Cloud computing news digest – 19 Dec 2011

Salesforce.com to acquire human resources SaaS provider Rypple ow.ly/83Ce2

Prezi allows the creation of easy to understand presentations that are a great alternative to PowerPoint presentations and they can be embedded in web pages. They need to be seen to understand how they work; we’ve embedded one on our cloud consultancy services page. Prezi has just acquired more funding for expansion ow.ly/80goN

Here’s a quick round up of HTML5 mobile application frameworks from GlobalLogic Blogs ow.ly/80gab

AWS has added SMTP support for Amazon Simple Email Service ow.ly/7ZfH0

LinkedIn describes how it moved from from Java Server Pages to dust.js Javascript client-side templates ow.ly/7YVv3

Iron Foundry, .NET framework support for Cloud Foundry from Tier 3 ow.ly/7YSO7

Tips for organisations migrating to the cloud from Rackspace ow.ly/7YSGk

The official Node.js web site gets a makeover as Node.js makes its way towards a full release ow.ly/7Xyf4

Data is the new gold according to Vice-President of the European Commission ow.ly/7XxGH

The European Commission launches a campaign for open data to boost growth ow.ly/7XxBy

Ember.js formerly Amber.js formerly SproutCore 2.0 settles upon a name ow.ly/7XwWy

Cloud performance testing specialist SOASTA raises $12 Million ow.ly/7XwPJ

Windows Azure SDK for Node.js ow.ly/7XwL4

Using jQuery UI in Sharepoint 2010 ow.ly/7X2F1