AWS Availability Zone in Tokyo]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/03/adding-a-second-availability-zone-in-tokyo.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Jeff Barr]]></author>
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      Just one month after the opening of the new APAC Tokyo region, AWS has added a second availability zone (data center) to this region.
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon EC2 Dedicated Instances]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Jeff]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      AWS announced today the release of dedicated EC2 instances as an addition to their virtual private cloud service (VPC). By using dedicated instances, users can be sure to avoid multi-tenancy problems.
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      <title><![CDATA[Why I Left Rackspace and What About Openstack]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://dendrobates.rustedhalo.com/2011/03/22/rackspace-openstac/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 22 Mar 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Simon Phipps]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      A discussion around why Simon decided to leave Rackspace.  Simon details several issues including control, marketing and openness.
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      <title><![CDATA[How We Got Owned by a Few Teenagers (and Why It Will Never Happen Again)]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://blog.phpfog.com/2011/03/22/how-we-got-owned-by-a-few-teenagers-and-why-it-will-never-happen-again/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Lucas Carlson]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Lucas Carlson, founder of PHP, relates his experience with two teens who were in a race to showcase the insecurity of the PHP Fog platform.  The post not only talks about what happened but reposts the IM discussion with one of the teens.
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      <title><![CDATA[Understanding and using Amazon EBS - Elastic Block Store]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://perfcap.blogspot.com/2011/03/understanding-and-using-amazon-ebs.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/netflix-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Adrian Cockcroft]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      A candid discussion around using EC2s EBS versus ephemeral storage at Netflix.  The author talks about input+output per second, S3 and Availability Zones and Multi-Tenancy.
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      <title><![CDATA[A New Approach to Amazon EC2 Networking]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tues, 15 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Jeff]]></author>
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      Amazon is releasing a set of features that expand the power and value of the Virtual Private Cloud. You can think of this new collection of features as virtual networking for Amazon EC2.
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      <title><![CDATA[HP Goes All In On The Cloud]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.informationweek.com/news/cloud-computing/infrastructure/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229300970&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 15 Mar 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Charles Babock]]></author>
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      CEO Leo Apotheker said Monday that HP is entering cloud computing from the base of its existing HP data centers around the world and will invest in its software division until it is competitive in all aspects of cloud computing.
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      <title><![CDATA[Malcolm Berko - Don't get lost in fog of cloud computing]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20110312/ARTICLES/110319879/-1/news05?Title=Malcolm-Berko-Don-t-get-lost-in-fog-of-cloud-computing]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Malcom Berko]]></author>
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      Malcom Berko answers a reader question regarding the value of investing in cloud computing companies such as salesforce.com.
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon CTO: Cloud Computing's Value In Its Ecosystem]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.informationweek.com/news/cloud-computing/infrastructure/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229300591&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 08 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Charles Babcock]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Amazon's ability to provide easily accessible cloud computing and storage is turning it into a set of building blocks for new services.  Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon, talks about the cloud eco-system and defines how Amazon approaches its cloud strategies.
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      <title><![CDATA[Tata Communications launches international cloud computing services]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1115153/1/.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 08 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Ryan Huang]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Indian company Tata Communications has launched international cloud computing services, and has chosen Singapore to begin the global roll-out.

Tata is targeting revenues of US$250 million in the next three years, with a third of it coming from Asia.
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      <title><![CDATA[Rackspace Turns Anso Labs Into a Cloud Services Business Unit]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://newenterprise.allthingsd.com/20110308/rackspace-turns-anso-labs-into-a-cloud-services-business-unit/?mod=googlenews]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 08 Mar 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/rackspace-logo.gif]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Arik Hesseldahl]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Rackspace - a company many think will be bought out -- annouced that it’s moving more deeply into the cloud business with its own infrastructure offering built around OpenStack, open-source cloud-computing software.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems: The real inventor of cloud computing?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/news/2240032792/Sun-Microsystems-The-real-inventor-of-cloud-computing]]></link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Jo Maitland]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Sun co-founder and former CEO Scott McNealy talked about the inevitable shift to cloud at the Churchill Club dinner in Silicon Valley. He said the biggest inhibitor to cloud computing was that everyone is still "building their own Frankenstein."
