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Dell Takes On Proprietary Clouds With An OpenStack Solution

Dell Takes On Proprietary Clouds With An OpenStack Solution

By Krishnan Subramanian on August 1, 2011

Last week at OSCON 2011, Dell unveiled Dell OpenStack Cloud, its OpenStack based solution to go against the likes of IBM targeting both the enterprise and service provider markets. While talking about Dell’s attempts against the unified computing efforts by IBM, Cisco, HP and Oracle, I highlighted how Dell is taking a more “open” approach […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged briefs, cloud computing, crowbar, dell, dell openstack solution, enterprises, iaas, Infrastructure services, openstack, oscon, oscon 2011, private clouds, public clouds, service providers, video | 1 Response

Is Dell the World’s Most Social Company? (Scorecard)

Is Dell the World’s Most Social Company? (Scorecard)

By Mark Fidelman on June 2, 2011

“What the heck are you doing?” Yet the language was probably a little more colorful.  Three days after the launch of Chief Blogger Lionel Menchaca’s blog, all hell broke loose. Several people within Dell were upset with him for linking to Engadget story about exploding laptops. But Menchaca wasn’t worried about being fired.  He had […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged dell, enterprise 2.0, Infographics, radian6, salesforce.com, scorecard, social, Social Business, social media

Looking Back 2010: Key Cloud Acquisitions

Looking Back 2010: Key Cloud Acquisitions

By Krishnan Subramanian on December 31, 2010

This is the final post in the Looking Back 2010 Series and, also, for the year 2010. After looking at the three key cloud events in this year (thanks to James Urquhart for kicking up the discussion on Twitter), I want to do a post talking about some of the key acquisitions in the cloud […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 2010, 3tera, acquisitions, boomi, CA, cast iron systems, cloud, cloud acquisitions, cloudkick, dell, heroku, IBM, lookingback2010, makara, nimsoft, rackspace, redhat, salesforce, salesforce.com

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Is platform or provider lock-in the future of cloud services integration?

By Krishnan Subramanian on November 3, 2010

Yesterday, Dell bought Cloud Services integration provider Boomi and cloud punditry (including myself) started speculating on Dell’s strategy with this acquisition. My take on the acquisition is that Dell will put Boomi along with Perot Systems in its efforts to reposition the company as a consulting company a la IBM. Today Phil Wainewright wrote a […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged boomi, dell, integrated stack, open architecture, Perot systems, phil wainewright, Strategy, unified stack | 1 Response

Quick Thoughts: Dell Acquires Boomi

Quick Thoughts: Dell Acquires Boomi

By Krishnan Subramanian on November 2, 2010

Boomi (see previous CloudAve coverage here), the Pennsylvania based cloud services integration provider, is acquired by Dell today. Ever since IBM acquired Cast Iron, there were speculations that Boomi could be the next in the block and it has come true today. Dell has been building up the speculation machine on a possible cloud acquisition […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged analysis, boomi, cast iron, dell, jitterbit, m&a, mergers and acquisitions, system integrator | 1 Response

Will the Dell Streak Flop?  In Search of the Sweet Spot.

Will the Dell Streak Flop? In Search of the Sweet Spot.

By Zoli Erdos on June 3, 2010

In a few days you can plunk down $500 to buy this beauty directly from Dell. Or you can spend the same amount and get the Real Thing – the iPad. Or you can buy the HTC EVO. And that’s the problem with the Streak.  It’s neither a tablet, nor a phone.  Of course not […]

Posted in Mobile | Tagged android, Apple, dell, dell streak, htc evo, ipad, iphone, mobility, netbooks, tablet computing, tablets

So You Bought a JooJoo – How Will it be Serviced?

So You Bought a JooJoo – How Will it be Serviced?

By Zoli Erdos on April 2, 2010

I know, it’s crazy to talk about the JooJoo (formerly known as CrunchPad) a day before the iPad is released.  But the major gadget blogs do, having received a test unit – and that in itself is a bit of a PR coup for JooJoo.  They should enjoy it while it last.   Too bad it […]

Posted in General, Mobile | Tagged android, Apple, brand, crunchpad, dell, FusionGarage, ipad, joojoo, mobility, service, technical support | 1 Response

Dell Sales Support Chat

Dell Sales Support Chat

By Zoli Erdos on March 3, 2010

<SOAP-ENV:Envelope><SOAP-ENV:Header/>−<SOAP-ENV:Body>−<SOAP-ENV:Fault><faultcode>SOAP-ENV:Server</faultcode>−<faultstring>Unable to Connect to Talisma Server at 143.166.82.76</faultstring>−<detail>−<e:faultdetails>−<message>Fail to receive through socket – [10054: WSAECONNRESET]</message><errorcode>99999</errorcode></e:faultdetails></detail></SOAP-ENV:Fault></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope> No kidding.. and this is SALES (?), not even tech support.

