Google App Engine Cloud Availability Plummets, Sparks Outages
Google (NSDQ:GOOG) App Engine, the search giant’s cloud development platform, suffered a massive performance hiccup on Thursday when availability dropped and knocked some user Web sites off line.
Where’s Microsoft’s Plan to Win in the Consumerization of IT Age?
Take a look at the companies that have made major progress in the technology industry in the past few years and you’ll notice a pattern. Apple and Google both emphasize simplicity and a go-to-market strategy that emphasizes consumer markets. In an age when the consumerization of IT is the reality and the Consumer Electronics Show is the biggest technology trade show around (not the now defunct COMDEX), it’s pretty clear that consumer markets are a clear pathway into the enterprise.
VDI as a Utility in the Cloud
One of the problems that IT organizations have with anything to do with virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is its complexity. While the promise of VDI is appealing, the cost of deploying it and managing it scares off a lot of IT organizations.
The cloud and the incredible shrinking office
Those in the know say that cloud computing will fundamentally change the way we office creatures work.
“I am slightly too young to remember the workplace before the arrival of the PC,” says Jacqui Thomas, director of Comms at the UK and Ireland chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance. “But cloud is the same kind of game changer.”
Adrian Steel, head of infrastructure at the Royal Mail, also sees big changes ahead, especially once cloud matures.
Is Cloud killing off The Office?
A decade ago businesses in the UK looked very different to how they do today – just look at the BBC’s ‘The Office’, which first aired in July 2001. Many of us had big, bulky desktop PCs, an agonisingly slow internet connection and a desk phone that looked like something out of the 80s.
Laying the Groundwork for Cloud Migrations
To say that the cloud is the latest technology to hit the enterprise is something of an understatement. In reality, it’s a technology that will completely remake the enterprise from the ground up, effecting major changes in everything from systems and infrastructure to business processes and staffing.
Clearly, this kind of change won’t be easy. And probably the most daunting aspect of the cloud is ensuring that data, and data accessibility, is maintained as the shift occurs.
What Buyers Look for in Cloud Computing Solutions
Cloud computing, with its lower costs and increased flexibility, seems like a no-brainer — until you start scrutinizing the many products and services available in the market today.
There are so many choices that it’s easy to become paralyzed, especially when every tech company under the sun is rebranding itself as a “cloud provider.” Behavioral economists call this paralysis the paradox of choice. Too much of a good thing can end up being just too much.
Hybrid approach is the future for Microsoft cloud
Microsoft is “all in” for the cloud according to CEO Steve Ballmer, a message which was underlined recently at the company’s worldwide partner conference in Los Angeles. “Our mission, simply put, is to cloud-optimise every business,” said Server and Tools president Satya Nadella.