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      <title><![CDATA[The Unofficial Guide to Migrating Off of Google App Engine]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://bit.ly/dVZ19q]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 24 Feb 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/google-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Eric Silverberg]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      A candid assessment of Google Apps Engine from a prior AppEngine developer and Google employee who has become disillusioned with AppEngine and it's many stability and scalability issues.
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      <title><![CDATA[Cloud Connect To Tackle Challenges For The Enterprise]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.informationweek.com/news/cloud-computing/infrastructure/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229219080&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Charles Babcock]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Werner Vogels,of Amazon Web Services, and others to speak at the second-annual Cloud Connect show.
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      <title><![CDATA[Microsoft Offers Free Azure Trial]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/220325/microsoft_offers_free_azure_trial.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 22 Feb 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/microsoft-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Joab Jackson]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Microsoft is offering up to 750 free hours of use on its Azure service as an enticement for developers to try cloud computing, the company announced Tuesday.
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      <title><![CDATA[AWS CloudFormation - Create Your AWS Stack From a Recipe]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/02/cloudformation-create-your-aws-stack-from-a-recipe.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 22 Feb 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[N/A]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      AWS has release a new service called CloudFormation. CloudFormation is a JSON configured system for automatically deploying AWS stacks. It provides developers and system administrators a method for deploying collections of related AWS resources.
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      <title><![CDATA[Evaluating Cloud Computing Services]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://meship.com/Blog/2011/02/21/evaluating-cloud-computing-services/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Brian]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Six factors to consider when selecting a cloud provider: Performance: 1) Technology stack 2) Service-level agreements and reliability 3) APIs: Lock-in, community and ecosystem 4) Security and compliance 5) Cost
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      <title><![CDATA[Rackspace Completes Cloud Files CDN Migration]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/blog/2011/02/18/rackspace-completes-cloud-files-cdn-migration/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/rackspace-logo.gif]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Megan Wohlford]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Rackspace announced that all Cloud Files customers have been migrated to Akamai.  This means that all Cloud Files customers, both in the US and UK are now being served via Akamai’s expansive content distribution network.  Next, is to implement new URLs.
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      <title><![CDATA[Is Features vs. Performance the New Cloud Battle Line?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/big-tech/cloud_is_features_vs_performance_the_new_cloud_battle_line.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Derrick Harris]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      As Amazon Web Services continues to roll out new features and services for its cloud platform, its competitors increasingly tout better performance as a key point of differentiation.
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      <title><![CDATA[Host Your Static Web Site on Amazon S3]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/02/host-your-static-website-on-amazon-s3.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 17 Feb 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Jeff Barr]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Customers can now host their entire site on Amazon S3. This new feature has been implemented through allowing directory index documents and custom 404s.
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon CloudWatch Console Support]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/01/cloudwatch-console-support.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 25 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Jeff Barr gives a tour and shows how AWS's new CloudWatch features, now accessible via a tab on the Management Console, can be set up to monitor AWS resources and alert the user when something goes wrong.
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      <title><![CDATA[Top Ten Cloud Computing Myths]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1682883]]></link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Michael Crandell, Cloud Computing Journal]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Michael Crandell describes ten myths that are associated with the cloud computing industry, and the truths that lie behind them.  He explores perceptions of security, performance, costs, the role of IT, and even the definition of the cloud itself.
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      <title><![CDATA[Up, up and away! Rackspace Launches Cloud Infrastructure in Europe]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.rackspacecloud.com/blog/2011/01/19/rackspace-launches-cloud-infrastructure-in-europe/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Jim Battenberg, Cloud: Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Rackspace has gone global by launching their Cloud Infrastructure in the UK.   Current customers and journalists were among those treated to discussions and demos by CEO Lanham Napier at a party held in London to celebrate this significant milestone.
