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	Download the Cloud Monitoring Deep Dive Report As Web applications migrate to the cloud, where the infrastructure encourages fluid deployment, breakdowns in business flow become harder to detect and address. The good news is that Web application monitoring solutions are evolving to root out trouble even when the problems are not obvious. See if one of these solutions works for you. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Set up and run SQL Server on the Amazon Web Services Cloud Amazon Web Services RDS for Microsoft SQL Server® makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale SQL Server deployments in the cloud. With Amazon RDS, you can deploy multiple editions of SQL Server (2008 R2 and 2012) including Express, Web, Standard and Enterprise, in minutes with cost-efficient and re-sizable compute capacity. Get started for free. Get Started for Free with Amazon RDS for SQL Server! Reduce the complexity and cost of provisioning and managing your SQL Server databases, and focus on your application development, with Amazon RDS for SQL Server. In this Issue Microsoft announces 'me too' cloud price drop for Azure HTC-Apple agreement forbids cloning of Apple 'user experience' Amazon Web Services continues Windows push with PowerShell addition Gartner: Amazon, HP cloud SLAs are 'practically useless' WHITE PAPER: CDW Corporation SaaS - The Easiest Way to Leverage the Cloud The popularity of SaaS is growing steadily, not only lowering overall costs, but making more efficient use of your IT staff. Learn how experts can help you architect a unique solution for your organization whether it's SaaS, a traditional model, or a combination of both. Learn More. Microsoft announces 'me too' cloud price drop for Azure Microsoft is the latest to drop the price of its cloud computing services, following two price cuts each by Google and Amazon Web Services. Microsoft's drop in its Azure prices bring its standard storage offering -- which includes automatic geo-replication -- to the exact same cost and price structure as AWS' standard storage rates for S3. Read More HTC-Apple agreement forbids cloning of Apple 'user experience' A patent agreement between Apple and HTC forbids the Taiwanese company from making and selling mobile devices that copy what is described as the 'Distinctive Apple User Experience," according to a redacted version of the agreement filed in a California court. The 'slide to unlock' feature at the bottom of the screen of some Apple devices, for example, could qualify as a distinctive Apple user experience, while the 'pinch to zoom' functionality does not, and will not be considered a 'cloned feature,' according to the document. Read More Amazon Web Services continues Windows push with PowerShell addition Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added PowerShell to the management options for its cloud, in a move that reaches out to the Windows community. Part of Amazon's Microsoft push is to let developers and administrators manage their AWS services in a way that's natural to them, according to the company. Read More Gartner: Amazon, HP cloud SLAs are 'practically useless' Amazon Web Services, which Gartner recently named a market leader in infrastructure as a service cloud computing, has the "dubious status of 'worst SLA (service level agreement) of any major cloud provider'" analyst Lydia Leong blogged today, but HP's newly available public cloud service could be even worse. Read More
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