Yesterday Microsoft promoted on its blog SkyDrive which is a free cloud service that gives users access up to 25GB storage of documents, photos, and videos through the web. This news comes just after Apple introduced “iCloud” this week at the WWDC in San Francisco. iCloud is a new cloud backup, sync and storage service…
Lots of rumors are going on about the iCloud announcement on Monday. One of the most exciting ones is the integration of iCloud, Apple’s new Cloud Service into Mac OS X Lion. CEO Steve Jobs is expected to officially present the, Lion, Mac OS X’s eight and latest version on Monday, June 6th at the…
If a survey will be conducted on the most glorified technology trends of the year, there are only two answers most people will say; it’s either cloud computing or smartphones and tablets. It’s everywhere on wall discussions of most IT forums and communities. While some vendors are busy slapping these products, the trend is still…
In part 1 of this article we initiated a comparison of the services provided by Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. We talked about a bit of the history of the two platforms and found certain pros and cons of each of them. Further in this part 2 of the series, we’d focus on certain tangible…
In today’s cloud computing services market, the biggest and the best providers are slugging it out for higher market share and revenue. Being a utility service, the service quality is what matters In this two part series, we would check out the two of the biggest names in cloud computing arena, the established leader and…
Mobile cloud computing is gaining stream. According to the latest study from Juniper Research, the number of mobile cloud computing subscribers is expected to grow rapidly in the next five years. Cloud-based mobile market will generate annual revenue of $9.5 billion in 2014 from $400 million in 2009, at an average annual increase of 88%….
Google is on a deadlock with Microsoft for the next possible Internet-driven revenue. Both of them are wooing companies to subscribe to their hosted versions of vital communications and office software. Computer science students of the University of Washington heard at a conference last spring what Ballmer’s vision is for Microsoft. He said, “At Microsoft,…
Microsoft recently announced its deal with San Francisco that the City and County of San Francisco is upgrading to Microsoft’s Cloud solution. This deal will see its multiple citywide email systems, used by more than 23,000 employee, move to Microsoft’s cloud email system. San Francisco had apparently deliberate Lotus Notes and Google as probable email…
Salesforce.com is the recognized 800-pound gorilla in cloud CRM software. However, while they may own “CRM” on the stock exchange, they do not own the market. Salesforce’s tool is fairly intuitive with deep Sales Force Automation (SFA) functionality. It should definitely make your shortlist, but what other companies should you be looking at? Below are…
Expanding their long-term partnership, SAP and Microsoft announced their plans to improve integration between SAP software and Microsoft virtualization and cloud computing technologies, for their mutual customer base. The announcement was made at SAPPHIRE® NOW, held in Orlando, Florida, May 15-18, 2011 where Microsoft was also named SAP Global Technology Partner of the Year. The…