The most ambitious feature is cloud-aware applications.

FORBES: The Battle For The Clouds

Cloud-aware apps add another layer of complexity.

FORBES: The Battle For The Clouds

After entering into a merger agreement with Drobo yesterday, the company's just announced Transporter v2.0 -- the latest software for its cloud-aware NAS. To jog your memory, Transporter is a device that lets you share data online, Dropbox-style, without a subscription fee.

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While some of these elements are knowingly outsourced by the companies involved, many are services which the parent website may not be aware are cloud-based.

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The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure at the convergence of the cloud and connectivity, creating seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for a connected world.

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Location-aware smartphones and inexpensive digital memory storage in the "cloud" of the Internet make the transition possible and inevitable.

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