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      <title><![CDATA[GoGrid Private Cloud Uses Public Cloud Resources to Dynamically Expand Capacity]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/GoGrid-Private-Cloud-Uses-Public-Cloud-Resource-to-Dynamically-Expand-Capacity-804580/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Fahmida Y. Rashid, eWEEK.com]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      GoGrid IaaS now offers Hosted Private Cloud, with the same features as its public cloud and greater security.  GoGrid has also expanded its Hybrid Cloud service which allows clients to
provision scalable environments via a Web portal.
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      <title><![CDATA[Opening Up the Cloud]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://ovrmashup.appspot.com/News.html?newsId=2941047]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 18 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/rackspace-logo.gif]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Mike Vizard, CTOEDGE]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      OpenStack technology, which may be utilized by both cloud service providers and internal IT organizations, encourages open standards, flexibility, and integration.  As cloud computing evolves, the proprietary approach may prove to be outdated.
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      <title><![CDATA[How Your Business Can Soar with the Cloud]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://myventurepad.com/philwainewright/60867/how-your-business-can-soar-cloud]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Phil Wainewright, MyVenturePad]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Phil Wainewright outlines some key points that are covered in MyVenturePad's new eBook, OnDemand: Soaring with the Cloud.  He describes how businesses of all sizes are utilizing the many advantages of the cloud.
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      <title><![CDATA[I Cheated With Amazon.com…And Got Caught]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://blogs.forbes.com/quickerbettertech/2011/01/17/i-cheated-with-amazon-com-and-got-caught/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Gene Marks, Forbes.com]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      To move from a managed desktop/server firm to the cloud is tempting for small business owners like Gene Marks, but it may not be a wise choice.  Marks uses his brief encounter with Amazon EC2 to illustrate the reality of hidden costs and other obstacles.
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      <title><![CDATA[Uptime Girl ?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://blog.theloosecouple.com/2011/01/17/uptime-girl/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Loose Couple blog author]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Google's announcement of plans to offer "continuous uptime" prompts mystery blogger to examine concept of SLAs, adopt definitions for the terms "availability" and "reliability", and advise use of CloudHarmony.com over the SLA when navigating the cloud.
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      <title><![CDATA[Do SLAs really matter? A 1 year case study of 38 cloud services]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://blog.cloudharmony.com/2011/01/do-slas-really-matter-1-year-case-study.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[CloudHarmony.com]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      CloudHarmony presents a one year case study of 38 IaaS providers.  The study reveals that there is often no correlation between actual availability and SLAs.  CloudHarmony critiques the various SLAs and suggests ways to determine availability.
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      <title><![CDATA[Distributed Databases in the Cloud]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ctoedge.com/content/distributed-databases-cloud]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 13 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Mike Vizard, CTOEDGE]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      As cloud computing takes off, databases will have to support the elastic requirements of cloud computing applications.  Many providers must rework underlying architecture to accommodate the deployment of distributed databases in the cloud.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[7 Cloud-Based Database Services]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/01/7-cloud-based-database-service.php]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Klint Finley, ReadWriteCloud]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      ReadWrite provides brief summaries and critiques of seven stand-alone cloud-hosted databases, including Database.com, Microsoft, Xeround, SimpleDB, Google, ClearDB and CouchOne.  These databases are designed specifically for the cloud.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cloud Connect 2011: Performance Measurement for the Cloud]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.cloudconnectevent.com/cloud-computing-conference/performance-and-monitoring.php]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/cloud-connect-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Hooman Beheshti, Strangeloop Networks]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      In this panel, experts from the field of performance measurement will discuss what they've learned from measuring the performance of cloud platforms, what we should be measuring in cloud applications, and the right methods for making those measurements.
