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		<title>Google gaives a big thumbs up to Spring Java nd VMware&#8217;s Open PaaS</title>
		<link>http://cloudynews.com/2010/05/19/google-gaives-a-big-thumbs-up-to-spring-java-nd-vmwares-open-paas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 21:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring Java, an enterprise Java development environment acquired by VMware last year, got a big boost today as Google announced direct support from within Google AppEngine. Spring fans went so far as to claim that Spring is now the preferred development platform for Google AppEngine.
VMware acquired SpringSource last year as part of a strategy to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Apps Marketplace launches and a tree falls in the forest</title>
		<link>http://cloudynews.com/2010/03/15/google-apps-marketplace-launches-and-a-tree-falls-in-the-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I suppose this is what you would call a soft launch. Google unveiled its new Google Apps Marketplace at a  meeting it held for developers on its campus last week (see Mashable&#8217;s report here). And the new storefront did go live right away, but there was only one big name, Intuit. And Intuit has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft gives NSF projects a free pass</title>
		<link>http://cloudynews.com/2010/02/05/microsoft-gives-nsf-projects-a-free-pass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoping to gain a toehold in the government&#8217;s move toward cloud computing, Microsoft has presented the National Science Foundation (NSF) with an offer that is difficult to refuse: any project approved by the  NSF can run on Windows Azure at no charge.
The NSF has already gained access to cloud-based software services from Google and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IBM wins Air Force contract in major test of cloud security</title>
		<link>http://cloudynews.com/2010/02/04/ibm-wins-air-force-contract-in-major-test-of-cloud-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The momeuntum coming out of the U.S. government for cloud projects continues to build. IBM announced it won a contract from the U.S. Air Force for a the design and demonstration of a secure cloud computing infrastructure capable of supporting defense and intelligence networks. 
One of the challenges &#8212; and opportunities &#8212; for IBM is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA commissions a platform for shared computational modeling</title>
		<link>http://cloudynews.com/2010/02/04/nasa-commissions-a-platform-for-shared-computational-modeling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might call this a cloud platform for modeling clouds. NASA is awarding a $600,000 contract to develop a platform that will allow engineers and scientists to execute computational modeling from a browser. The contractor is Parabon Computation Inc., a ten-year old DC-area company that focuses on computational analysis for distributed systems, especially grids.
The new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal budget funds a transition to cloud platforms</title>
		<link>http://cloudynews.com/2010/02/02/ederal-budget-funds-a-transition-to-cloud-platforms/</link>
		<comments>http://cloudynews.com/2010/02/02/ederal-budget-funds-a-transition-to-cloud-platforms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 budget allocates $79 billion for IT spending and one of the priorities is going to be implementation of cloud computing platforms. 2010 will be a year of pilot projects with cloud architectures becoming part of the long range plan for greater efficiency. The reasons are buried deep within the OMB (Office of Management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK planning a broad cost-saving move to cloud platforms</title>
		<link>http://cloudynews.com/2010/01/27/uk-planning-a-broad-cost-saving-move-to-cloud-platforms/</link>
		<comments>http://cloudynews.com/2010/01/27/uk-planning-a-broad-cost-saving-move-to-cloud-platforms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A plan is being circulated within the U.K. to move its government IT services onto a cloud platform based on open source software. The selling point is the potential for £3.2 billion a year savings (US $5.2 billion). To achieve the savings, the government would need to build ten to twelve data centers, each costing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft is asking Congress to legislate on cloud computing</title>
		<link>http://cloudynews.com/2010/01/22/microsoft-is-asking-congress-to-legislate-on-cloud-computing/</link>
		<comments>http://cloudynews.com/2010/01/22/microsoft-is-asking-congress-to-legislate-on-cloud-computing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently Brad Smith&#8217;s mother never told him, &#8220;Be careful what you wish for.&#8221; Mr. Smith went to Washington yesterday and spoke out in favor of federal laws to support cloud computing.
Smith is a senior vice-president and general counsel at Microsoft, and he was speaking at the Brookings Institution, one of the top think tanks in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC investigating cloud computing as possible threat to consumer privacy</title>
		<link>http://cloudynews.com/2010/01/05/ftc-investigating-cloud-computing-as-possible-threat-to-consumer-privacy/</link>
		<comments>http://cloudynews.com/2010/01/05/ftc-investigating-cloud-computing-as-possible-threat-to-consumer-privacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will cloud computing architectures make it easier for snoops to satisfy their curiosity? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun to explore whether cloud computing has implications for data security.
The news was first reported by The Hill which uncovered a filing made by the FTC with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The notice was given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish government launching program to encourage transition to SaaS</title>
		<link>http://cloudynews.com/2009/10/29/irish-government-launching-program-to-encourage-transition-to-saas/</link>
		<comments>http://cloudynews.com/2009/10/29/irish-government-launching-program-to-encourage-transition-to-saas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enterprise Ireland (EI) has begun a program that will encourage Irish software companies develop their products on a cloud platform.  EI is an agency within the Irish Government agency that is charged with helping Irish companies to achieve strong positions in global markets. The contract was awarded to Saaspoint, a company founded by former [...]]]></description>
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