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Microsoft and Docker doesn’t make enough sense

Microsoft and Docker doesn’t make enough sense

By Paul Miller on June 16, 2015

Microsoft and Docker doesn’t make enough sense: Over at Fortune, Barb Darrow and Jonathan Vanian speculate on rumours that Microsoft might be sniffing around containerisation champion Docker. Docker has, of course, denied the rumours. But, more importantly, the acquisition just doesn’t make enough sense to justify the multi-billion dollar valuation. The project is open source. The […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Open Source | Tagged barb darrow, containerisation, containerization, Containers, docker, dockercon, fortune, jonathan vanian, mergers and acquisitions, microsoft, rumors, rumours, speculation, virtualization

Public Cloud Economies of (Web-)Scale Aren’t About Buying Power

Public Cloud Economies of (Web-)Scale Aren’t About Buying Power

By Randy Bias on August 8, 2014

As you no doubt heard this week, Rackspace has announced the intention to focus on managed cloud.  Inevitably this brought observations from many about RAX, and others, ability to compete effectively against the web scale public cloud giants: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. One of the commenters was Mike Kavis (twitter link), a long time cloud pundit […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged cloud computing, google, IBM, microsoft, Mike Kavis, Rackspace Hosting, Satya Nadella | 2 Responses

Excel-based reporting and ERP

Excel-based reporting and ERP

By John Donagher on May 28, 2014

Excel-based reporting solutions are becoming a bigger feature of the suite of Business Intelligence (BI) tools offered by midrange ERP vendors. It’s a trend that seems to make sense given the ubiquity of Excel, but could there be a downside? The rise of Excel-based reporting tools I’ve recently attended system demos for MS Dynamics NAV […]

Posted in Application Software, Your POV | Tagged Analytics, biznet, enterprise applications, Epicor, erp, excel, jet reports, microsoft | 1 Response

Breaking Up Again, OneNote and I Must Go Separate Ways

Breaking Up Again, OneNote and I Must Go Separate Ways

By Adron Hall on April 15, 2014

Ok, psychologically one is supposed to tell the good news last and the bad news first. Well, I’m doing that backwards with this article. First things first, all the awesome about Microsoft’s OneNote App. Microsoft OneNote The cool thing is, after more than a few years, OneNote runs on pretty much runs on most mobile and desktop […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged evernote, microsoft, Microsoft Office, Microsoft OneNote, office suite, onenote, reviews, windows | 1 Response

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Quentin Clark discusses data, data platforms, and more

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Quentin Clark discusses data, data platforms, and more

By Paul Miller on April 2, 2014

The Data Platform Group at Microsoft does a lot, from SQL Server and their Hadoopey HDInsight offering through to Business Intelligence and analytics capabilities which sit in or on top of the humble Excel spreadsheet. I’ve touched upon pieces of this whole before, in a 2009 podcast on Azure with Amitabh Srivastava (then Corporate VP […]

Posted in Platforms | Tagged azure data market, BI, big data, Business Intelligence, cloud computing, data markets, data platform group, Enterprise Computing, excel, microsoft, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft SQL Server, open data, Podcast, quentin clark, sql server

Amazon's Cloud Price Reduction, A Desire To Compete Hard And Move Up The Value Chain

Amazon’s Cloud Price Reduction, A Desire To Compete Hard And Move Up The Value Chain

By Chirag Mehta on April 1, 2014

Recently Google slashed price for their cloud offering. Amazon, as expected, also announced their 42nd price reduction on their cloud offerings since its inception. Today, Microsoft also announced price reduction for their Azure offerings. Unlike many other people I don’t necessarily see the price reduction by Amazon as waging a price war against the competition. […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged amazon, cloud computing, ec2, google, iaas, microsoft, Price war | 4 Responses

Podcasting again… with StorSimple’s Marc Farley

Podcasting again… with StorSimple’s Marc Farley

By Paul Miller on January 28, 2014

I used to podcast pretty regularly, on this site and elsewhere. Then other things got in the way and, before I knew it, almost two years had passed since my last podcast here. Well, it’s time to put that right. I’m podcasting again, and I’ve got a nice pipeline of guests lined up over the […]

Posted in Technology | Tagged cloud computing, cloud storage, Enterprise Computing, iaas, Marc Farley, microsoft, Podcast, storsimple

