Here’s a very informative article by Max Coburn and Margaret Dawson of Hubspan which summarizes a presentation that will be given at Cloud Expo later this month, Which “aaS” Is Right for You?. Check out the complete source article for much more, including a brief synopsis of current aaS variants, when you should consider them, and what the future might hold for this technology.
Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category
Using “aaS” To Achieve Business And IT Alignment
Thursday, April 8th, 2010Modernizing Your Data Center With Cloud Computing
Thursday, March 25th, 2010There is a huge debate going on about private clouds and whether they are really clouds or just a buzzword for modern day on-premise data-centers. An article called Are Private Clouds Hogwash? does a great job of capturing the debate that has been raging on for over a year now.
Creating Mini Knowledge Services In The Enterprise
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Here is an interesting idea. Marc Andersen, my former Renaissance colleague, posted recently on his blog on applying “product service systems” to corporate environments. He was inspired by a Boston Globe article, The Leased Life, on how people should share products across their communities. Many people purchased tools and other things they rarely use, causing an unnecessary strain on their budgets and the environment. The globe reported that this has been recognized and Web sites have started to facilitate these transactions. This is another example of the potential of Web 2.0.
Cyberattacks Could Potentially Cripple The US Infrastructure
Thursday, February 25th, 2010I imagine the most stressful IT jobs in the country can be found with the US government. Always dealing with cyberattacks and reinforcing the infrastructure to counter the attacks, probably seems like an endless cycle. It’s a cycle which is needed to keep the US’s network safe.Or perhaps an impending catastrophic cyber event is inevitable.
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The Unified Communication Ecosystem And The Integration
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Having chaired for two years the open source telephony sessions at the VON Europe conference and at the Broadband Business Forum, I am sorry I missed the last event recently held in Rome. I asked Diego Gosmar - Marketing Director at Xenialab and frequent speaker at these events - to share his vision about the present and the future of hybrid open source communications.
Microsoft Begins To Support Open Source With Azure
Thursday, November 19th, 2009As Azure gets closer to its release date of 01 January 2010 – the biggest question is what kind of support can you get for open source systems or programs like PHP. With AWS (Amazon Web Services) you can get Linux and native PHP support, and you can do the same with Rack Space Cloud computing. Microsoft though is still focusing on the core windows systems with Azure and the Azure platform, but has added a specific series of SDK’s and modules to help Ruby, PHP and Java communicate with the Azure platform.
Azure is Microsoft’s big foray into Cloud Computing, and it is worth paying attention to not because it is novel, but that it leverages the Windows ecosystem and programmers. People will go to AWS or Rack Space because those systems exist already, making Azure a critical must win or at least get decent market share to be considered successful. One of the earliest issues I had with Azure was the lack of open source support for PHP and other systems. The release of language specific SDK’s for PHP, Ruby, Java and Eclipse helps provide support for those companies that have made the investment in something other than dot net.
Fixing Ranking Issues Caused By Webmaster Tools
Thursday, November 12th, 2009Synopsis: If your website is suffering from some dropped rankings on Google consider checking the geographic targeting in your Google Webmaster Tools site settings and read up on how to make the right selection (or not at all).
Did you know that changing your geographic target in your GWT site settings can have an impact on your rankings? The impact can be positive in one regard and negative in the other:
Understanding And Implementing SaaS
Monday, August 31st, 2009Earlier this week, I was fortunate to be teamed up as an official blogger/social media evangelist for EMERGEOUT conclave, the annual event organized by NASSCOM at N. Delhi. The theme was — The Future of Software as a Service and Cloud Computing. Dr. Sridhar Vembu, CEO - Zoho Corp. delivered the keynote wherein he shared his insights on how and why shall cloud computing change the way we do businesses.
The advent of internet (more importantly broadband), and its extensive use in day to day life gave birth to the concept called Cloud computing. Cloud computing can be described as a dynamic way of computing over the internet where the resources are virtual to the user. This concept is a boon for many Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs), for the reason that they are able to avail software and hardware services without actually having to buy or maintain the entire setup.
Adding Social Broadcasting To Your Enterprise
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Social media tools have begun to migrate from the consumer web to the business web, sometimes facing outward, sometimes focused in. Just as public-facing applications need broad appeal, enterprise tools need to be designed for a defined organizational space to be effective (see Enterprise 2.0 is not Web 2.0 nor is it an Oxymoron). With the explosion of the Twitter market, some of these new tools are designed specifically for enterprise microsharing (sometimes called microblogging and social messaging). Although Twitter can be used within an organization, it was created for the broader web and does not have the functionality that appeals to enterprise decision-makers, seeking multifaceted tools.
Gaining Better Visitor Information With Demographics Data
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009Another insightful post by the Google Analytics team today explaining how to capture demographics data into custom variables and then segment the demographics data by visits, goals, and revenue. We have highlighted a couple of the steps below: (more…)