The Hypothermic Cloud Infrastructure: Maintaining the Blood Flow to Tier 1 & 2 Apps A particular sore spot since the beginning of the rise of cloud infrastructures, even the advent of utility computing is this: how do you forecast and pay for resources and justify costs for problems you don’t have yet? After all, the [...]
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Why You Should Entrust Your Software Applications And Data To The Clouds
Why You Should Entrust Your Software Applications And Data To The Clouds There are limitless possibilities in cloud computing. The system runs every software applications an ordinary computer can execute, from general word processing applications to custom-made software application. More often than not, an entity trusts its software and data to run in the clouds [...]
The Journey to the New IT: Four Key Observations
The Journey to the New IT: Four Key Observations I do not think anyone who is currently working in IT right now would disagree with me that a transformation is in progress. There would probably be a heated discussion on what that transformation is, or where it is headed, as this transformation can mean different [...]
Social Cloud: BumeBox, Real-time Social Media Events in a Big Way
Social Cloud: BumeBox, Real-time Social Media Events in a Big Way Matching the meteoric rise of social media with Cloud-based applications is BumeBox, a social media marketing startup that creates the equivalent of a big-time expo for your online fans. This helps to achieve the main online ROI goal that most online businesses are looking [...]
The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – The First Cloud App
The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – The First Cloud App By David Fletcher
How To Choose An Accounting Software For Your Small Business
How To Choose An Accounting Software For Your Small Business Every small business owner will surely want to see his/her business prosper. He/she will work hard in order to have his/her business in tip-top shape. Income and expenses will surely be tracked in order to find out if the business is still profitable. Gone are [...]
Recent Cloud Computing Team Ups – III
Recent Cloud Computing Team Ups – III This is a continuing series on cloud computing companies joining hands. As is evident from the previous articles, cloud companies are increasingly looking to join forces to better leverage their individual competencies. Today’s article features two such team-ups: Atos, EMC and VMware Three big companies – Atos (http://www.atos.net), EMC (www.emc.com) and [...]
Differences Between On-Site And Cloud Computing Accounting Software
Differences Between On-Site And Cloud Computing Accounting Software Software-as-a-service, with regards to accounting applications, simply means that accounting software is not installed in the business premises. It is run through an internet connection but still makes used of desktops, laptops, or any device which can access the internet. There are, however, basic differences between an [...]
The Cloud Aggregators Are Coming!
The Cloud Aggregators Are Coming! When we started to think about cloud aggregation at Hojoki back in 2010, cloud apps had been around for some time but were not the de facto standard in many teams like we see today. Lots of people would still search for “scrum tool download” or something similar to find [...]
What is and What Is Not SaaS
What is and What Is Not SaaS What is SaaS? Basically, SaaS stands for Software-as-a-Service. Of course, this identification of the meaning behind the individual letters will only be the tip of the iceberg in your effort to truly understand what SaaS really is. So, let us define SaaS in a more understandable manner. Basically, [...]
The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – Application Forecaster
The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – Application Forecaster By David Fletcher
Cloud Apps of the Week: PocketCloud
Cloud Apps of the Week On the lookout for the latest cloud applications worth your download? Here’s an impressive trio that will scintillate for couch potatoes on the go, literature obsessives, and the Facebook frustrated. What if you could TiVo your desktop via your mobile phone? PocketCloud from Wyse empowers its users to accomplish just [...]
Tech Child’s Play: Is the Cloud Still a Kid?
Tech Child’s Play: Is the Cloud Still a Kid? A new Information Week article, penned by well-respected expert Art Wittman, condemns cloud computing as a horny youngster still in the grips of puberty. Perhaps Wittman doesn’t attack the cloud so colorfully. But he solidly argues that, in terms of how IT people commit to its [...]
Cloud Apps Of The Week: FitDay
Cloud Apps of the Week From getting fit to finding your phone, this week’s apps are sure to prove of great use to cloud lovers throughout 2012. Take a look. Critical to dropping pounds and keeping them off is maintaining a detailed account of every single calorie. Cloud application FitDay makes such meticulous nutrition a [...]
Cloud Infographic: Cloud Service Applications
Cloud Infographic: Cloud Service Applications Interesting Infographic by ukfast.co.uk which illustrates 6 key IT environments where benefits can be applied by utilizing cloud computing. Source: ukfast.co.uk
