China’s Alibaba Establishes Fund to Develop Ecosystem in Support of Cloud OS The iPhone is the defining consumer product of the 2000s. In addition to its sleek design and captivating functionality, one of the major reasons it reached such heights of popularity was the creation of an ecosystem of third-part applications that greatly enhanced what value an iPhone could deliver. These iPhone Apps, as they came to be called, developed into a USP for the product itself. This phenomenon of an ecosystem encouraging adoption of a product or technology is not new. Consider the VHS-Betamax War of the 1970s fought
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by cloudtweaks on August 15, 2011
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Google Pushes Mobile Cloud Industry, Acquires Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion In Cash Aug 15, 2011 (Reuters) – Google Inc (GOOG.O) said it will buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (MMI.N) for about $12.5 billion in cash in a move to bolster the adoption of its Android mobile phone software. Google said it would pay $40 per share, a 63 percent premium to Motorola Mobility’s Friday close on the New York Stock Exchange. Motorola Mobility shares jumped 59 percent in premarket trade on Monday. Google, maker of the Android mobile phone operating system software, has been forging ahead in the smartphone
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by Anuradha on August 10, 2011
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State of Wyoming Migrates to Google Cloud with PC Helps The State of Wyoming is migrating to Google’s cloud-based email messaging and collaboration system designed specifically for Government agencies. Migration to Google Apps for Government is supported by PC Helps, a provider of 24/7, expert, on-demand support for the core office software applications and mobile devices used by corporate employees. PC Helps is offering a 24/7 phone support service for 10,000 end-users in order to ease the transition to the new system and meet the demand of end-users building familiarity with Google Apps. In addition, PC Helps is also absorbing
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by Anuradha on July 5, 2011
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OfficeXta Cloud Platform Available on Google OfficeXta, a cloud-based social enterprise platform, is now available to businesses that use Google Apps, Google Chrome Webstore and Google Chromebook Laptops. This enterprise collaborative platform allows employees to collaborate with co-workers, business partners and customers in real-time over the OfficeXta Social Business Network platform. Enterprise collaboration is essential for organizational productivity and OfficeXta claims that its platform has what it takes to address all the collaboration needs of businesses. This platform serves as a collaboration hub for those businesses that want additional productivity and results. In addition to establishing streamlined communication between company
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by cloudtweaks on June 18, 2011
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Secure Cloud Bundle Launched on the Google Apps Marketplace CloudLock, Backupify, and LTech have teamed on introducing the Secure Cloud Bundle on the Google Apps. The partners say that this collection of products has been designed to enhance data security, backup and IT administration for companies using Google Apps. “The decision to partner with CloudLock and LTech on this Secure Cloud bundle for the Google Apps Marketplace was a no brainer. The partnership teams three complementary and critical solutions to further enhance the security and functionality of Google Apps for the entire ecosystem,” said Rob May, CEO and co-founder of
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by sourya on June 1, 2011
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Where Does The Chromebook Fit In The Cloud Computing World? If you are a technophile, you must have heard about Google’s Chromebook launch on June 15 this year. Even if you haven’t, here’s the lowdown: On June 15, 2011, search engine giant Google will attempt to revolutionize the personal computing world through the launch of its mobile device called the Chromebook running on Google’s Chrome Operating System (OS). The Chromebook is a netbook that will occupy a niche between a pure cloud client and a traditional laptop, and represents a vision of doing away with traditional software for personal use
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by cloudtweaks on May 31, 2011
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Google Cloud Print Google has been working feverishly in terms of putting together their new service which offers remote cloud based printing capacities anywhere in the world. “Does Google Cloud Print only work in Chrome and/or Chrome OS?” Any app can use Google Cloud Print. When a web app uses Google Cloud Print, it should just work in any browser on any device. Browsers themselves can also use Google Cloud Print. For example, the version of Chrome in Chrome OS will use Google Cloud Print for printing web pages. A cloud print proxy will be included in Chrome to enable
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by cloudtweaks on May 24, 2011
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Working Together to Deliver the Cloud If you had any notion of not taking the cloud seriously for your business, your assumptions will certainly be challenged this year. This week alone has seen two significant developments that have boosted the visibility (if not the viability) of the cloud. First, there was Microsoft’s purchase of Internet telephony company Skype for $8.5 billion. There is a lot of speculation on whether this was a good business move for Microsoft, but regardless of how it turns out, it’s clear that Microsoft is betting big on the cloud as platform instead of Windows exclusively.
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