      ]]></description>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Big News for Cloud Files Users – Akamai is coming!]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.rackspacecloud.com/blog/2011/01/12/big-news-for-cloud-files-users-akamai-is-coming/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/rackspace-logo.gif]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[George Israel, Cloud: Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Rackspace will implement the Akamai platform this quarter and therefore demonstrate renewed commitment to develop their CDN offering.  Migration should be seamless, and features including CNAMEs, SSL, Edge Purge, and streaming will be available soon.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon Web Services Improves Support Offerings]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.pcworld.com/article/215785/amazon_web_services_improves_support_offerings.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 06 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Chris Kanaracus, PCWorld]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Cloud provider competition increases as Amazon Web Services now offers new Platinum (includes an AWS expert account manager and 15 minute response time) and Bronze (only $49 per month) plans, and has cut the prices of existing premium plans in half.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Joyent Benchmarking Reports Utilize CloudHarmony Methodology]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.joyent.com/resources/benchmarks/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Joyent.com, resources section]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Joyent uses CloudHarmony methodology to compare their cloud to EC2, as explained in detailed benchmarking reports on CPU, Disk I/O and Memory I/O speed.
      ]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[11 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2011]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/228800967/11-cloud-computing-predictions-for-2011.htm]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Andrew Kickey, CRN]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Eleven top cloud execs make guesses for 2011.  They predict growth in popularity of the open source cloud and diversity of clouds, escalation of the cloud war, extreme mobile cloud growth, cloud store emergence, and mass migration of industry giants.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Salesforce.com Completes Acquisition of Heroku]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/salesforcecom-completes-acquisition-of-heroku-112835444.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/salesforce-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Salesforce.com press release, PR Newswire]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Salesforce.com announces completion of Heroku acquisition, the leading Ruby platform-as-a-service which powers more than 110,000 apps.  Says CEO Benioff, "With Heroku, our platform can become the cornerstone of the next-generation of cloud computing."
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cloud Software Architect Necessities]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.cloudave.com/9061/cloud-software-architect-necessities/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 30 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Adron Hall, Cloud Ave Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Adron Hall provides advice on cloud architecture for software developers, and explains what works well for him for core development.  Understanding REST Architecture Principles is very important.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Measured by "clouds"]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.smart-cloud.org/notes/59-general-notes/246-cloud-benchmarking]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 30 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Vladislav Belogrudov, SmartCloud]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      SmartCloud explains why they have a very good impression of CloudHarmony as an independent means of measuring the clouds, and provides an example of a real time test of cloud servers which they performed at CloudHarmony.com.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Recounting EC2 One Year Later]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.jackofallclouds.com/2010/12/recounting-ec2/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Guy Rosen, JackOfAllClouds blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      A year after JackOfAllClouds provided a glimpse into the magnitude of Amazon's cloud, JackOfAllClouds and Cloudkick have produced an interactive chart of EC2 instances launched per day since 2007.  Peaks appear to correlate with new AWS services.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tanks in the cloud]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.economist.com/node/17797794?story_id=17797794&CFID=153404171&CFTOKEN=88391942]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[The Economist Journal]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Forrester Research estimates revenues of SaaS and PaaS cloud layer services.  Others use WWII tank-counting methodology to estimate Amazon's cloud - a market leader of the more elusive IaaS service.  Overall, the cloud is huge and will continue to grow.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and Web Hosting]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/att/vol12/article1/article1.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Lydia Leong, Ted Chamberlin, Gartner RAS Core Research Note]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      As client inquiries shift toward cloud IaaS, Gartner changed their Magic Quadrant criteria (now based on self- and lightly-managed IaaS, and complex managed hosting), and notes that a Niche Player may be a more suitable vendor than a Leader in some cases.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Welcome Cloudkick to the Rackspace Family; Fanatical Support Gets New Tools]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.rackspace.com/blog/?p=1671]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 16 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/rackspace-logo.gif]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Lew Moorman, Rackspace blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Rackspace acquired award-winning Cloudkick.  The two year old application allowed for easy and efficient management of more than a million servers, and is on it’s way to becoming integrated with Rackspace toolsets and incorporated into Fanatical Support.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[5 Lessons We’ve Learned Using AWS]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://techblog.netflix.com/2010/12/5-lessons-weve-learned-using-aws.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 16 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/netflix-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[John Ciancutti, Netflix Tech Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      One year into its AWS transition, Netflix provides five helpful lessons to other potential migrators.  Among the advice offered is to expect and accommodate failure, and to use real scale models.
