Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Tech giants form cloud group to target enterprise; Amazon absent

Some of the nation's biggest technology firms, including Microsoft, IBM, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard, are teaming up to encourage large companies to use cloud computing services. The new Enterprise Cloud Buyers Council wants to create a set of uniform standards and metrics for the emerging field of cloud computing so that companies can more easily compare services and jump from vendor to vendor.

Absent from the list, however, is Amazon.com, an early leader in the cloud computing field. Amazon has been ramping up its own pitch to enterprise customers lately with a series of new offerings.

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http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/12/tech_giants_form_cloud_computing_group_amazon_absent.html

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