Google hopes that this openness will encourage the wide adoption of the Wave protocols, while also ensuring that the Wave platform does not become fossilised and unable to move with the times, as happened to e-mail.

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Like a bad remake of a Brothers Grimm fairytale, it seemed like the ugly sisters had gotten the message from the magic mirror that they were not the fairest in the land, and had decided to brew some potions, wave a few wands and declare themselves most attractive cloud IaaS platform.

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This is leading to a new wave of cyber innovation, one in which security is an integral part of the computing platform from the get-go.

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