Posted in Just for fun | Tagged chat, dell, support | 2 Responses

How Long Before You Dumped Your Netbook Into Garbage?

How Long Before You Dumped Your Netbook Into Garbage?

By Krishnan Subramanian on October 14, 2009

Michael Dell, founder of Dell,told an audience at Churchill Club that the infatuation with Netbooks only lasts for 36 hours  “If you take a user who’s used to a 14- or 15-inch notebook and you say ‘Here’s a 10-inch netbook,’ they’re gonna say ‘Hey, this is so fantastic. It’s so cute. It’s so light. I […]

Posted in General | Tagged dell, netbooks, user experience | 1 Response

On Private Cloud, Public Clouds and Where Apprenda Sits In All Of That

By Ben Kepes on August 24, 2009

The other day I was reading one of Barton George’s always entertaining posts (as an aside, Barton has recently signed on as Cloud Evangelist at Dell – watch this space for Dell’s cloudy moves). In his post entitled “Internal Clouds? We don’t need no Stinking Internal Clouds”, Barton’s two big takeaways referenced from a Forrester […]

Posted in General, Product reviews | Tagged apprenda, barton george, dell, private cloud, public cloud, saasgrid | 1 Response

Social Monitoring – Exploring the Midspace

Social Monitoring – Exploring the Midspace

By Ben Kepes on August 6, 2009

I received an email from a friend the other day who was searching for a social media monitoring service for the company he works for – they’re a few years old, have a few thousand customers and are generating enough “buzz” to warrant more than the basic Google search, Twitter search routine. The next step […]

Posted in General, Strategy | Tagged andy lark, Comcast, dell, google, icerocket, radian6, social media monitoring, social mention, twitter | 6 Responses

Radian6 – Aggregating Opinion

Radian6 – Aggregating Opinion

By Ben Kepes on July 7, 2009

I’ve long been a proponent of new web plays looking to find an offering that aggregate rather than create content. In this world there is no end of data available to us but what we lack is ways to aggregate that data, obtain analysis from it and, at the end of the day, derive insight […]

Posted in Enterprise, General, Marketing | Tagged Blogs, Comcast, dell, enterprise 2.0, marketing, radian6, social media, twitter, ups.home depot | 1 Response

Confessions of a Gen X-er – Screen Size Matters

By Ben Kepes on July 3, 2009

It pains me to say it but I’m a Gen X-er – admittedly I’m towards the younger end of Gen X but I’m there nonetheless. As such I’m no doubt seen as prehistoric, decrepit and pretty much due for the scrap heap. Despite all of this I’m fairly certain I’ve got a couple of years […]

Posted in Design, Product reviews | Tagged android, dell, linux, mini 12, moblin, netbook, notebook, situational device, studio xps, vista, windows 7, xp | 2 Responses

Driving the Virtual Computer

By Ben Kepes on May 15, 2009

With all the travelling I’ve been doing lately, the bulk and weight of my Vostro 1500 laptop was just getting a little too much. I’m a little dubious however of the smaller screen size netbooks and thus found a great compromise with a Dell mini 12 – enough screen to keep my visual acuity levels […]

Posted in Product reviews | Tagged dell, g.ho.st, mini12, nivia, virtualisation, vostro | 2 Responses

Not Owning Your Domain is Crazy. No, It’s a Crime.

Not Owning Your Domain is Crazy. No, It’s a Crime.

By Zoli Erdos on April 29, 2009

Remember the Shel Puppet?  Loren “138Media” Feldman created an instant hit by mimicking Media-expert Shel Israel’s video show.  The imitation, i.e. the puppet received sponsorhip while the original series was floundering. They irony of all was that Loren owned the domain shelisrael.com, which was simply available for purchase due to an oversight by its rightful […]

Posted in Marketing | Tagged 138media, adamo, brand, Branding, dell, domain, domain ownership, jive, jive Software, loren, marketing, marketing blunders, shel israel, shel puppet, tc50, techcrunch 50 | 11 Responses

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