Retreating from the cloud: Why its silver lining may be losing its lustre

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The Cloud Revolution August 25, 2014 Editor of this Newsletter Mary Weilage | Senior Editor | @TechRepublic Mary Weilage is a Senior Editor for the CBS Interactive site TechRepublic. Retreating from the cloud: Why its silver lining may be losing its lustre A number of businesses are choosing not to put their data in the cloud. The leader of an open-source project to allow firms to build a Dropbox alternative on their own servers discusses why hype about cloud services is failing to meet reality. Resource of the day Live Webcast: How to Solve Complex Revenue Management Challenges Learn how you can deploy best-of-breed revenue management solutions that drive scalable, proactive processes. Join us for this live, interactive webcast featuring CBS Interactive's Featured Contributor Bill Kleyman and Intacct's Cloud Financials Strategist Mark Gervase. Additional TechRepublic resources Microsoft details plan to move its workload into Azure cloud Rackspace doubles down on the managed cloud and VMware Cold storage meets big data: Run low-cost analytics in the public cloud Pro tip: Improve pageload times with pngcrush Akamai's State of the Internet report highlights strengths and challenges in connectivity Today's recommended downloads A New Approach to Endpoint Data Protection (Druva Software) Web Application Firewalls: 2014 Magic Quadrant (Imperva) Best Practices to Avoid Common Audit Pitfalls (Intacct) The 2015 Buyer's Guide to Accounting and Financial Software (Intacct) 7 Elements of Radically Simple OS Migration (Druva Software) Connect with TechRepublic A Special Feature from TechRepublic and ZDNet 3D Printing: Building the Future When you look at the industries that 3D printing is destined to disrupt in the future, the list is long and distinguished. Here is our take on the state of 3D printing, the ways companies are using it today, and how it's going to revolutionize the future of business. TechRepublic newsletters Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Data Center Information Security Visit the Subscription Center to get other free newsletters, manage your account settings or to be removed from TechRepublic communications. The e-mail address for your subscription is habib2best@gmail.com. Unsubscribe | Send Feedback | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy Copyright 2014 CBS Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc. TechRepublic 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.