Private cloud computing has some advantages over public could for small and midsized companies (SMBs). While public cloud’s advantage includes low upfront cost, with practically infinite scalability, it has a significant downside especially in accountability, security, and lock-in. Like their large enterprise counterparts, SMBs must store and protect critical data – often customer data –…
The “Cloud” has become the biggest buzzword in technology today and it is having a revolutionary impact on small to medium size businesses (SMBs), especially in the way they market their business. In order to optimize their spending, small businesses have to be creative when it comes to marketing resources. Most small businesses cannot afford…
2010 was a big year for Cloud Computing and as the year approaches to an end we take a look and the top Cloud Computing stories of the year that made headlines around the world. Oracle Moves To The Cloud Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corp has not been a big supporter of Cloud Computing…
Rackspace announced today its first managed cloud offering, Cloud Servers with a managed service level. The San Antonio-based company says that this will give them an edge over commodity cloud players like Amazon Web Services. According to Rackspace, the Managed Cloud offering provides businesses with proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and advice on how to best leverage…
Dreamforce is always Silicon Valley’s liveliest event, but this year’s event was especially great, with lots of shocking announcements and plenty of entertainment. Bill Clinton, Stevie Wonder, Will.I.Am from the BlackEyesPeas, the Bush impersonator and the Microsoft’s customer who didn’t get forced were among the featured guests at the event. For a recap of last…
Dreamforce is just one week away! It surely looks like it will be the industry’s largest cloud computing event of the year with over twenty thousand people expected to be at the Moscone Center from December 6-9th. So what’s new and exciting about this year’s event? Party Party Party! Did we mention the numerous parties?…
Eloqua announced today via Marketwire the availability of Eloqua Discover for Salesforce.com with Salesforce Chatter integration on AppExchange 2. The Salesforce Chatter integration within Eloqua Discover for Salesforce.com provides sales teams the ability to easily and quickly track prospect activities while engaging in real-time communication through feeds. Eloqua Discover for Salesforce.com is designed to help…
Silverpop®, provider of a scalable, integrated email marketing and marketing automation platform, announced its Engage App is now available on salesforce.com’s ChatterExchange, a category of salesforce.com’s AppExchange. With Silverpop Engage updated to include Salesforce Chatter functionality, Silverpop customers can automatically trigger numerous behavioral events to Chatter, salesforce.com’s real-time enterprise collaboration app, providing instant updates that…
Jo Maitland, the executive editor for SearchCloudComputing.com, posted a great video that explains the differences between the three major types of cloud computing models: public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud. Click here to view Cloud computing models: Public vs. private vs. hybrid
Yesterday, at the UP 2010 Cloud Computing Conference, PwC US and Cloudcor, Inc. announced the four winners of the UP 2010 Cloud Computing Awards. Out of more than 150 submissions and 25 finalists, four companies were selected as the winners of the UP 2010 Cloud Computing Awards: Fastest Growing Cloud Provider Award Audience Choice Award:…