Pearl and Rapportive – Helping Email Become the Killer App (Again)
A couple of weeks ago when I posted about the launch of the Google Apps Marketplace, I mentioned Appirio’s “PS Connect” offering that embedded contextual data from Appirio, within Gmail. At the time it was an interesting offering, but didn’t garner much attention given the noise that was building around the Marketplace itself. The other [...]
Azure Targets Facebook Developers
Image by sbisson via Flickr When Microsoft announced the commercial availability of Windows Azure during last year’s PDC, some of the companies they showcased were more of Web 2.0-ish than any enterprise scale. Even though companies from Web 2.0 and beyond were not using Microsoft technologies, it is a huge market for Microsoft to ignore. [...]
HubCast – Ponoko for Printing ;-)
Coming from a manufacturing background, and having an understanding of the pressures and imperatives facing manufacturing, I’ve long been excited by Ponoko’s attempts (more on ‘em here) to reinvent manufacturing. The other day I received a note from HubCast who’s seeking to do something similar for printing. According to their PR. HubCast: changes the way [...]
StrataScale Unveils New Cloud and Hybrid Solutions
Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Automated Managed Hosting, and Hybrid Hosting Services to be Available 24/7 through Easy-to-use Storefront The launches are coming thick and fast at Cloud Connect here in Santa Clara. StrataScale is right now announcing the addition of three new cloud offerings. In addition to its physical Automated Managed Hosting service, StrataScale has [...]
Appistry Introduces CloudIQ Storage for Data-Centric Applications
It’s Cloud Connect week – which means that every Cloud vendor under the sun is launching new products or services. Not wanting to be left out, Appistry today announced the availability for beta testing of Appistry CloudIQ Storage. CloudIQ Storage is a play for data intensive applications in the cloud – beta clients are running [...]
Is Crowdsourcing Disrupting the Design Industry?
This is an issue that I simply cannot wrap my head around. Spec work appears in the design field infinitely more times than any other industry. It absolutely floors me that people think that it is even remotely ethical to build their businesses by tearing down ours. Mark Hemmis’s comment on AIGA policy statement on [...]
10 things to think about with Cloud Computing and Forensics
I was recently invited to write the first chapter of an upcoming book about cloud computing and computer/network forensics. While I am excited about being published, and of course you should go buy the book when it comes out Cloud Computing forensics needs to have a wider discussion in the information security field, as there [...]
Uh Oh – the Google Apps Marketplace is Failing Me
Exciting news yesterday that the Google Apps Marketplace was launching – this morning I thought I’d give it a whirl but… To quote Homer Simpson… Doh!
How to make a graphically rich web site search engine friendly
Some folks might know that we started our own ebook publishing company and the big announcement will be at Emerald City Comic Con on the 13th of March 2010. What has been interesting though is as we have been busy building the web site, we are working a lot with Google Web Master tools, guidelines, [...]
2010 – The Year of the Cloud (or something)
I kind of thought we were a little for “10 things to watch for in 2010” type posts but it seems ChannelWeb doesn’t think so and have compiled a list of somewhat conflicting Cloud prophesies for 2010 from some of the clouderati. So without any further ado – let’s hear what them-that-know predict will happen [...]
NetSuite Brings VARs Some More Love
NetSuite is this morning announcing a new reseller program that is aimed at converting VARs currently dealing with on-premise products, and fearful of the revenue implications of a move to cloud applications, to come on board as a NetSuite reseller. As background, NetSuite currently has around 200 partner companies that are receiving margin throughout the [...]
Skytap Matures Into A Cloud Automation Provider
Image via CrunchBase Skytap, the Seattle based lab cloud automation provider, has announced powerful network automation capabilities in the cloud. Skytap is one of the hot companies in the enterprise cloud space (see my previous coverage here and here). I have been following them closely and I have often wondered about their [...]
CloudCamp Auckland – First of Many
Last week I ran the first of a lengthy series of Australasian CloudCamps – this one was in Auckland, New Zealand. When I first started telling people that I was running the events, I was pretty stunned at the buy-in: both from potential sponsors and from attendees. It seems that 2010 is going to be [...]
On Paywalls, Search and the Risk of Irrelevance
So AccMan (Dennis Howlett) has decided to go down a monetization route, in addition to being funded by a vendor content widget, he’s looking at monetizing by charging for a small percentage of “premium content”. It’s an interesting move and one that has been used by a number of traditional print publications for their online properties. [...]
Cloud Connect – Discount Registration
I’ll be attending Cloud Connect next month as will Krish – we’re looking forward to being part of the mass cloud pundits gathering – already the agenda looks awesome. The organizers have offered us the opportunity to give readers a 30% discount off the registration price. Just use code CNJRCC12 at the Cloud Connect website. [...]
