Posts Tagged ‘cloud’

Will Microsoft Crumble In The New Era Of Tech Threats?

Recently, numerous posts have been found on the web heralding the end of Microsoft, in a world where cloud-based initiatives are gaining traction, and Microsoft is seen as not grokking the cloud. One of the more visible of these arguments came from Marc Benioff , Salesforce.com’s outspoken chairman and CEO, who was previously a top executive at Oracle

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Will Microsoft Crumble In The New Era Of Tech Threats?

Are Google’s Productivity Apps Really Competitive With Microsoft’s?

Today, in a piece called ” Google-Microsoft rivalry comes down to clouds or software ,”  ZDNet’s Dana Blankenhorn considers the specific advantages that Google and Microsoft have relative to each other.

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Are Google’s Productivity Apps Really Competitive With Microsoft’s?

Why IBM’s New Cloud Lab Is A Good Idea

Just the other day, we discussed the fact that while there are many open source initiatives surrounding cloud computing, there may need to be significant investments in infrastructure for them to have much of an impact. Organizations such as the Open Cloud Initiative and the Open Cloud Consortium have made efforts in this area, but deep pockets are probably required

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What’s Needed For Open Source Cloud Computing to Succeed?

When will open source cloud computing solutions truly compete with Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other proprietary players in the cloud?

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What’s Needed For Open Source Cloud Computing to Succeed?

What is Open Cloud?

I’ve read a big of angst about cloud lock-in, a lot of weed pulling in the form of interoperability standards for the cloud, and a manifesto or two about ‘Open Cloud’. And in between, I’ve seen lots of interesting new tools for cloud computing, and lots of narratives about how the tools, combined with the formalization of use cases, pave the way for open clouds

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What is Open Cloud?