Nonstop cloud computing price war: Amazon, Google both drop rates again

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Google Grim Reaper: The latest killed projects "Tsunami" of bandwidth demand pushes IEEE 400G Ethernet standards process Network World Daily News AM April 07, 2013 Share this email Nonstop cloud computing price war: Amazon, Google both drop rates again Just as industry watchers have predicted, the race to the bottom for cloud computing prices continues. READ MORE   Google Grim Reaper: The latest killed projects The grimmest project, app, and API garrotes from Google's past eight reapings READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CITE Conference Is your IT consumerization journey on track? Embracing consumer technologies for business advantage is a journey. Take the first crucial step at Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) June 2-4, 2013 in San Francisco. Come Sunday for "The Consumerization Journey: A Readiness Assessment Workshop" led by Doug Neal and Jim Ginsburgh of CSC Leading Edge Forum. 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