      ]]></description>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[VM Import - Bring Your VMware Images to The Cloud]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/12/amazon-vm-import-bring-your-vmware-images-to-the-cloud.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Jeff Barr explains how to use VM Import to bring VMware images to the cloud (Amazon EC2 and Amazon VPC).  Windows Server 2008 SP2 is currently supported, and Amazon is working to support other versions of Windows, and several Linux distributions.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Four Reasons We Choose Amazon’s Cloud as Our Computing Platform]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://techblog.netflix.com/2010/12/four-reasons-we-choose-amazons-cloud-as.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 14 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/netflix-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[John Ciancutti, Netflix Tech Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Netflix engineering VP cites reasons for choosing AWS cloud.  Amazon's "heavy lifting" has freed Netflix engineers to focus on their hallmark - product innovation for customers, the cloud is ideal for horizontal scaling, and Netflix sees it as the future.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon S3 - Object Size Limit Now 5 TB]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/12/amazon-s3-object-size-limit.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 09 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Amazon S3 storage capabilities have been upgraded by three orders of magnitude, so that objects up to 5 terabytes can now be stored as one object.  Larger objects may still be stored in parts by using the Multipart Upload API.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Salesforce.com Buys Heroku For $212 Million In Cash]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/08/breaking-salesforce-buys-heroku-for-212-million-in-cash/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/salesforce-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Robin Wauters, TechCrunch]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Salesforce announces purchase of leading Ruby platform Heroku, for $212 million in cash.  In so doing, Salesforce will become the undisputed leader for Cloud 2 applications, and attract many customers who seek an open, scalable and trusted C2 platform.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The move to cloud computing is unstoppable – but WikiLeaks gives us pause]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/dec/07/wikileaks-cloud-computing]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 07 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Charles Arthur, Guardian Technology Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      The recent WikiLeaks incident highlights the potential political consequences in the field of cloud computing.  A thought experiment illustrates other examples of ramifications, and is important for cloud users to consider.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[One Database To Rule The Cloud: Salesforce Debuts Database.com For The Enterpris]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/07/one-database-to-rule-the-cloud-salesforce-debuts-database-com-for-the-enterprise/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 07 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/salesforce-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Leena Rao, Tech Crunch]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Salesforce launches Database.com, one of the largest enterprise databases.  Developers are free to use any language, platform or device with this infrastructure which is built to power cloud-based applications, and supports all types of storage.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gartner: There Will Be Cloud Failures]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/12/07/gartner-there-will-be-cloud-failures/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 07 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Rich Miller, Data Center Knowledge]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      At the Gartner Data Conference, keynote speakers Thomas Bittman and David Cappucchio took a subdued approach, speaking of the need for cloud providers to consider weak points and develop strategies.  Bittman talked of the role of cloud brokers.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AWS Achieves PCI DSS 2.0 Validated Service Provider Status]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/12/aws-achieves-pci-dss-20-validated-service-provider-status.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 07 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      AWS is now a validated Level 1 Service Provider for PCI DSS.  Merchants and others who need this verification may choose to do so by using the AWS cloud.  All customers 
should view this achievement as an indicator of good security practice at AWS.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Progress Software Offers JDBC Drivers for Database.com]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://investors.progress.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=535427&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ProgressSoftware+]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 07 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Acquire Media, Progress Software Corporation]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Progress Software Corporation announced DataDirect Connect drivers at Dreamforce 2010.  These JDBC database drivers will allow developers to access and move data between Java-based software programs and Salesforce, Force.com and Database.com.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon proves that REST doesn’t matter for Cloud APIs]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://stage.vambenepe.com/archives/1700]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[William Vambenepe, William Vambenepe's blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      REST isn’t significantly different than its alternatives, and isn’t as necessary for the success of Cloud APIs as simplicity and content.  The AWS API set is proof of this.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon Route 53 - The AWS Domain Name Service]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/12/amazon-route-53-the-aws-domain-name-service.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Amazon introduces Route 53, a programmable DNS with a new concept, the Hosted Zone.  Hosted zones contain one SOA record and four NS records, each of which can refer to AWS or non-AWS resources.  Route 53 may be accessed by using a small set of REST APIs.