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Best- And Worst-Performing Cloud Computing Stocks July 28th To August 1rst And Year-To-Date

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The highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date when measured by share price gains are NetScout Systems (NASDAQ:NTCT) up 43.29%, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) up 32.41%, Zendesk (NYSE:ZEN) up 30.68%, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) up 30.01%, Fusion-IO (NYSE:FIO) up 25.87%, and Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) up 25.86%. A $10K investment in NetScout Systems shares on January 2nd of this year is worth $14,702 as of market close on August 1, leading all 55 companies in this index.

Meetings And Email Are Killing Productivity In Business

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Peter Drucker once observed that, "Much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work." Nine years after the management guru's death, his remark is truer than ever: employees often have to negotiate a mass of clutter--from bulging inboxes to endless meetings and long lists of objectives to box-tick--before they can focus on their real work. For the past 50 years manufacturers have battled successfully to streamline their factory floors and make them "lean". Today, businesses of all types need to do the same in their offices.

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