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HOUSTON, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 05/16/12 -- Onit, a leading provider of business productivity and process management Apps, today announced that the Texas Lawyer's In-House Counsel Summit has invited its CEO, Eric M. Elfman, to present on cloud computing. The summit, which will be held in Houston on May 17, helps corporate counsel explore best practices in multiple areas ranging from legal technology to intellectual property. Elfman's session, titled "Cloud Computing and Legal Technology," kicks off the summit presentations at 8:30 a.m. CT on May 17. In it, Elfman will examine the basic principles of the cloud, its legal implications and its contractual considerations. The thorough discussion will include information on: Cloud basics, including pricing, terms and types Common concerns when operating from the cloud Benefits of adopting cloud computing A real-world ex... (more)

Research and Markets: Professional SharePoint 2010 Cloud-Based Solutions

Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6rnm4h/professional_share) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Professional SharePoint 2010 Cloud-Based Solutions" to their offering. An Authoritative Guide To Extending Sharepoint's Power With Cloud-Based Services If you want to be part of the next major shift in the IT industry, you'll want this book. Melding two of the hottest trends in the industry the widespread popularity of the SharePoint collaboration platform and the rapid rise of cloud computing - this practical gui... (more)

Groupon Manages Rapidly Growing Finance Needs With Host Analytics

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 05/16/12 -- (Host Analytics' Decisions 2012: Bridging the GAAP User Conference) - Host Analytics, the leader in Cloud-based corporate performance management (CPM) solutions, today announced Groupon, a popular global daily deals website, is using its award-winning technology to drastically improve its financial consolidation and reporting processes. In fact, Groupon has reduced its financial consolidation process from three days to just one hour. "Our company's rapid growth led us to search for a solution that could handle the financial consolidation... (more)

AWS and SAP Announce Certification of AWS Infrastructure for SAP Business All-in-One

Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), on Friday announced the expansion of SAP certified solutions on AWS including SAP Business All-in-One solutions for both Linux and Windows, and expanded certification for SAP Rapid Deployment solutions and SAP Business Objects business intelligence (BI) solutions to include Windows Server 2008 R2. Today’s announcements provide customers the flexibility to rapidly deploy SAP solutions on the scalable, on-demand AWS platform without making long-term commitments or costly capital expenditures for their underlying ... (more)

Advances in Clouds - Research in Future Cloud Computing

It has been more than two years since the European Commission published in January 2010 its pioneering report about the Future of Cloud Computing. A group of experts was established with the aim to evaluate the state-of-the-art and develop future research directions in cloud computing. Since then, there has been considerable advances in the field, developments have closed some gaps that were identified in this report, but more challenges have emerged. We were re-convened by the European Commission in 2011 in order to capture these changes and maintain a state-of-the-art view on c... (more)