Five big themes driving enterprise data and app development in 2015
f you read most of the prediction articles for 2015, it’s pretty clear that the conventional thought is that enterprise IT will continue to grow more collaborative with organizational phenomena such as DevOps becoming more common, that mobile computing will continue its ascent, and of course cloud computing will continue to augment and in some […]
Technology and Business Speed has Changed–So Must Identity and Access Management
Compelled by competitive pressures and user demand, companies have embraced mobility and cloud. And even if companies haven’t embraced cloud, their employees have. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is now commonplace, and the average mobile worker carries an average of3.5 mobile devices, each accessing multiple applications that connect to protected corporate information, or that serve […]
Where is the Shazam for Enterprise Mobile Apps?
Music is a big part of my life. I own too many guitars for my own good, and love discovering new music. One of my favorite apps for discovery is Shazam. With so much focus on how to build amazing mobile apps it’s really hard to go past Shazam. As we see the demand for […]
Is the desktop dead? Scoble and friends face-off on mobile
As part of the BusinessNext and (New Media Expo) conference, held this past January in Las Vegas, I asked a couple of interesting and highly accomplished friends — Robert Scoble and Vala Afshar — to discuss the impact of cloud, social, and mobile in the enterprise. Famous blogger, author, and Rackspace executive, Robert Scoble, spends significant time with large […]
PaaS and Mobile Enterprise – Real Conversations with Customers
One of the benefits of working on cutting edge technology like PaaS is that I get to have conversations with enterprise customers about the transformations that PaaS will bring. Increasingly, I’m seeing lots of interest in the intersection of PaaS and mobile enterprise (yeah, it’s not just an attempt by me to put together two buzzwords!). […]
Would the Last Blackberry User Please Turn Out the Lights? I Already Left the Building
My Blackberry died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know. It seems so long ago that we had to start hiding our Blackberry’s in our pockets to avoid always being chastised. If you were caught sending out an email on your Blackberry you had to quickly whip out your iPhone to show that – wait! […]
Newvem Introduces Native iOS App For AWS Cost Visibility
Newvem (disclosure: Ofir who works at Newvem is a fellow CloudAve blogger but this is my independent opinion), San Francisco based company offering visibility into an organization’s AWS deployment, Called Cloud Smart Meters, it helps CIOs and IT managers to gain detailed visibility into their AWS costs, risks and assets using their iPads or iPhones. As […]
Microsoft, Apple And The Competition In The Post PC Era
After Microsoft announced their beautiful Surface tablet and positioned it as a tablet that bridges the gap with the PC, there was some discussions on whether we are heading into the post-PC world dominated by tablets or we are going to see a new form of device that is neither tablet nor PC. Some even […]
IBM’s Worklight Acquisition: Few Thoughts
Two days back IBM announced their plans to acquire Worklight, the Israel based mobile development platform, to beef up their enterprise mobile strategy. IBM realizes that in this era of BYOD/Consumerization of IT, they need to had a strong mobile strategy supporting various platforms. In fact, at the recent Lotusphere 2012 conference, IBM showcased their […]
SOASTA Ready To Help Enterprises Embrace A Mobile Dominated Future
SOASTA (previous CloudAve coverage), Mountain View based cloud testing company, today announced the availability of performance and functional testing for continuous multi-touch, gesture based mobile applications. It is based on their TouchTest technology and offers precision testing of such mobile platforms while also ensuring stability of automated tests across releases. Right now it is available […]
Why I Think Office 365 Is Not (Yet) Ready
Earlier this week I had a Tweetbate with few folks who have a soft corner for Microsoft products on whether Office 365 (previous CloudAve coverage), Microsoft’s cloud based productivity suite, is a credible player in the modern cloud business applications space. When I say modern cloud business applications, I expect them to have, at least, […]
HTML5, The Enterprise Software Lingua Franca
This week not only showed the world that enterprise software can be sexy but also made it clear HTML5 is the right outfit for the sexiness. With the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, we are seeing the emergence of a new trend in the enterprise, employees bringing their own device and IT warmly embracing this […]
Tablets In The Enterprise: Workday and Box Announce Tablet Apps
From the days when we considered iPads in the enterprise as an exciting new trend, we have slowly moved into a world where tablets are a norm from boardroom to IT admins. In fact, it has become a defacto device for many of the top level executives, thereby, forcing cloud application providers to offer a […]
Appirio CloudSpokes – For The Cloud, On The Cloud, By The Cloud (Provider)
Two weeks back, the cloud based systems integrator Appirio announced a new developer community called CloudSpokes. This is an attempt by Appirio to crowdsource cloud development work on public cloud platforms. They already have a good group of developers inside USA and have an offshore partner in India. They are trying to build a community […]
SOASTA Delivers CloudTest Pro. What Can We Learn From Them?
SOASTA, the California based performance testing provider, yesterday announced the release of SOASTA CloudTest Pro, an appliance based service targeted at enterprises and startups wanting to test the performance of web and mobile applications. This is available as an appliance for an annual subscription along with their existing solutions like CloudTest On-Demand (public cloud service) […]
