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• How Google is reinventing Cloud pricing

  Last week Google released a feature called Sustained Use Discounts, the idea of which is that the more customers use Google's Cloud Platform, the less expensive it becomes.

• Office for iPad requires Office 365 subscription to be fully useful

  Office for the iPad is available, but it might not be what you were expecting.

• Businesses: Forget Microsoft Office for iPad, pay attention to Enterprise Mobility Suite

  While today's Office for iPad announcement caught most of the buzz, Microsoft made another announcement that arguably has as much significance for businesses: Enterprise Mobility Suite.

• 7 free iPad business apps to get you started

  If you're new to the Apple iPad, there are a wealth of iOS apps designed for the tablet. Here are seven free business apps to experiment with, and to get you productive out of the gate:

• Driving innovation at Fidelity Investments

  Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services, with assets under administration of $4.7 trillion, and it didn't get there by using yesterday's technology. In fact, the company has a standalone group, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology – more commonly referred to as Fidelity Labs -- whose job it is to take the long view, to examine technologies years before they become mainstream and help the firm get a leg up.

• IaaS vendor Dyn buys out Nettica for DNS services, talent

  New Hampshire-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service company Dyn announced today that it would purchase managed DNS provider Nettica. Terms were not disclosed.

• The promise of the seamless cloud

  Using the cloud to complement on-premise IT resources is one of the nirvana states envisioned for cloud computing, letting you architect for normal workloads and then burst to the cloud when necessary.

• Cisco's big about-face on Cloud services

  Three years ago as part of a comprehensive cloud strategy, Cisco pledged to address every aspect of Cloud except services – it did not want to compete with customers.

• IDC: Cloud will be $US107bn industry by 2017

  Cloud computing was an estimated $US47.4 billion industry in 2013 and is expected to more than double to $US107 billion by 2017, research firm IDC predicts.

• Emerging nations want uncensored Internet access, Pew survey shows

  A study released today by the Pew Research Center shows that majorities in 22 of 24 developing nations surveyed want their access to the Internet to be free of government censorship, including 70%+ majorities in half of the countries that were included.

• Cumulus lands another SDN supporter for its Linux offering

  SDN company Midokura this week said it will support for Cumulus Networks' Linux network operating system in its network virtualization software.

• New methods for addressing insider threats: A roundtable discussion

  Technology advances have made it easier to detect subtle, anomalous end-user behavior, such as installation of unusual apps on endpoint devices, or suspicious deviations from baseline activity. This roundtable discussion examines methods to build monitoring, control and context into enterprise insider threat protection efforts – both when dealing with privileged users and regular employees.

• 12 cloud computing companies to watch

  Venture capital investment has rebounded in recent years to healthy levels and one segment of the technology market that's basking in this is cloud computing.

• Google and Verizon take big steps in the cloud

  Google and Verizon each made announcements this week that are significant in their race to catch the company many consider to still be the market leader in the IaaS public cloud: Amazon Web Services.

• 6 IT Strategies to Stay Ahead of Data Center Trends

  Automation, virtualization, cloud computing -- these technology trends are transforming the data center and enabling companies to lower costs, increase flexibility and improve reliability. However, these shifts require IT, and their outsourcing providers, to rethink traditional strategies.