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Google App Engine Now Streamlines Push, Boosts API Limits And More]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/02/google-app-engine-now-streamlines-push-boosts-api-limits-and-more/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 02 Dec 2010</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Jason Kincaid, Tech Crunch]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Google App Engine’s biggest upgrade this year, 1.4.0, has just been released and includes increased API limits and new features such as Channel API, Always On, and Warm Up.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cloud computing is 'outsourcing on steroids']]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.zdnetasia.com/cloud-computing-is-outsourcing-on-steroids-62204736.htm]]></link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Jamie Yapp, ZDNet Asia]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Hisoft CEO explains that China is an outsource leader because of its huge domestic IT market and labor force, increasing proficiency in English, and a supportive government.  Hisoft utilizes the cloud, “outsourcing on steroids”, when clients request it.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Netflix moves to Amazon cloud from Oracle and IBM high costs]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/85786/20101125/netflix-amazon-web-services-ec2-ibm-oracle-cloud-computing-public-cloud-vmware-microsoft.htm]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 25 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/netflix-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Carl Bagh, International Business Times]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Netflix moved its video streaming service to Amazon.  Architect Cockcroft cited the need for agility and the high costs of private cloud as reasons for the move, but advised other companies to carefully weigh the advantages before migrating to the cloud.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Choosing the right cloud provider]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/business-categories/web-strategy/choosing-the-right-cloud-provider/article1813355/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 25 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/cloud-question.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Omar el Akkad, The Globe and Mail]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      When choosing between cloud companies, businesses should be aware of security certification, uptime guarantees, and the physical location of data storage.  Some companies cater to particular industries, others focus on hardware and others, software.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Organisations underestimate the cost of cloud computing]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/11/25/244127/Organisations-underestimate-the-cost-of-cloud-computing.htm]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 25 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Bill Goodwin, ComputerWeekly.com]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Senior analyst at Ovum claims moving IT to the public cloud may cost businesses more than they expect.  He recommends that CIOs do their homework regarding pricing structures, and that they seek out advice and attend workshops.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[White House Pledges Cloud Computing Approach to Federal IT]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/3914011/White-House-Pledges-Cloud-Computing-Approach-to-Federal-IT]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/government-clouds.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Kenneth Corbin]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      The Obama administration plans to streamline the internal workings of government by requiring its agencies to utilize cloud-based solutions whenever possible.  The Office of Management and Budget hopes to reduce the number of federal centers by 40%.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Future of Cloud Storage (and what is wrong with the present)]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.cloudsigma.com/en/blog/2010/11/21/13-the-future-of-cloud-storage]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/cloudsigma-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Patrick Baillie, Cloud Computing Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      New distributed block storage will revolutionize the current means of delivering storage by offering the convenience of SAN and the reliability of local storage.  Implementation will require low latency storage network.  CloudSigma is investigating SSD.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon man: 'Clouds will juice hardware spend']]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/18/amazon_vmware_and_salesforce_talk_clouds/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 18 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Cade Metz, The Register]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Different opinions exist regarding benefits and capabilities of cloud computing.  Andy Jassy (Amazon) believes it will boost the hardware market; whereas Paul Maritz (VMWare) argues it will force more efficient hardware, resulting in less infrastructure.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seven Reasons Why Companies Are Sitting Out Cloud Computing]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/11/17/businessinsider-seven-reasons-why-companies-are-sitting-out-cloud-computing-2010-11.DTL]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/cloud-question.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Matt Rosoff]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      At the Web 2.0 Summit, Rackspace CTO John Engates discussed companies’ fears about adopting cloud computing (including security, approachability and others), and why his customers needn't be concerned.  However he failed to address overall confusion.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Cloud Economics : Emerging Signals]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.cloudave.com/8105/the-cloud-economics-emerging-signals/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/microsoft-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Sadagopan, CloudAve]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      A Microsoft paper decries the power of economics regarding the adoption of cloud technology.  According to the paper, the basis of the advantage of cloud computing is the economy of scale available, mentions cost advantage of public cloud over private.