As the name suggests, this is a balance between personal computing, with local applications, and web-based cloud computing.

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As I mentioned above there is little doubt that demand is growing for those network and computer security companies as consumers and businesses both embrace things like bring your own device (BYOD), cloud and web based computing and the shift from PCs to tablets.

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GigaSpaces provides a commercial alternative that has also won fans among some Web, cloud computing and online gaming firms, as well as financial services and telecom players with very large data analysis problems.

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