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Friday, August 21, 2009

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/23140/page1/
An Operating System for the Cloud: Google is developing a new computing platform equal to the Internet era. Should Microsoft be worried? By G. Pascal Zachary
This article is interesting and provides some history of changing attitudes and technology regarding operating systems. Predominantly accepted operating systems were once thought to guarantee technological power; changes such as the internet have made this approach evolve

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

http://www.cio.com/article/499808/The_Future_of_IT_Services_How_to_Prepare
IT changes and how to prepare

Changing demographics, new delivery models, and different end user expectations make a difference in the way IT services are planned. Cloud-based programs and models with software as a service are changing the relationship between clients and IT providers.

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Monday, August 10, 2009

http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2009/Aug/20091768.htm

CPAs and social networking This Journal of Accountancy article discusses some of the tools and provides advice about how CPAs might use the tools to an advantage.

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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

http://www.educause.edu/er/GoldenInterview
Much interest in cloud computing with companies investing and finding it useful for application. Questions emerge as to practicality, political and policy issues. This article describes cloud computing, and gives an example of a company that found it inexpensive for an application.

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