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New EC2 Instance Type - The Cluster GPU Instance]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/11/new-ec2-instance-type-the-cluster-gpu-instance.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Amazon announces its latest EC2  instance type, the Cluster GPU Instance, which allows any AWS user to run GPGPU on a pay-as-you-go basis.  It contains two Tesla M2050 GPUs (up to 515 gigaflops performance) and two EC2 Compute Units.  Implements CUDA.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon S3: Multipart Upload]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/11/amazon-s3-multipart-upload.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      New Amazon S3 Multipart Upload allows large files to be broken into parts, uploaded separately, and reassembled.  Users will improve upload speed by utilizing parallelism, and those with unreliable network connections need not restart entire uploads.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon CloudFront Support for Custom Origins]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/11/amazon-cloudfront-support-for-custom-origins.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Amazon opens up CloudFront distribution to custom origins, enabling each distribution to point to an S3 or a custom origin such as another storage service, an EC2 instance, or an Elastic Load Balancer.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cloud Performance Metrics: No Standards, So Mileage Varies]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.cio.com/article/632865/Cloud_Performance_Metrics_No_Standards_So_Mileage_Varies?taxonomyId=3024]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[Kevin Fogarty, CIO]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Cost and performance comparisons of cloud providers are needed, but prove almost impossible to conduct due to lack of industry benchmarks and lack of end-user resources.  Cloud performance measurement services have originated to address this need.
      ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Can I Say? Another Amazon S3 Price Reduction!]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[AWS Blog]]></author>
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      AWS drops storage prices for S3 by up to 25% for both standard and reduced redundancy services.
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      <title><![CDATA[What’s Hindering Cloud Adoption? Try Humans.]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/cloud-question.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Derrick Harris, Gogaom]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Privacy and legal issues are the biggest hurdle to cloud computing - says a Center for Technology Innovation report by Allan Friedman & Darrell West who state that cloud computing has the smartest of computer minds who will soon find a solution to this.
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      <title><![CDATA[PDC: Why Steve Jobs' Pixar uses Microsoft Windows Azure]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/226427.asp]]></link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[PDC]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Pixar demonstrates proof of concept of running their rendering software, RenderMan using the Microsoft Azure cloud.
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      <title><![CDATA[Cloud computing storms in]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/article726635.ece/Cloud-computing-storms-in]]></link>
      <pubDate>Tues, 26 Oct 2010</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Shanthini Naidoo, Times Live]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Cloud computing is changing how business works and is predicted by many including Deloitte, to be the fastest growing technology worldwide.
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      <title><![CDATA[Introducing Web Services for Cloud Performance Metric]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/cloudharmony-logo.gif]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[CloudHarmony.com]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      We just released web services for cloud performance metrics allowing free access to our repository of about 7 million benchmark results. This is an exciting new feature we've put a lot of work into. It will be the foundation for many future features.
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      <title><![CDATA[Cloud Computing Partnership Announced Between Google and VMware]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Raju Shanbhag, TMCnet Contributor]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      VMware and Google announced a series of cloud collaborations for Google's AppEngine including: Spring Roo and Google Web Toolkit, Spring Insight and Google Speed Tracer, and SpringSource Tool Suite and Google Eclipse Plugin.
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      <title><![CDATA[InterOP NYC: Headlining Was Cloud Computing]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/interop2010.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Johnnie Konstantas, Altor]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      During Interop 2010 it was cloud computing that took center stage with the conference-within-a-conference – Enterprise Cloud Summit – receiving some of the most attention by attendees and the juiciest of panel discussions.
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      <title><![CDATA[The Interop user revolt against cloudy clouds: More solutions, less pixie dust!]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-watch-blog/the-interop-user-revolt-against-cloudy-clouds-more-solutions-less-pixie-dust/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 21 Oct 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/interop2010-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Melanie Yarbrough, Enterprise IT Watch Blog]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Summary of Interop NY 2010 forum on cloud performance with panelists David Link CEO of ScienceLogic; Randy Bias,CEO of Cloudscaling; Jason Read, founder of CloudHarmony; Russell Rothstein VP of Product Marketing for OpTier; and Ale Polvi, CEO of CloudKick
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon to offer some cloud computing for free for a year]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thurs, 21 Oct 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Eric Engleman, TechFlash]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      AWS continues to innovate by introducing a new free usage tier. This new pricing tier provides a 1yr EC2 m1.micro instance, 30GB data transfer, 10GB EBS, 5GB S3 storage and more completely free for 1 year.
