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Oracle takes the fight to Amazon, Salesforce.com with new cloud services
2013-09-24 21:12:18| InfoWorld: Top News
Oracle is offering a series of new services that position it as a one-stop shop for all things cloud and directly target the likes of Amazon Web Services and Salesforce.com. While Oracle had already offered SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications, database-as-a-service and other products, it announced 10 additional cloud services at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.
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Brazil Amazon town takes a stand against deforestation
2013-08-21 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: When farmer Luiz Martins Neto first moved to Sao Felix do Xingu a quarter of a century ago, the area had virgin forest, gold and a reservation for the local indigenous people. "They used to say it was the best place to live," he said. But like many others, he created his first fazenda -- coffee plantation -- with slash and burn techniques, helping to destroy his pristine surroundings. "In those days, the more you cleared the forest, the better your life was and the more land you acquired," the...
Amazon takes aim at security conscious enterprises with new appliance
2013-03-27 14:32:38| InfoWorld: Top News
In a bid to improve data security, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched AWS CloudHSM, which uses a separate appliance to protect cryptographic keys used for encryption. There are already a variety of alternatives for protecting sensitive data on Amazon's cloud. But for some applications and data that are subject to contractual or regulatory mandates for managing cryptographic keys, additional protections may be necessary. Here is where the CloudHSM (Hardware Security Module) fits in, according to Amazon.
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Inkling takes on Amazon, Apple with new e-book publishing tool
2013-02-12 15:00:00| CNET News.com
The startup, founded by a former Apple executive, also has allowed users to search via Google within titles made using its technology. [Read more]
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