Links for December 15th through December 16th

• Survey distributed databases – Toad for Cloud Wiki
  Seems like a good, quick overview.
• Yfrog Photo : yfrog.com/h3z89p – Shared by bpm140
  The end of del.icio.us, man.
• 2011 – The Year of Social Networking
  Brining social to IT departments.
• Cloud Computing Survey Points to Arrival of “Cloud Thinking” – CA Technologies – pitchengine.com
• Oracle enters cloud office apps space
  "The Silicon Valley giant's new Oracle Cloud Office suite offers on-demand word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database software based on the company's existing Open Office file formats. The applications will support online collaboration and access from mobile devices."
• Rackspace Buys Server Management Platform Cloudkick
• Google pushes Chrome for businesses with Windows management tools
• Facebook Sales Said Likely to Reach $2 Billion This Year, Beating Target (Brian Womack/Bloomberg)

Disclosure: see the RedMonk client list for clients mentioned.