New and noteworthy for 1/6/08

By Ben Gross
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Genentech takes a chance on ‘cloud computing’: This Associated Press piece by Michael Liedtke talks about Genentech’s move to Google Apps for its email and some office suite applications. Genentech migrated more than 16,000 users to Google’s hosted service after extensive testing. The company will continue to license Microsoft Office and offers its employees the ability to use both Google’s and Microsoft’s Office suites.

How to use Facebook to be more productive: TechRadar UK has an overview of the uses for Facebook in a business setting. The article discusses using Facebook for collaboration, connectivity to Outlook and privacy considerations for workplace settings as well as mixing personal and professional information.

Cable Cuts Disrupt Internet in Middle East and India, Again: TeleGeography provides a brief overview of the damaged undersea cables that caused major interruptions in the flow of internet traffic around the world, especially in the Middle East and India.

Published January 6, 2009