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PDX Cloud – A Question Posed.

PDX Cloud – A Question Posed.

By Adron Hall on October 13, 2013

I attended the PDX Cloud meeting to present, but more to ask a question. Here’s how I posed that question (slide deck at the bottom of this blog entry). I frame the scenario of the distributed development world of cloud computing, dive into the vertical world of enterprise dev and then throw down the big […]

Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged cloud, cloud computing, Cloud Speak, community, distributed systems, Meetups n' Such, Presentations and Speaking, software, Software Development, vertical systems

Deploycon, PaaS & the pending data tier gravity fallout…

Deploycon, PaaS & the pending data tier gravity fallout…

By Adron Hall on April 1, 2013

For a quick recap of last years Deploycon & related talks, check out my “Day #3 => DeployCon && Enterprise && Data Gravity” entry from last year. PaaS Systems aren’t always effectively distributed. Heroku has fallen over every time east-1 has gone down at AWS. Not that I’m saying they’ve done bad, just pointing that […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Platforms | Tagged app, applications, architecture, bosh, cloud foundry, Cloud Speak, cluster, data, data integrity, data tier, database, deploycon, deployment, distributed database, openshift, paas, platform as a service, platform services, software, web app | 1 Response

Microsoft, Which I Hate and Which I Love

Microsoft, Which I Hate and Which I Love

By Adron Hall on August 27, 2012

Ok, I’ll admit, I got issues with some of the past Microsoft ethical breaches of business dealings. Sure, but who doesn’t? Their technology that they develop ranges from complete crap (re: Bob, paperclip, sealed classes, The 1st X version of Entity Framework) all the way to the completely awesome amazing stuff, like the Node.js SDK […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged microsoft, rants, reviews, software | 5 Responses

Premature Dell Obituary?

Premature Dell Obituary?

By Krishnan Subramanian on August 13, 2012

Last week, Pando Daily had an obituary written for Dell (previous CloudAve coverage) based entirely on their dismal performance in the consumer sector. In a week and a half, Dell will announce its second-quarter earnings results. Expect a bloodbath. In the first quarter, back in May, Dell gave the market a goose egg — analysts […]

Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged consumer, dell, Enterprise, insights, obituary, pandodaily, services, software

It's The Information, Stupid

It’s The Information, Stupid

By Chris Yeh on August 23, 2011

Marc Andreessen (who is both richer and smarter than I’ll ever be) recently caused a stir with his Wall Street Journal op ed, “Why Software Is Eating The World.” Marc is a good writer, and it’s a good editorial that helps explain the increasing importance of software. But I can’t help but feel that he’s […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged future, Industrial Revolution, information, Marc Andreessen, Moore's law, software, wall street journal

Customer Focus: the Constellation Supernova Awards

Customer Focus: the Constellation Supernova Awards

By Zoli Erdos on June 6, 2011

Constellation Research, founded by fellow Enterprise Irregular and star analyst Ray Wang has just announced the  ambitious Supernova Awards program, focusing on – what a twist! – customer champions of innovation, rather than vendors. Krish and I both feel honored to have been invited as Judges for the Cloud Computing category. Below is the official […]

Posted in Enterprise, Featured Posts, Strategy, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Adrian Bowles, Alan Silberberg, AMP, Amy Wilson, Annalie Killian, ASUG, ASUG News, Augemented Reality, awards, BallouPR, Barney Beal, Bloom & Wallace, Bob Egan, Bridgette Chambers, business analytics, Business Intelligence, case studies, CBS News, Chris Kanaracus, Clean Tech, cloud, cloud computing, cloudave, Colette Ballou, ComputerWorld UK, Constellation Research, Constellation Research Inc., Constellation SuperNova Awards, Courtney Bjorlin, CRM Magazine, David Brousell, David Myron, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Douglas Henschen, Emerging Technologies, Erin Kinikin, esteban kolsky, Frank Scavo, govtech, IDG News Service, Info Today, Information Week, Jason Maynard, Jeff Ashcroft, John Furrier, Kash Rangan, Kewal Varia, Krishnan Subramaninan, KrishWorld, Larry Dignan, Managing Automation, Maribel Loepz, Marshall Kirkpatrick, Marshall Lager, Merrill Lynch, Mike Simons, Mobile Enterprise, Naomi Bloom, paul greenberg, Paul Papadimitriou, R “Ray” Wang;, rackspace, readwritecloud, ReadWriteEnterprise, ReadWriteWeb, Robert Scoble, rwang0, Sepharim Group, social analytics, Social Business, social business software, social commerce, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Technologies, software, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Spark Communications, SuperNova Awards, Susan Thomas, Tech Target, The 56 Group LLC, theMIX Agency, ThinkJar, Third Idea Consulting LLC, Thomas PUblishing, Thomas Wailgum, Trainer Communications, Vanessa Camones, Weber Shandwick, Wells Fargo Securities, ZD Net, Zoli Erdos

