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Featured Articles » Google Announces General Availability of Cloud Dataflow for Cloud Platform Google announced some big news concerning its cloud platform this week, removing the beta label from its Cloud Dataflow offering and making it generally available to users of Google Cloud Platform. As a value-added service, Cloud Dataflow is designed to help streamline large-scale cluster management and optimization. » Goodbye to Premise-based Contact Center Solutions Reformulated for the Cloud With the explosive growth of the cloud contact center industry -- between 2008 and 2012, the cloud market grew by some 224 percent and shows no signs of slowing down - it would be an easy assumption to make that nearly all contact centers are operating in the cloud. While growth is impressive, this isn't true. According to research from DMG, by the end of 2015, only about 18 percent of contact center seats will be delivered by cloud-based contact center infrastructure providers. This means the industry has strong room to grow. » Services in a Cloud World: Identity Crisis or Opportunity? While the Cloud and its impact on the technology industry is written about frequently, often overlooked is its impact on the Professional Services (PS) businesses of technology companies. Traditionally representing 20 percent or more of software companies' total revenue, PS has been a key contributor to financial performance as well as a key service to assist customers in adopting, integrating, and implementing software technology and updated business processes. In the world of the cloud, the role of PS is increasingly playing an integral role in defining the customer experience and driving overall enterprise growth. » Building the Office of the Future Not too long ago, I used to imagine the future of the modern office, wondering what it might be like to work away from my desk. Of course, at that time, cell phones were still cumbersome and rudimentary and the concept of a smartphone was just something out of science fiction. s Top Stories » Hootsuite and IBM Deepen Partnership with Migration of App Directory to IBM Cloud IaaS » From Pilot to Production: Getting High Performance Private Clouds off the Ground » Teamwork Retail to Incorporate Epson Receipt Printers in Cloud POS Solutions » ADTRAN Talks About the Benefits and Use Cases of Wi-Fi ProCloud Service TMCnet Free Premium Content » The Case For A Cloud Access Security Broker » Cover Your SaaS: Protecting Information Assets in the Cloud » Deliver Superior User Experiences With A Cloud-Based DNS Service Featured Channels » Cloud Computing - Columns » Cloud Computing - Features » Cloud Contact Center - Cloud Contact Center Advertise With Us General advertising Info: Click here Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.     RESOURCES   Whitepapers Publications Videos Events Webinars Blogs Free eNewsletters

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