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January 2, 2009

Cloud computing gains corporate fans

  • The big question is whether the online alternative to software can turn into a technology tsunami that sweeps Microsoft and other software industry staples into obsolescence.
    • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
    AP Technology Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — Todd Pierce recently put his job on the line.

    To meet the computing needs of 16,300 employees and contractors at Genentech Inc., Pierce took a chance and decided not to rely entirely on business software from Microsoft, IBM or another long-established supplier that would have let Genentech own the technology. Instead, Pierce decided to rent these indispensable products from Google Inc.


     
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