Lots of news in the cloud space this week, especially from Microsoft who has changed the playing field!

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Where are you in your cloud journey?
Let’s Trade Myths For Reality: What Are You Really Doing in the Cloud?

Amazon
Announcing Spot Integration with Auto Scaling and CloudFormation
AWS Billing enables enhanced CSV reports and programmatic access
Amazon ElastiCache Launches Free Trial Program

Apprenda
PaaS in a Hybrid Cloud World

Cloud Foundry
Cloudfuji Accelerates Delivery of Its Open Source Application Store with Cloud F…

Eucalyptus
A Developer Cloud
DLT Solutions and Eucalyptus Partner to Accelerate Government’s Cloud Adoption
U.S. Agency Turns to Cloud Computing to Increase Availability of Applications
The High Availability in the DNA of Eucalyptus

Google
Google Buys QuickOffice And Embraces The App Internet

Microsoft
10x Price Reduction for Windows Azure Storage Transactions
CloudTip #16-Meet the new HTML based Windows Azure Management Portal
Now Available: New Services and Enhancements to Windows Azure
Windows Azure – No Kidding
Meet the New Windows Azure
What does Windows Azure Web Sites bring to Microsoft’s cloud?
Microsoft Moves to Level the Cloud Platform Playing Field | Forrester Blogs
Announcing New Windows Azure Services to Deliver “Hybrid Cloud”
Windows Azure’s spring fling: Linux comes to Microsoft’s cloud
SQL Azure Connection Management Wiki Updated with Throttling and Long Transactio…
MSDN Magazine June 2012: Using Windows Azure Service Bus for … Things!

Rackspace
Introducing Rackspace Cloud Backup: File-Based, Integrated Backup For Cloud Serv…
Moving To The Cloud – Internal Business Considerations
Cloud IT And Business Alignment: Building An Enterprise Services Architecture Fo…
Is Your Cloud Storage Stuck In A Proprietary Platform?

Salesforce
Salesforce Buys Buddy Media: Not a Shocker

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