Two Mega Cloud Conferences: What Google I/O and GigaOM Pro each had to Offer The cloud has finally settled after the weekend’s dual momentous occasions. Google I/O, the yearly gathering of tech heads on the West Coast of the US is finally over, with lauding and misgivings, alike. On the fringes was also a cloud computing platform that seeks similar, albeit more academic, answers than those of the former conference: GigaOM Pro’s conference. Here is an analysis of what the two disparate approaches to the fundamental world of the Internet, applications and the cloud, in general, had to offer the
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Two Mega Cloud Conferences: What Google I/O And GigaOM Pro Each Had To Offer
by John on May 20, 2013
in Cloud Computing, Computing, Google Cloud, Google OS, IT, SaaS, Social networks, Storage, Technology, Trends
Is Cloud Computing A Threat To Older Tech Companies? Part 1
by cloudtweaks on January 7, 2013
in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Microsoft, Rackspace, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends
Is Cloud Computing A Threat To Older Tech Companies? Part 1 Almost exactly a year ago, The Informational Data Corporation (IDC) made some pretty bold predictions regarding the development of a new high-tech industry in the convergence of social networking, and cloud-based computing and data storage. IDC suggested that many industry giants may scramble to maintain relevance in 2012, while some startups would gain leadership positions – part of the technology industry’s fastest transition ever. Today’s major big players may be in trouble if they don’t prepare for change. Spending on the new technologies will reach nearly $700 billion, or
Cloud Computing And Big Data
by Abdul on December 27, 2012
in Big Data, Cloud Computing, IT, Storage, Technology
Cloud Computing And Big Data The cloud is all about applications, media and information. But of the three, media seems to be the largest with applications coming in at close second, while information ranks last place. But what we are seeing in the last two years suggests that information and other data is gaining ground and will soon overtake the other two in terms of relevance, at least in the non-consumer space, the business side. Experts are calling this “Big Data” and it is all about data processing and analytics. Everything we do online from social networking to e-commerce purchases, chatting, and even simple browsing
Top 25 European Rising Stars 2012: Zyncro
by John on November 14, 2012
in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Images, IT, Lists, SaaS, Social networks, Startups, Storage, Technology, Top 10's
Top 25 European Rising Stars: Zyncro Stay Socially Zynchronized in Enterprise 2.0: Yours Zyncro Zyncro is a Spanish cloud startup, with its base in Barcelona. It has spanned its reach to seventeen other nations (with individual subscribers in a total of 27 nations) and its active fan base has reached 140,000. Its latest mark of success came during the awarding ceremony by a sponsor, EuroCloud, which places it as the most important startup extending solutions in the European cloud for the year in early October. So what could be so ‘golden’ about an entity that has just come as an
The Magic Quadrant: Social Software In The Workplace
by cloudtweaks on October 24, 2012
in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology
The Magic Quadrant: Social Software In The Workplace With the increasing interest in social software during the last years, there are some top vendors that get the buyers’ attention. According to this trend, Gartner has released its 2012 Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace. The Magic Quadrant covers vendors whose software products are used mainly within enterprises, especially by employees but also by external customers, suppliers and partners, to support work teams, communities and social networking. The evaluation criteria definitions that were considered when analyzing the quadrant are: Ability to execute: product/service; overall viability; sales execution/pricing; market responsiveness and track record; marketing execution;
The Paradox Of The Cloud
by Jake on August 30, 2012
in Backups, Cloud Computing, Computing, Mobile, Music, Storage, Technology, Trends
The Paradox Of The Cloud As I see it, the purpose of the cloud is to increase and ease our ability to access and store music. The cloud is an invisible external hard drive for us, and a perpetual playlist of music that isn’t ours but to which we can have virtually unlimited access. The theoretical convenience of such a system is undeniable. Most of us carry phones that have high speed connectivity to the internet, so it makes sense that we would store our music there rather than on the memory cards and hard drives that previously housed our
Mind The Gap – Consumerization Of Innovation
by cloudtweaks on August 21, 2012
in Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology
Mind the Gap – Consumerization of Innovation The landscape of IT innovation is changing. “Back in the day” (said in my gravelly old-man voice from my Barcalounger wearing my Netware red t-shirt) companies who were developing new technology solutions brought them to the enterprise and marketed them to the IT management stack. CIOs, CTOs and IT directors were the injection point for technology acceptance into the business. Now, that injection point has been turned into a fire hose. Think about many of the technologies we have to consider as we develop our enterprise architectures: tablets, smartphones, cloud computing, application stores,
10 Ways The Cloud Could Help Improve Our Lives
by Abdul on August 16, 2012
in Backups, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Lists, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends
10 Ways The Cloud Could Help Improve Our Lives Over the past decade, computing trends shifted towards the internet and globalization. This allowed for people across the globe to interact with each other anonymously through chat rooms and online forums. And now with the popularity of social networking, the anonymity is slowly disappearing. That is in the social aspect of computing. In the business aspect, another paradigm has grown in popularity. Because of the turbulent global economic climate, organizations are scrambling to find solutions that would help them leverage their strengths and open themselves to a wider market, a global