Selling To Enterprise - Power Struggle Between IT And Line Of Business

Selling To Enterprise – Power Struggle Between IT And Line Of Business

By Chirag Mehta on March 28, 2011

During my several interactions with – CIOs, senior IT leaders, and Line of Business (LoB) heads – I have firsthand observed the power struggle between LoB and IT and a slow but continuous tarnish in their relationship due to cloud and SaaS offerings. IT and LoB work for the same company but they build their […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged CIO, cloud computing, Line of business, LOB, power struggle, saas, sales, software

Organized Robbery

Organized Robbery

By John Taschek on January 24, 2011

We’re at a time of rebellion against maintenance fees, which now include the elements of insurance, extortion, declining systems, and of course refactoring all of which add to the costs of any implementation. Add that into the actual implementation itself, and one is left with whopping fees and eventually ineffective…

Posted in Application Software, Enterprise, Featured Posts | Tagged @stevegillmor, cloud, cloud computing, cloudave, Duncan Jones, forrester, maintenance, maintenance fees, Oracle, pricing, salesforce, salesforce.com, software, software maintenance, Web/Tech | 1 Response

Software is Roadkill

Software is Roadkill

By John Taschek on November 24, 2010

The fastest way to become roadkill to venture capitalists is to become a software company. Software may not be inherently evil (it has created wealth for many people that is in proportion to the pain it has provided to many customers). Software and specifically on-premise enterprise software, however, is clearly…

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged appirio, cloud, cloud computing, cloudblog, defrag, facebook, Longworth, Oracle, saas, salesforce, salesforce.com, software, start ups, startups, VC, vc investment, venture capital, Vishy, Web/Tech, Weblogs | 1 Response

Tied Up?  Dragon Naturally Speaking Comes to Rescue… or Not?

Tied Up? Dragon Naturally Speaking Comes to Rescue… or Not?

By Zoli Erdos on August 16, 2010

Nuance released version 11 of Dragon Naturally Speaking, their voice recognition / dictation software.  Below is a rather unusual review by David Pogue of The New York Times: On a more serious note – I’m a really poor typist,  my blogging is hampered by the slowness of typing, and there are all those situations when […]

Posted in Product reviews | Tagged dictation, dragon naturally speaking, nuance, software, transcription, voice recognition

Lessons Learned from Cloud Camp Seattle 2010

Lessons Learned from Cloud Camp Seattle 2010

By Dan Morrill on February 4, 2010

Last night I got to attend cloud camp, which is an “unevent” that people can attend to meet up with people who are looking into a particular technology for business. Cloud Camp Seattle was held at the Grand Hyatt Seattle, which provided an awesome environment to discuss cloud computing with 200 of like-minded people. For […]

Posted in Security | Tagged architecture, cloud, cloud camp, cloud computing, computing, controls, Design, information security, Misc Technology, programming, seattle, software | 1 Response

Online Collaboration Tools - We Want Your Recommendations

Online Collaboration Tools – We Want Your Recommendations

By Ben Kepes on November 17, 2009

Here at CloudAve we’re firm believers in the power of collaboration. When Ben became part of a group looking at building a collaborative platform for data sharing for a local Government organization, it seemed logical to approach the project in a similarly collaborative way. Wanting to "eat their own dog food", a joint group of […]

Posted in General | Tagged collaboration, Government, project, software | 16 Responses

Has SaaS Killed OSS?

Has SaaS Killed OSS?

By Ben Kepes on January 30, 2009

Anish Kapoor, CEO of SaaS web conferencing start-up YuuGuu posted asking whether SAAS has killed open source as a business model. His contention that in fact this is the case was articulated as follows; Open source is always driven by… a central body that leads community development efforts to support developers and build revenue streams. […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged business model, freemium, open source, oss, pay-as-you-go, saas, software, yuuguu | 5 Responses

The Anti-Beta Revolution. Or is it a Counter-Revolution?

The Anti-Beta Revolution. Or is it a Counter-Revolution?

By Zoli Erdos on November 22, 2008

Gizmodo has just issued  A Call for Revolution Against Beta Culture – great article, and boy, do I love the illustration!. I’m tired of this beta culture that has spread like metastatic cancer in the last few years, starting with software from Google and others and ending up in almost every gadget and computer system […]

Posted in Design, Strategy | Tagged agile development, beta, beta culture, bugs, failures, innovation, public beta, QA, quality, software, transparency, web 2.0, web applications, Web service

Office Web Applications

Office Web Applications

By Guest Authors on October 29, 2008

  This year’s Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is full of announcements and surprises. The next big announcement besides Windows Azure (and Windows 7?) is the new “Office Web Applications” live service. The Office team will be delivering the five most popular Office applications as light weight browser based versions that include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and […]

Posted in Analysis, Strategy | Tagged microsoft, Microsoft Office, office, Office 14, office live, Office Suites, Office Web Application, PDC 2008, software | 2 Responses

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