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Salesforce.com: 6 Areas To Watch After Rollout
By now, most organizations have used some sort of a SaaS application, so there's familiarity with the basics of hosted software. But CRM applications are by their nature much more likely to be integrated with other business-critical applications, either behind your firewall or in hosted data centers, so they present some new challenges. Furthermore, applications with really rich web-services APIs (such as Salesforce CRM) can surface operational, policy, and process issues in your IT organization.

Wine, Roses & Tax Breaks: States Woo Data Centers
Hit hard by the recession, several states are looking to server farms and cloud computing facilities to help them keep jobs in their territories. The thinking: There's nothing like a data center to boost a state's economy.

Acrobat.com App Suite Still Undercooked
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Salesforce.com: What Your CFO Needs to Know
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VMware upgrade reaches for the clouds
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Data center derby heats up
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Casino Giant Doubles Down on Data Center Automation
Who's gambling on big technology investments in this down economy? At first glance, you might not guess that it would be the Las Vegas Sands Company, the owner of the Venetian and Palazzo Resorts in Las Vegas and the Sands Macau in China. The company recapitalized last November to the tune of $2.1 billion and suffered a public falling-out between its chairman and top executive earlier this year, leading to a new president being named. Yet, as LV Sands shored up its finances and brought in new leadership, it forged forward with bold plans to expand globally. In late May, LV Sands opened its first casino in Bethlehem, Penn., handling more than $60 million during the Memorial Day weekend, of which nearly $6 million was gross profit. By the end of the year, the company, which earned $4.4 billion last year, aims to open a "megacasino" in Singapore.

Cloud Vendors: Amazon EC2, Google, Skytap and VMware
When putting your systems in the cloud, a few options are available depending on exactly what you want to put there and for how long. Although each vendor offers essentially the same service-a place to move your computing efforts away from your own infrastructure-they break down the pricing in a number of ways. Make sure you take into account your specific needs to find which cloud suits your company best. More on CIO.com Early Cloud Adopters Ride Out Hype Cycle IBM Partners with Amazon EC2: What It Means To Your Cloud Plans Google Offers to Host Services on App Engine Startup Pushes Virtual Labs As a Service

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