By Krishnan Subramanian on September 30, 2009
During the past few days, the clouderati were busy discussing whether virtualization is a solution or part of the problem when applied to enterprise cloud computing. Christofer Hoff started off the discussion by throwing his thoughts out in the public. A lively good discussion ensued on his post and Surendra Reddy, from Yahoo, added his […]
Posted in Analysis | Tagged bloatware, cloud computing, JeOS, operating systems, virtualization |
By Zoli Erdos on October 31, 2008
Hardly a day goes by without another new Netbook announcement, at lower and lower prices. The first baby eee PC by ASUS was toy-like ( I returned it after a day), but the current crop are quite usable mobile computing devices. These new Netbooks are flying off the shelf, so much so that sometimes you […]
Posted in Analysis | Tagged acer, asus, bloatware, crapware, dell, devicevm, hp, lenovo, linux, mobility, netbooks, notebooks, online, situational computer, situational device, situational hardware, splashtop, web applications, web office, windows, winxp |
By Zoli Erdos on September 16, 2008
We can argue all we want about the benefits of SaaS, discuss hypothetical use cases at length, but the best showcases are served up by real life, often unexpectedly. A startup CEO friend asked me to take a look at his Powerpoint deck before he would send it to a VC. (Incidentally, I don’t believe […]
Posted in General | Tagged bloatware, collaboration, idc, powerpoint, ppt, presentations, saas, startups, storage, web office