The results of this survey demonstrate that the implications for cloud computing reach far beyond the walls of IT departments, and into corporate C-suites and boardrooms.

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Throughout the ordeal, Al Jazeera effectively leveraged the power of the cloud to stay on the air and scale its reach and performance.

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It extends the reach of Preva Personal Accounts beyond Precor 880 cardio equipment, and syncs all data in the cloud for anytime, anywhere access.

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Today, there is a whole new generation growing up which has been inspired to further the reach of technology and development, to stretch the boundaries of possibility, by the prowess of the cloud.

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Highton explained that the cloud columns we were seeing can reach 8 to 10km high and are classic formations associated with lightning.

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This has created a situation at some companies where entire departments have provisioned cloud services that fall outside the reach of IT governance, creating huge potential risks to the security of company and customer information.

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According to Cisco, the global cloud traffic will grow at an annual rate of 45% and reach 4.3 zetabytes by 2016, while global data center traffic will grow to 6.6 zetabytes.

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Goldman Sachs reckons that FCPA violations typically cast a three-year cloud over a company under investigation, and that the overall cost can reach 9% of profits before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation over that period.

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