Archive for June 2008
Microsoft cloud fits and starts.
Microsoft’s dance with cloud comuting is very puzzling. Point 1: The June 5th Wall Street Journal article discusses the friction between Steve Ballmer and Bill Gagtes over NetDocs, described by…
Read MoreSalesforce.com & Google
A short promotional video on Salesforce and the Google cloud. Follow me at https://Twitter.com/Kevin_Jackson
Read MoreGamers now have their own cloud.
Valve, a Bellevue, Washington based entertainment software and technology company, recently announced that they will use the cloud computing paradigm as their next major update. Called “Steam Cloud” the service…
Read MoreIs IBM serious about cloud computing?
Last week in Eye on the Enterprise, Joe McKendrick, highlighted IBM VP Steve Mills’ apparently less than enthusiastic statement regarding cloud computing. In an April 30th interview with CNET’s Dan…
Read MoreVMware and Cloud Computing
VMware President and Chief Executive Officer Diane Greene,in her keynote address at the JP Morgan Technology Conference in Boston, described cloud computing as the final evolutionary step for virtualization. In…
Read MoreDISA Cloud Computing Plans
During last month’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Partnership Conference, cloud computing debuted as a “top priority” for senior leadership. Speakers described a future state when users would access computing…
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