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Lies, damned lies and facts - G-Cloud team hits out at VMware and other critics

VMware's downplaying of G-Cloud is baffling, argues G-Cloud team, given the firm's past connections with the programme.
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CMOs in Benioff's view as Marketing Cloud takes shape

Did we miss a memo? Is Salesforce.com now competing in the Cloud marketing automation space?
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CloudStore 2.0 - not quite there yet?

CloudStore's next interation has gone live, but it still leaves some things to be desired, reckons one participant.
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Analyst Commentary: Oracle clarifies its Cloud strategy

BPaaS, PaaS and Data Services - all part of Oracle's new found enthusiasm for Cloud Computing.
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Salesforce.com steps past the 'Cisco issue' and aims for $10 billion revenues.

Wall Street was jittery about Salesforce.com's latest numbers, but CEO Marc Benioff is thinking ahead to a $10 billion a year turnover.
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Silcon Valley start-up Cloudwords picks up second round funding

Translation start-up Cloudwords has secured that vital second round of funding.
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EuroCloud Awards recognise local Cloud success

EuroCloud's Awards scheme is open for entries as London hosts a UK Cloud start-up event at Tech City.
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Sapphire: Business ByDesign ends up as "mini suites"

SAP is now going to deliver Business ByDesign as a set of 'mini suites'.
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SuiteWorld: NetSuite to SAP - thanks for being a customer! SAP to Netsuite - say what?

NetSuite CEO says SAP is using his Cloud offering; SAP has a different take.
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The Practical Cloud: Pandora floats on Cloud

"Getting to our prospectus to go public wouldn't have happened without the Cloud," says Pandora CFO Steve Cakebread.
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SuiteWorld: NetSuite focuses in on Commerce as a Service

NetSuite almost centred on ecommerce a few years back; now the time has come for a push into commerce - minus the 'e'.
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Microsoft Azure provides platform for Epicor Cloud ERP

Epicor is the latest ERP applications vendors to choose to move to Microsoft's Azure platform to support its Cloud ambitions.
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Analyst Commentary: MuleSoft simplifies SaaS and enterprise apps integration with iPaaS

MuleSoft Cloud-based application integration products and packaging for systems integrators and SaaS vendor customers present interesting choices.
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Sapphire: Business ByDesign's narrow escape?

SAP did think about killing off ByD, but now all eyes are on Lars Dalgaard to pitch the Cloud vision.
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Sapphire: will the Clouds clear over some of SAP's big questions?

As SAP gathers its customers in Orlando, Constellation Research's Ray Wang has some pertinent questions to be answered.
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The Practical Cloud: Cloud drives Direct Line's HCM transformation

Direct Line Insurance Group's diversification from RBS has created a need for a separate HCM function that is being met by the Cloud.
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Cisco's Cloudy root canal

Cisco's growth forecasts made the market jittery, but CEO John Chambers sees networking as a way to help CIOs prefer Cloud to having a root canal.
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Ovum: what Salesforce.com should do next with its G-Cloud

With a dedicated US gov't Cloud and app ecosystem, Salesforce should now look abroad.
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Analyst Commentary: the struggle for the Personal Cloud

The Personal Cloud space has everything to play for in it as the struggle for market dominance steps up.
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Billion app Google wins US government struggle with Microsoft

In the week in which Google clocked up its 15 billionth app download, the firm has scored a major victory in the US public sector.

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