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The essential properties of their services are</p> <UL> <LI>software as a service &ndash; applications are delivered over the Internet,</LI> <LI>significant cost savings because resources in massive warehouse-sized data centres are pooled at scale, built from low-cost commodity chips and disks, and share the overhead of cooling, refrigeration, physical security, and backup power</LI> <LI>presented as a utility with a matching business model, namely pay-per-use, and</LI> <LI>a new data-parallel programming framework</LI> <BR> For more info see <a href="http://www.cloudinnovation.com.au/">www.cloudinnovation.com.au</a> </UL> <p><br> </p> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="57593F">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td bgcolor="57593F">&nbsp;</td> <td><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="540"> <tbody><tr> <td><p class="style4" align="center"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="BottomLinks" --><a href="index.html">home</a> . <a href="leadership.html">leadership</a> . <a href="clients.html">clients</a> . <a href="publications.html">publications</a> . <a href="workshops.html">workshops</a> . <a href="practice.html">practice</a> . <a href="biography.html">biography</a> . <a href="contact-us.html">contact us</a><!-- InstanceEndEditable --><br> <br> Email: <a href="mailto:mudge@pacific-challenge.com">mudge@pacific-challenge.com</a><br> Phone: United States: (650) 224 2111 Australia: 0417 679 266 <br> &copy; 2011 Pacific Challenge Innovation Leadership</p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </body><!-- InstanceEnd --></html>