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Cordys used to orchestrate and integrate cloud applications for Daily Telepgraph publisher (Press Release)

Telegraph Media Group, publishers of the UK’s The Daily Telegraph will use Cordys Platform to orchestrate cloud services and applications. Cordys will be used to create processes and applications that work across applications on multiple platforms, including Google Apps and Salesforce. The platform will also be used for the creation of mashups.

Rainmaker announces B2B e-commerce SaaS platform (Press release)

E-commerce and telesales tool provider Rainmaker Systems Inc. today announced
general availability of its SaaS e-commerce platform. The offering includes rules engines, support for 41 global currencies, and multiple file delivery methods. For SaaS integration, the offering contains hundreds of independent API calls and the ability to create custom work flows.

Open clouds are easier said than done (IT Business Edge)

While a lot of the hype around cloud computing centers around easy integration between SaaS applications, take-only-what-you-need storage, and no more vendor lock-in, the reality can be quite different. For blogger Arthur Cole, it seems that a truly open cloud may be more trouble than its worth. He suggests that sticking with your own infrastructure may give you greater flexibility when you begin to incorporate software services.