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Cloud Computing Genious Raymie Stata Now CTO of Yahoo!

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Yahoo! has is investing heavily in cloud computing guru Raymie Stata, who has recently become the CTO of Yahoo. Stata was formerly Yahoo!’s chief architect, playing an instrumental role in the company’s move to a common distributed infrastructure. “As Chief Architect, Raymie led transformative efforts to rewire Yahoo!, moving from a set of vertical silos to a horizontal platform infrastructure,” the company said in a blog post.

“With his leadership, technical Yahoo’s have focused on core challenges like creating a stable, agile development environment, extracting value from masses of unstructured data, developing scalable global experiences, and architecting a cloud to serve as the foundation for every click across our network.”

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FREE Cloud Anti-Virus by Panda Security

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Panda Security has improved the functionality of its free cloud-based anti-malware service and launched a new commercial version, Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro. The Panda Security software uses a cloud-based architecture to collect and process malware samples, rather than traditional server-based signature updates. This helps it be much less of a memory hog, taking up 15MB of RAM, compared with 60MB for traditional signature-based anti-virus products.

Panda said nearly 10 million users have used Panda Cloud anti-virus (a free version) since its launch last year. The latest version of the software, released yesterday, features a configurable behaviour blocker. The paid-for version, which costs from $29.95, offers expanded support and automation.

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Microsoft Cloud Services Now Used in Kentucky Schools

Friday, June 4th, 2010

The Kentucky Department of Education is replacing its e-mail servers with a free cloud-based offering from Microsoft. This change to cloud servers will help 700,000+ students, faculty and staff with e-mail and other information-sharing tools. By using a free, cloud-based offering, the state expects to save US$6.3 million in IT-related costs over the next four years.

Each user of Microsoft’s Live@edu will get a 10GB e-mail inbox, along with 25 gigabytes of additional file storage. The service will also include document sharing, instant messaging, video chat and mobile e-mail capabilities. More than 10,000 schools across 130 countries use the Live@edu service, according to Microsoft.

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