Cloud Computing Events, Next 10 Days
June 20, 2011 by alee · Leave a Comment
Your cloud computing events for the next 10 days, starting today. Worldwide coverage. THIS WEEK’S EVENTS, RELEVANT TO CLOUD COMPUTING 1. JAXconf in San Jose, California, starts today, till June 23. Focus on technologies like Java, Architecture & Agile Experience. Cloud is a hot topic in the Java world, so it will [...]
Organizational Prerequisites for Cloud-based Collaboration
June 13, 2011 by alee · Leave a Comment
The hope & dream for the future of cloud-based collaboration tools is underpinned by the notion that we all would effectively work collaboratively, if only we had the proper tools available to us at all times, i.e. when in the cloud. This notion is based on some assumptions which have yet to become reality. The [...]
iCloud, Apple’s Cloud Services Announced
June 1, 2011 by alee · Leave a Comment
Just prior the 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 6, Apple just made several important announcements, one of which is the release of iCloud. This upcoming release encapsulates Apple’s own cloud service release as a competitive response to Amazon & Google, and comes after year-long talks about iCloud being in the making. It’s unclear [...]
Chatter.com Live
January 31, 2011 by alee · Leave a Comment
Chatter.com is ‘live’. Previously an integrated feature of Salesforce.com’s paid CRM package called ‘Chatter’, the new website-based service Chatter.com offers direct online access to the same basic functionality and free, too. Even if it would not be free, even in its currently still first & ‘basic’ online version of the application, it works and looks [...]
SaaS Revenue to Top $9 Billion in 2010
December 28, 2010 by alee · Leave a Comment
Worldwide software as a service (SaaS) revenue within the enterprise application software market is forecast to reach $9.2 billion in 2010, up 15.7 percent from 2009 revenue of $7.9 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The market is projected for stronger growth in 2011 with worldwide SaaS revenue totaling $10.7 billion, a 16.2 percent increase from [...]
Cloud Computing Vendors to Watch in 2010
January 22, 2010 by alee · Leave a Comment
2010.. Cloud computing.. What is cloud computing & how does it work? Let me begin with a cloud computing definition, a diagram, then an overview of cloud computing companies, of who does what and who to watch in 2010. Cloud Computing Definition Cloud computing is a facility of services, software, or infrastructure, delivered via the [...]
