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  • Cloud services: Computus Interruptus

    I use Google Docs as part of my day job. On one recent morning I accessed a file and updated it but when I went back a short time later I got a "502" error page -- something had gone amok in Google land. Everything seemed to work when I tried a few hours later, but the incident was a forceful reminder of one of the important features of cloud services -- when they go down so do you.

    Written by Scott Bradner • 20 March 13 16:06

  • Opinion: Predicting the tech future

    For my recent column of predictions for 2013 I polled a huge number of IT people to see what they are expecting, and ended up getting more than 400 responses.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 15 Feb. 13 23:19

  • Converging forces

    Change is a given in this business, but 2013 promises to be particularly interesting because of the convergence of multiple, transformative developments, none of which are new, per se, given we have been tracking them in depth for some time, but each of which is forcing us to rethink long held conventions.

    Written by John Dix • 14 Jan. 13 11:58

  • Outlook 2013 ... Even more interesting than 2012!

    Gibbs reviews his predictions from last year and surveys the more than 400 predictions that he's been sent by IT professionals

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 02 Jan. 13 17:04

  • The multifaceted budget process

    With the bulk of the IT budgets in place for 2013, it is a good time to reflect on how the budget process has morphed over the years to accommodate shifts in technology and evolving corporate demands and priorities.

    Written by John Dix • 17 Dec. 12 11:59

  • Realtime's push beats Ajax pull

    How's that there cloudy thing working out for you? Sure, you get flexible, elastic infrastructure at a pretty good price, but what about your data transfer costs? The same question applies to "traditional" hosted apps; data transfer costs can mount up quickly for large client populations.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 16 Nov. 12 00:46

  • The here and now of open Cloud

    Some might forgive you for thinking that window shopping for cloud computing opportunities makes you a progressive, forward thinker who's a foot ahead of the flock. That might have been true one or two years ago…but you’re not going to get away with that kind of rationalisation for much longer.

    Written by Red Hat • 31 May 12 16:39

  • The challenges of competing with Cloud computing providers

    In discussions about cloud computing and in comments readers leave on my blog posts, I commonly get statements along the lines of "Yeah, this cloud computing stuff sounds great, but at the end of the day, you have to have an IT guy solving problems like they've always done." In personal interactions, I often hear this sentiment portrayed as, "Public cloud computing is fine for the SMB and startup market, but enterprises aren't ready to move to that model." The tone of much of this feedback is that anyone who advocates cloud computing is at best naive or at worst incapable of understanding the real details of IT.

    Written by Bernard Golden • 27 Aug. 11 03:32
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    Ubuntu's marketing kick: Is Canonical the next Apple?

    Another six months has passed and another version of Ubuntu Linux has been released, right? Wrong. Ubuntu 11.04 ‘Natty Narwhal’ arrived today and so did a new marketing direction from its parent company and principle sponsor, Canonical. And its flavour has a hint of Apple.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 29 April 11 14:20

  • Cloud computing: A sustaining or disruptive innovation?

    If you've read this blog over the past couple of years, it should be no surprise that I am a huge advocate of the theories of Clayton Christensen, author of "The Innovator's Dilemma." Christensen and his book were brought to mind this week by the cover story in Forbes about his severe health problems, his experience with the U..S healthcare system, and his prescriptions for how to fix it.

    Written by Bernard Golden • 17 March 11 05:28

  • The cloud issue you really can't ignore

    Maybe it's time to rethink the cloud. Yeah, I know -- at this point, most IT shops haven't thought through the cloud the first time. But Microsoft's recent troubles keeping its cloud services available to users shine a harsh light on the issue of cloud availability and reliability.

    Written by Frank Hayes • 27 Sept. 10 20:08

  • Culture Clash: Office 2010 v. Google Docs

    Microsoft held its official launch event this morning for Office 2010--the latest release of its dominant office productivity suite. Some of the new elements of Office 2010 make the suite more Web-enabled, while recent changes to Google Docs make it more "Office-like", setting the two up for head-to-head battle.

    Written by Tony Bradley • 14 May 10 00:10

  • Cloud computing. More than blue sky thinking

    Looming on the horizon are the nimbus, cirrus, stratus and cumulus that threaten to deliver us cloud computing imminently. Promising an end to most of the challenges and frustrations of IT systems as we know them, the concept of cloud computing is thundering through the business community to become one of the most talked about and revered subjects of the day.

    Written by Paul Harapin • 28 Nov. 08 10:23

  • Can your business run completely online?

    The world's richest and most powerful 10-year-old says it can handle far more of your technology needs than you think. Google started almost exactly 10 years ago, and it is making big noise about invigorated Apps and some Googlers called to tell me about the improvements.

    Written by James E. Gaskin • 12 Sept. 08 09:37

  • Red Hat Outlook: Clouds and Virtualization Everywhere

    At a conference for UK press this week, Red Hat added some detail to its plans for virtualization, cloud computing and application messaging.

    Written by Martin Veitch • 11 Sept. 08 10:56
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