Links for August 4th through August 5th

• VMware finds 'killer app' in Salesforce.com add ons | Cloud Computing – InfoWorld
  "Johnson says SpringSource is trying to achieve a level of portability that would let Java applications run on multiple clouds, and also to run on any hypervisor, or servers that have not been virtualized."
• Citrix Online: Free GoToManage, GoToAssist Pro Trial for MSPs
  GoToManage (née Paglo) has free, unqualified lead trials. Good for them.
• Recurly Raises $1.6 Million To Help Companies Manage Subscription Billing
  A startup for doing payments collection. Everyone says this is a hassle, esp. when dealing taxes across cities, states, countless, etc.
• Apple iPad replacing PCs as well as paper?
  We're all curious about tablets replacing desktops and such.
• VMware links Hyperic, vCenter for app monitoring | Virtualization – InfoWorld
  New Hyperic release with much VMWare integration, of course.
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice, but with money: another look at HFT
  A quick overview if some flash trading data and charts.
• OOXML and Open Clouds: Microsoft’s Lessons Learned
• The lions of IT, the mainframe pros, learn new post-recession approaches
  the news from SHARE: we gotta cut costs.
• Microsoft, Salesforce.com settle patent litigation
  Looks like Microsoft won this one: seems like Salesforce.com is paying Redmond…?
• Apathy kills Google's new-age Wave • The Register
  Wave end of lifed. Pretty shocking actually for all the initial hype: Google rarely kills anything: Jaiku, dodgeball, Gears, what else?
• Citrix and VMware stake out desktop and server virtualization territory | Virtualization – InfoWorld
• Citrix and VMware stake out desktop and server virtualization territory | Virtualization – InfoWorld
• SoftLayer Acquired In Management Buyout
• Clearwire Fancies Bite of AT&T's Apple
• Would You Dial An Open Source Help Desk?
• 5 major changes in store for the workplace in 2020
• How Big is Amazon’s Cloud Computing Business? Find Out
  Astounding, indeed: "According to their estimates, AWS business had a net income of $58.2 million in 2010 and will make $100.7 million in 2011. By 2014, that number will jump to $393 million, or 83 cents a share. The analysts estimate that gross margins of the web business will be around 50 percent versus Amazon’s gross margins of around 22 to 23 percent."
• iBrainstorm | A Creative Collaboration Tool

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