Virtualization And Cloud Computing – Cisco's Perspective
Here at Cloud Ave, we highlight the perspectives of many different players in the Cloud Computing space. As a part of this tradition, I would like to share Cisco’s perspective on the Virtualization and Cloud Computing. Here, Glenn Dasmalchi from Cisco explains the difference between the two and about their vision of cloud computing that [...]
The 10 Best, Must Watch Enterprise 2.0 Videos/Presentations of the Month
Enterprise 2.0 is creating a blizzard of opportunities for internal corporate E2.0 champions, but many are facing huge roadblocks in executive support and financial approval. The best way to get support and approval (besides a clear and certain ROI) is to point to the success of others. Witness Adidas, for they have changed the corporate [...]
Video Interview with SAP’s John Schwartz
host Scott McGrew, TechCrunch’s Sarah Lacy and Fortune’s Jon Fortt interview SAP Executive Board Member John Schwartz in this two-part video. Schwartz came to SAP through their acquisition of Business Objects, and unlike many acquisitions where the “assimilated” CEO gets slowly marginalized, this one seems to have worked well. In fact John Schwartz is becoming [...]
What is Windows Azure
Here is a neat video that explains the basics of Windows Azure very well. Check it out. Video: What is Windows Azure?
Do Not Copy That Floppy – Version Two Surfaces
One of the hall mark anti-piracy ads from the 1980’s was “Don’t Copy that Floppy” sung by MC Double Def DP (data protection). While copying programs, movies and music has exponentially grown from its humble floppy disk beginnings the SIIA (Software & Information Industry Alliance) has also stated a word of mouth campaign, reintroducing DP [...]
Future Of Web Video Services Doomed?
Seesmic, a video chat service startup which gained some prominence due to its founder’s “friendship” with A-List bloggers, appears to be shifting its focus from video to compete in the Twitter ecosystem. They have almost removed any signs of video service from their homepage except for a link to the service through a subdomain. This [...]
A Curmudgeon with a Cause
Image via Wikipedia James Dean famously starred in the 1955 move “A Rebel with a Cause”. I’m no rebel but I do pride myself on being something of a curmudgeon from time to time, always keen to (hopefully) talk some sense amongst the evangelism that seems to typify our industry. Visiting the recent Web 2.0 [...]
Friday Fun – It's Cloud Computing Song
It’s Cloud Computing is a parody of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” by ‘Loose’ Bruce Kerr, Assistant General Counsel for Sun Microsystems. In this song, he gives a neat introduction to Cloud Computing. It is real fun. Check it out.
Living In The Clouds – Streamincloud.com
Image via Wikipedia In this edition of Living in the Cloud Series, I am going to discuss a way in which video can be streamed using Amazon S3 and Cloudfront. We already have services like Youtube and Vimeo for streaming video on Clouds. However, they are more than streaming video and they also serve as [...]
Video: Magnolia Data Loss And Lessons Learnt
In this edition of Citizen Garden podcast, Chris Messina and Larry Halff talk about the Magnolia data loss and how they could have avoided such a disaster. Check out the video here. Citizen Garden Episode 11: Whither Ma.gnolia? from Larry Halff on Vimeo. Chris Messina clearly identifies how Ma.gnolia could have avoided this. Today, with [...]
Video On "Above The Clouds: A Berkeley View Of Cloud Computing"
On our post on Friday, we pointed out to a paper from the University of Berkeley titled Above The Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing. Here is a video on the same topic from the Berkeley team. I thought I was the only one who didn’t like the tone of the paper. It appears [...]
Recruiting by Video. Some Get It, Others Just Pretend
Since I just wrote a piece on how your Social Media participation is your new Resume, it’s only appropriate to look at the hiring side, on a lighter note this time. Both myself and Ben picked on a cool video produced as a side-project for Atlassian’s FedEx Day, which I’m sure becomes a perfect recruiting [...]
