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Nicaragua cloud forest 'under siege'
2013-05-03 11:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A famed rainforest in Nicaragua is under growing threat from illegal loggers, say indigenous leaders. The Bosawas Biosphere Reserve is Central America's largest tropical forest with clouds constantly drifting over the hilly terrain. But the Mayangna and Miskito people who live there say 30,000 hectares a year are being deforested by "colonists". They are calling on US president Barack Obama, who is visiting the region, to support their battle. Described by the United Nations as a global...
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Cloud SLAs 'fall short,' says user advocacy group
2013-05-02 22:57:43| InfoWorld: Top News
Service level agreements in the cloud computing market are skewed in the favor of providers, can be difficult for customers to decipher, and in some cases are rigid and non-negotiable. Those are some of the findings from the Cloud Standards Customer Council, a user advocacy group that recently reviewed SLAs from some of the industrys largest providers. SLAs typically cover the terms and conditions of using the providers cloud, fees, liability and security, as well as uptime and data management, among a variety of other topics.
Mobile Working and the Cloud Leads to Decline in Demand for PC Apps
2013-05-02 19:41:46| IT Services - Topix.net
Computerworld UK - U.K. and U.S. companies are focusing more on mobile app strategies in the cloud than traditional PC app strategies as bring your own device take-up widens, according to research among 1,300 companies.
Benchmarking Amazon EC2: The wacky world of cloud performance
2013-05-02 05:34:14| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Before turning to the world of cloud computing, let's pause to remember the crazy days of the 1970s when the science of the assembly line wasn't well-understood and consumers discovered that each purchase was something of a gamble.
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Mobility, Cloud, Video Hold Keys to Future of Unified Communications
2013-04-30 21:15:36| Chemicals - Topix.net
The unified communications market is growing, but the rise of mobility, BYOD and cloud computing could help spur adoption, vendors and analysts say.
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