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      <title><![CDATA[Joyent Launches New Windows and Linux Cloud Hosting Solutions]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tues, 19 Oct 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/joyent-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Joyent]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Joyent announces support for new OSes in cloud: CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian and Windows Server 2008 will not be supported. Previously Joyent's cloud only supported Open Solaris.
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      <title><![CDATA[Netflix’s Transition to High-Availability Storage Systems]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxwcmFjdGljYWxjbG91ZGNvbXB1dGluZ3xneDo0OWM2N2YwM2Q2OTAxMDZm&pli=1]]></link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/netflix-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Siddharth Anand, paper for Netflix, Inc.]]></author>
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      Amidst high traffic growth and aggressive product launch schedules, Netflix has managed to adopt cloud technology rapidly and effectively by its decision to leverage AWS SimpleDB and S3 (AP storage systems).
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      <title><![CDATA[AWS Elastic Load Balancing: Support for SSL Termination]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2010/10/elastic-load-balancer-support-for-ssl-termination.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Thurs, 14 Oct 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Amazon Web Services]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      AWS added SSL Termination for EC2 Elastic Load Balancing. This feature allows use of custom SSL certificates on load balancer with or without SSL on the load balanced EC2 instances.
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      <title><![CDATA[Performance on Amazon’s EC2 Shines in Benchmarks]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://insidehpc.com/2010/10/06/performance-on-amazons-ec2-shines-in-benchmarks/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/inside-hpc-logo.png]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Rich Brueckner]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      It may sound like a shirt size, but Amazon’s new EC2 instance for HPC, called “tacc.4xlarge,”  is performing well in benchmarks written up by Cloud Harmony this week.
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      <title><![CDATA[Amazon RDS: Announcing Read Replicas]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tues, 05 Oct 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Amazon Web Services]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      AWS released Read Replicas for their MySQL RDS (Relational Database Service). This feature is based on MySQL's asynchronous master-slave replication. This feature allows users to direct read queries at read replicas in order to improve master performance.
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      <title><![CDATA[For NASA, An Open-Source Cloud Isn't Rocket Science]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/092910-for-nasa-an-open-source-cloud.html]]></link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Stephanie Overby, NetworkWorld]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      NASA has turned to the cloud to help facilitate the allocation of compute resources for its scientists and engineers. Their Nebula project aims to reduce IT budgets and increase efficiency within their organization.
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      <title><![CDATA[CloudFlare Wants To Be A CDN For The Masses (And Takes Five Minutes To Set Up)]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/27/cloudflare-wants-to-be-a-cdn-for-the-masses-and-takes-five-minutes-to-set-up/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      TechCrunch Disrupt finalist CloudFlare offers a unique approach to CDN services wherein websites are fully proxied behind their anycast network of cache servers. CloudFlare also offers many additional security and analytic features.
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      <title><![CDATA[Dave McClure’s First Investment In China: ChinaNetCloud (TCTV)]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/26/dave-mcclures-first-investment-in-china-chinanetcloud-tctv/]]></link>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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      <author><![CDATA[Dave McClure, TechCrunch]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      Dave McClure, founder of 500 Startups announces funding in ChinaNetCloud, a China based cloud computing & managed services provider.
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      <title><![CDATA[Cloud Computing: The Truth About What Runs on Amazon]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9187818/Cloud_Computing_The_Truth_About_What_Runs_on_Amazon?taxonomyId=172&pageNumber=1]]></link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010</pubDate>
      <image><![CDATA[http://cdn.cloudharmony.com/articles/aws-logo.jpg]]></image>
      <author><![CDATA[Bernard Golden, Computerworld]]></author>
      <description><![CDATA[
      In this article, Ben Golden of Computerworld exposes the myth that Amazon Web Services in only used by SMB organizations.
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