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Now Melbourne IT to bring cloud service out of beta.

The term “cloud” is a bit bit vague at the moment. One meaning is that the company can quickly provision server and storage services for use by large companies. Another is the hosting services for (virtual) applications.

This cloud thing, with subscription-based feeds, flexibility and use-anywhere, offers many advantages for all sorts of applications in all sorts of businesses.

For example,

• to remain competitive, MYOB launches online accounting package
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for busines to business communication by Jigsaw
• a long bow to draw but… find out How cloud computing can help a small business get out of a recession

Budget airline, Jetstar, shows that cloud computing isn’t just a fad; it runs its IT with only five staff.

The Age finds more reasons why the Cloud is good for bottom line.

Product-specific advice on 12 reasons why you should consider cloud.

No, really.

It’s very useful as this NY Times article explains: 10 Simple Google search tricks.