Salesforce.com outage has customers tweeting

Salesforce.com customers were abuzz on Twitter Thursday morning as the result of what they described as a North American outage.

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Google launches Google Apps Marketplace

Third-party developers can integrate with Google’s own applications.

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Google Apps store seeks cloud collaboration boost

Google’s new Apps Marketplace could give a significant boost to Web-based communication and collaboration software for businesses by creating a wide-ranging yet integrated virtual suite of heterogeneous cloud applications.

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Google Apps store seeks cloud collaboration boost

Google’s new Apps Marketplace could give a significant boost to Web-based communication and collaboration software for businesses by creating a wide-ranging yet integrated virtual suite of heterogeneous cloud applications.

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P&G’s clout with HP reaches to the CEO’s office

A Procter & Gamble IT executive talks about the company’s mega outsourcing pact with Hewlett-Packard and about how the consumer products company uses simulation to find ways to increase sales.

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How Not to Shut Down Your Laptop, and Other Tips

Imagine my horror the other day when I saw an otherwise sharp friend of mine shut down his laptop by holding down the power button until the system turned off. Why is that a really bad idea? I’ll explain this week–and I’ll also tell you about a Web service that could very well save your life.

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SOA grows up — and out

Broadening adoption of a service-oriented architecture requires more planning, better management tools and more effective measurement of what’s working — and not working.

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IT scurries to meet e-health records deadline

Hospitals and doctors’ offices looking to roll out electronic health records won’t get federal money for the ambitious effort unless they meet certain as-yet unknown criteria — and do so within two years.

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Appcelerator set to release Titanium cross-platform app dev technology

Titanium lets developers build native apps for both desktop and mobile devices using Web techniques.

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IBM looks to pair security technologies for software development

Former Watchfire and Ounce Labs capabilities would be partnered in an enterprise-level product to be released later this year

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