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- Cloud Computing
- (1) Running applications in an Internet server or downloading the software from the Internet each time it is used. The phrase "in the cloud" may refer to a company's...
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- Microsoft's weakest cloud link: The Windows Azure Console?
- It's just one early user's opinion, but it sounds like Microsoft needs to beef up the integrated console component of Windows Azure to keep its cloud-computing customers happy. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Console, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- Is cloud computing hype, or something riskier?
- Beware not only the cloud hype, but also overreaching by cloud vendors that may cause crashes over the coming year. by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Cloud, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Managed Hosting, Smb/Sme, Podcasts, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Staffing, Human Capital Management, Hardware, Internet, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- "Cloud computing": What is it exactly?
- Wall Street Journal comments on cloud computing by Dan Kusnetzky
- Tags: Cloud Codex, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- Maze 2.0: Differentiating Business Value from Fashions
- There's always a bewildering maze of terms and trends in the technology world: like the entertainment industry, the million dollar question is which ones will wind up meaning anything, which will be one hit wonders and which ones will stick and sustain. For many people of...
- Tags: Movement, Government 2.0, Web 2.0, Knowledge Management, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Channel Management, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2010-02-07
- SAP: Apotheker gone, co-CEO's appointed
- In a tightly worded press release, SAP has announced that Leo Apotheker has resigned as CEO with immediate effect: "The SAP Executive Board, in agreement with the SAP Supervisory Board, has appointed two Co-CEOs: Bill McDermott, head of field organization and Jim Hagemann Snabe, head of product development, both...
- Tags: Board, SAP AG, Leo, Corporate Governance, Product Development, Sales Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Research & Development, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2010-02-07
- Microsoft, NSF team to provide research in the cloud
- Microsoft and the National Science Foundation announced on February 4 that they are teaming to provide NSF-selected researchers with free cloud computing resources built around Microsoft's Windows Azure public-cloud operating system. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Team, National Science Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2010-02-04
- IBM to design cloud computing network for Air Force
- IBM will unveil advanced cybersecurity and analytics technology as part of a 10-month project to design and demonstrate secure cloud computing infrastructure for the Air Force. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Network, Analytics, Air Force, IBM Corp., Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Financial Planning, Virtualization, Security, Finance, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2010-02-04
- CERN’s evolution toward cloud computing could portend next revolution in extreme IT productivity
- Track the evolution of high-performance computing HPC from clusters to cloud models through the eyes of CERN, with analysis from IDC and technical thought leadership from Platform Computing. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: CERN, Information Technology, Platform Computing Inc., Resource, Grid, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2010-02-03
- The Open Group's Cloud Work Group advances understanding of cloud-use benefits for enterprises
- Qe examine the evolution of cloud, how businesses are grappling with that, and how they can learn to best exploit cloud-computing benefits, while fully understanding and controlling the risks. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Security, The Open Group, Environment, Benefit, Work Group, Cloud Architecture Group, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Podcasts, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Hardware, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2010-02-02
- 3 years of lost work (and a music collection) boil down to six DVD's
- A lesson most people have to learn.BTW, on my planet we have Time Machine.But that doesn't work......if your hard drive is completely fried.That's why you need an external driveIt does if your backup is to an external driveas it should be. Simply replace the drive and then you can...
- Tags: Backups, Consumer electronics, backup, DVD, hard drive, SyncToy, server
- Discussion threads 2010-02-01
- Microsoft's Azure cloud is officially open for business
- Live Mesh is not running on AzureHi MJ,Live Mesh is NOT running on Azure. I'm puzzled as to why you think that it is.Wonderful day to be alive...We deployed our first official Azure application last night. My rep came over and put out a full spread of pizza and Retro...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, ROI/TCO, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure, Live Mesh
- Discussion threads 2010-02-01
- Microsoft's Azure cloud is officially open for business
- As of February 1, Microsoft officially jumps into the cloud-computing frey and now is charging customers for developing and running apps in its Azure cloud. Microsoft is counting on developers and customers wanting a mostly familiar operating environment, middleware and development infrastructure whether they are writing apps that can run...
- Tags: Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, Databases, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2010-02-01
- Dumping my laptop for...a server?
- RE: Dumping my laptop for...a server?This is exactly what I said in my comment to Kindle v. iPad. It is all about the cloud. Laptops are going away. Simple pads/tablets are the future. This is why the iPad is going to succeed. It just needs a camera, proj and phone...
- Tags: Servers, Backups, laptop computer, server, Chrome OS, Chrome, FreeNX
- Discussion threads 2010-02-01
- Dumping my laptop for...a server?
- I'm not sure if anyone noticed, but Apple released a new product last week. The i-something-or-other. The meager media coverage, despite it's generally low-key nature, did give me pause, though. While the iPad (yes, my tongue is now dislodged from my cheek) doesn't hold a lot of...
- Tags: Basement, Laptop Computer, Cloud, iPad, Notebooks, Servers, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2010-02-01
- (The iPad effect: E-readers in jeopardy)
- The iPad will force Kindle DX prices down ...... but, for the consumer who may not be computer literate, the $259 Kindle is a great deal more attractive as an eBook reader than the $499 iPad. For the iPad to have equivalent 3G store access, it will cost you...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, E-books & E-readers, e-Ink, e-reader, iPad, eBook Reader, multimedia
- Discussion threads 2010-01-29
- Microsoft's cloud is hiccuping. Has anyone even noticed?
- So have alot of other's, tooit could just be that we now accept that as the norm anymore, and only people like you really care enough to comment, because that's what your paid to do?Or paid not to? Hmmmmm...Microsoft has a cloud?... ntntRE: Microsoft's cloud is hiccuping. Has anyone even...
- Tags: cloud computing, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2010-01-29
- Mimecast's $21m shows strength of SaaS in Europe
- Global SaaS adoptionGreat article and nice job highlighting an important trend. I would go one step farther and suggest that SaaS has enabled very powerful global expansion on both sides of the Atlantic as companies seek out high quality solutions and have the confidence to rely on the globla...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, Mimecast, software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2010-01-29
- BMC Software poised to cash in on hybrid data centers
- BMC Software's second quarter results illustrated that IT spending is rebounding and its strategy to focus on hybrid IT environments ranging from mainframe management to SaaS to cloud computing is set to payoff. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Data Center, It Management, It service Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2010-01-28
- Live Webcast: Geek Out on the Best Practices of a Google Apps Deployment
- You geeked out with us on the technical details of a Google Apps migration. Our three Google Apps deployment specialists return with a new motto: Go Big Bang or Go Home. Yes, the traditional IT approach for deployment is usually a gradual, phased migration of hardware, software,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Webcast, Best Practice, Cloud Computing
- Webcasts 2010-01-28
- SOA and cloud by the numbers: what the data tells us so far
- Ten data points show interest and caution toward SOA and cloud computing by Joe McKendrick
- Tags: Cloud Computing, SOA, Survey, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2010-01-27
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