Cloud Model 2014: Hybrid, Google, Brokerage, Startups and The Enterprise

Cloud Model 2014: Hybrid, Google, Brokerage, Startups and The Enterprise

By Ofir Nachmani on December 26, 2013

2013 has been incredibly eventful for the cloud industry, mostly for making itself an eminent presence in the mainstream IT market. Businesses of all sizes have made their ways to the cloud, confirming my 2013 predictions. Government agencies worldwide take the cloud seriously, as demonstrated by the CIA’s contract switch over to Amazon from IBM. […]

Posted in Analysis, Business, Enterprise, Featured Posts, General, Infrastructure, Strategy, Technology | Tagged aws, azure, business, cloud computing, google, IBM, microsoft | 4 Responses

The Folly of Inside-Out Product Thinking

The Folly of Inside-Out Product Thinking

By Hutch Carpenter on December 12, 2013

Inside out just doesn’t fit right Ever run into this deductive reasoning? Customers like our existing products and our company We are building a new product that reflects the priorities of a company executive Therefore, customers will like our new product It’s a clear violation of the First Law of Product: Customers decide what products they […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged customer development, customer validation, gerry mcgovern, innovation, inside-out, jobs to be done, mba, microsoft, Product Management

OSCON : Conversations, Deployments, Architecture, Docker and the Future?

OSCON : Conversations, Deployments, Architecture, Docker and the Future?

By Adron Hall on July 31, 2013

I wrote about my first day of OSCON “OSCON : Day 1, Windows Just Doesn’t Do Cloud Foundry… but, there’s a fix for that…“. The rest of the week was most excellent. I caught up with friends and past coworkers. I heard about people working on some amazing new projects. Some things I will try […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Open Source | Tagged .NET Bits, architecture, basho, Cloudfoundry, conferences, container, container technology, docker, microsoft, openshift, openstack, oscon, platform as a service, Redis, riak

Amazon, Microsoft and Google: The Cloud Leading Trio

Amazon, Microsoft and Google: The Cloud Leading Trio

By Ofir Nachmani on July 11, 2013

Following several discussions with fellow bloggers and industry executives, I found it quite fitting that the natural cloud leaders are the top software and web giants: Google, Microsoft and Amazon. While Amazon’s AWS is The public cloud today Google recently reported that it is doubling its office space near Seattle, just miles from the campuses of Amazon and Microsoft, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, General, Strategy, Trends & Concepts | Tagged amazon, aws, cloud computing, Consumerization, google, google docs, microsoft, vmware | 1 Response

The Rise of the Cloud Stack

The Rise of the Cloud Stack

By Aaron Levie on June 27, 2013

Something changed this week in the enterprise software world. In an industry known for ruthless competition, a number of players – Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce and NetSuite – introduced partnerships that portend a very different future. In very un-Larry Ellison-like fashion, something akin to harmony was proposed, “when customers choose cloud applications, they expect rapid low-cost […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Infrastructure, Your POV | Tagged aaron levie, api, best of breed, box, cloud stack, erp, integration, larry ellison, Larry's Kids, microsoft, netsuite, Oracle, peoplesoft, salesforce.com, workday | 1 Response

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Microsoft and Me

By Dave Michels on June 20, 2013

Regarding desktops, tablets, and smartphones – I am considering going pure Microsoft. That will mean two new mobile devices, and then switching to IE and Office 365. I will lose apps on my mobile devices and hinder my path to WebRTC. It will be a difficult transition. Why? It really boils down to two frustrations. […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged android, Apple, google, google apps, ipad, microsoft | 1 Response

Is Microsoft doomed? I'll let you know when Windows 10 comes out.

Is Microsoft doomed? I’ll let you know when Windows 10 comes out.

By Chris Yeh on May 22, 2013

A lot of folks believe that the Microsoft empire is doomed, and that the rise of touchscreen computing and mobile devices will lead it its inevitable downfall. This may very well be true; it certainly is true that to date, Microsoft’s attempts to enter the touch and mobile markets have been poorly received. Yet much […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Apple, DOS, MacOS, microsoft, Netscape | 2 Responses

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The Googrilla Grows

By Dave Michels on May 3, 2013

I recently published the Googrilla in the Midst which posits that the influence and impact of Google Apps is largely underappreciated and untapped by the UC community. We are reasonably confident that the cloud in general, and Google Apps specifically, will continue to grow. We also are sure that UC and VoIP have a bright future and […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged android, BroadSoft, google, google apps, Googrilla, microsoft

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