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May 25, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 21
COVER: The drug industry is among the first to exportdata storage and processing to servers of companies thatoffer time on huge, dispersed computer infrastructuresreferred to collectively as �the cloud.�
Volume 87, Issue 21
CLOUD COMPUTING
With in-house information technology burdened to the breaking point, the traditionally conservative drug industry is putting cloud computing to the test
COVER: The drug industry is among the first to exportdata storage and processing to servers of companies thatoffer time on huge, dispersed computer infrastructuresreferred to collectively as �the cloud.�
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May 25, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 21
May 25, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 21
With in-house information technology burdened to the breaking point, the traditionally conservative drug industry is putting cloud computing to the test
(pp. 10-14)
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