From pppm at timchambersusa.com Sun Aug 4 21:45:08 2013 From: pppm at timchambersusa.com (Tim Chambers) Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 22:45:08 -0600 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] Fwd: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly In-Reply-To: <1375656822.19027.0.107444@post.oreilly.com> References: <1375656822.19027.0.107444@post.oreilly.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Marsee Henon & Jon Johns* Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013 Subject: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly To: pppm at timchambersusa.com ** View in browser. Forward this announcement to a friend [image: O'Reilly User Group Newsletter] Hello, Looking for an explanation of the confusion between core cloud technology vs. cloud-powered apps like Gmail, Dropbox, etc.? Interested in real-life PaaS case studies and mobile apps on PaaS? Download a free copyof the new book *Programming for PaaS*, courtesy of Savvis, a CenturyLink company. 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