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Microsoft increases its cloud computing R&D budget

April 27, 2011 By 1 Comment
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It‘s official: Microsoft is planning to put a large majority of its R&D budget into cloud computing this year. According to a Bloomberg interview with Microsoft International President Jean-Phillipe Courtois, Microsoft will spend 90 percent of its $9.6 billion research and development budget on cloud strategy in 2011. This commitment shows the tremendous effort and determination that Microsoft intends to put into cloud computing. While the large budget share is somewhat surprising, … [Read more...]

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Cloud Computing Frees Companies from the Burden of IT

April 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
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For companies today, IT is a means to an end. According to Gartner, by 2013 more than 70 percent of all organizations will no longer own IT-assets. The new solution for companies is to purchase the functionalities they need and not the hardware. Five issues and observations for companies to consider as they make this change. include: The definition of cloud computing is cloudy: Ask ten people about the definition of cloud computing and you will get ten different answers. The most important … [Read more...]

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Mobile cloud computing and smartphone security

April 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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From a security standpoint, it seems inevitable that the mobile cloud is going to be an important enabler. Mobile device platforms, especially open-source smartphone platforms and tablets , are under increasing pressure from hackers and potential virus threats. The first security threats became visible in the mobile domain in 2004, but have been growing ever since. Earlier, mobile phones had limited feature sets and were relatively protected within the operators “walled gardens.” With the … [Read more...]

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Enterprise & Cloud: The Main Decision Points

April 11, 2011 By 1 Comment

Most agree that cloud computing is an evolutionary technology concept rather than revolutionary. Cloud computing‘s predecessors include both grid computing and utility computing and perhaps SaaS to a certain degree. All are necessary parts or foundations of cloud computing. Capex and Opex Cloud computing is still in its early stages and most enterprises are still in the learning phase trying to understand how the cloud can best suittheir needs. Enterprises with considerable investments … [Read more...]

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The Amazon Cloud Turns Five

April 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This month, Amazon Web Services (AWS) turns five years old. As a leader in infrastructure as a service (IaaS), its impact can hardly be overestimated especially as an cloud enabler for SME‘s, new SaaS providers and, increasingly, an option for large companies that want to migrate infrastructure and services to the cloud. In retrospect, it’s amazing to see the number of services that AWS has added to its portfolio in the past five years. The original offering that provides basic compute … [Read more...]

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iSpaces provide an interesting cloud-browser service

April 1, 2011 By 2 Comments

An Irish startup called iSpaces has launched a beta-version  of a „cloud-based browser“ product called CloudBrowser. In its first phase, it provides an interesting option for users to work in a browser that is run from the cloud, i.e. a "browser within a browser".  This enables a seamless usage experience as it becomes irrelevant from what computer the user accesses his browser sessions. The user can open any number of browser windows or tabs and log into any Web application as needed that … [Read more...]

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