Many companies take the position that cloud computing is much the same as traditional computing, and that their existing teams and skillsets will suffice.

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Indeed, both Tom Davis, head of government affairs for consulting firm Deloitte, and Scott Charney, head of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing division were offered the position and turned it down.

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The deal would improve HP's position in key markets such as storage and high-end computing, as well as the economics of its PC business.

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Recognising that much of the innovation is now in the mobile computing area, Lenovo has been building a strong position in China's smartphone and tablet market, and is now moving into other territories.

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The firsthand experience of working on the system will also better position Rensselaer students as future leaders in the areas of Big Data, analytics, and cognitive computing.

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These transactions and related strategic agreements will enable both companies to better align their current and future product development efforts and roadmaps, accelerate time-to-market for new products and position the companies to better address rapidly evolving opportunities in markets including, but not limited to, mobile computing, cloud computing and solid state storage.

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Krim thinks consumer computing will continue to become more Web-application centric, and he wants to put Jolicloud in a position to take a cut.

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