As part of it’s open source initiatives, Google has released Google Blog Converters 1.0. Kudos to Google for helping users move from as well as to Google’s Blogger service.
An avid Google-watcher, Google Blogoscoped caught a glimpse of offline Tasks when Google temporarily allowed access beyond their Trusted Tester network.
In a blog from the Cloud Computing Expo, Walter Pinson asks, “Is Cloud Computing Like Teenage Sex?“. His premise is that while everybody is talking about Cloud Computing, few corporations are actually doing it. Here is what he is not seeing. Cloud Computing covers a variety of types of services, which I generally divide into […]
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Cisco, leveraging its Ironport appliances, has announce email security capabilities that can sit in-house, in a Cisco-managed environment, or both. As reported by NetworkWorld, Cisco will provision dedicated or virtualized systems for each customer. In other words, this is not a cloud-based service. Cisco offering a traditional, managed hosted service.
While Steve Ballmer failed to mention Google Apps as a threat to Microsoft’s email and collaboration products and services during a recent strategy meeting, the corporate VP of Microsoft Online Services sounds like he is fighting a street brawl. Phil Wainewright provides the blow-by-blow in is blog, Microsoft pumps cloud, trumps Google with GSK. What […]
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In his blog, Stop Buying Servers, David Schrag agrees with TechRepublic’s Jason Hiner’s view that NetBooks are driving users to cloud computing. I have a slightly different take Netbooks are not driving users to Cloud Computing. Rather, the growth in Cloud Computing options makes netbooks more feasible. Low and mid-range netbooks, those under the $600, […]
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As reported on bMighty.com, NetGear has introduced a new ReadyNAS storage device aimed at the SMB Market. The device includes the capability to use an integrated online backup service with packages as low as $1/GB per month.As always, we have our questions: Is the fee based on native or compressed space? Is the online storage […]
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As reported by ChannelWeb, Steve Ballmer touched on many issues at Microsoft’s Strategic Update Meeting in New York last week. Here is my take after reading the quotes: SEARCH: Microsoft is not making money from Search and may be slowing its rate of investment Microsoft is threatened by netbooks and is considering how to adjust […]
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One of the differences between Google Apps Premier Edition and MS Outlook with Exchange is that Google Apps does not have the concept of the Global Address List. Companies use the GAL to share contacts and distribution lists, even though the GAL is a separate entity from the Personal Address Book, which is also separate […]
Google Apps Enterprise Edition users have seen some a number of small changes to the user Gmail user interface. While some are cosmetic — colors, borders, highlights — others should ease user adoption and comfort with Gmail. One of these changes is the Move to button that appeared this morning.One of the big differences between […]
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Several stories like this one from Jan 30 on ChannelWeb point to signs that the often-rumored GDrive is coming from Google. Like Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (a.k.a S3 Drive), the word on the street is that Google’s GDrive will provide large quantities of low cost, or even free, storage in the cloud. More interesting with […]
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Google Provides Blog Converters
/in GeneralAs part of it’s open source initiatives, Google has released Google Blog Converters 1.0. Kudos to Google for helping users move from as well as to Google’s Blogger service.
Google Leaks Sneak Peak at Offline Tasks
/in GeneralAn avid Google-watcher, Google Blogoscoped caught a glimpse of offline Tasks when Google temporarily allowed access beyond their Trusted Tester network.
Cloud Computing May Be Better Than Teenage Sex
/in GeneralIn a blog from the Cloud Computing Expo, Walter Pinson asks, “Is Cloud Computing Like Teenage Sex?“. His premise is that while everybody is talking about Cloud Computing, few corporations are actually doing it. Here is what he is not seeing. Cloud Computing covers a variety of types of services, which I generally divide into […]
Cisco Steps into Cloud — sort of — With Email Security Product
/in GeneralCisco, leveraging its Ironport appliances, has announce email security capabilities that can sit in-house, in a Cisco-managed environment, or both. As reported by NetworkWorld, Cisco will provision dedicated or virtualized systems for each customer. In other words, this is not a cloud-based service. Cisco offering a traditional, managed hosted service.
Maybe Microsoft Does See Google as a Threat in the Cloud
/in GeneralWhile Steve Ballmer failed to mention Google Apps as a threat to Microsoft’s email and collaboration products and services during a recent strategy meeting, the corporate VP of Microsoft Online Services sounds like he is fighting a street brawl. Phil Wainewright provides the blow-by-blow in is blog, Microsoft pumps cloud, trumps Google with GSK. What […]
ITworld: SaaS: The Better Way to Buy
/in GeneralDavid Coursey at ITworld is on the mark!
Chicken & Egg: Netbooks and Cloud Computing
/in GeneralIn his blog, Stop Buying Servers, David Schrag agrees with TechRepublic’s Jason Hiner’s view that NetBooks are driving users to cloud computing. I have a slightly different take Netbooks are not driving users to Cloud Computing. Rather, the growth in Cloud Computing options makes netbooks more feasible. Low and mid-range netbooks, those under the $600, […]
You Can Export Data from Google Apps
/in GeneralThe unofficial Google Operating System blog tells us how here: Export Data From Google Services
NetGEAR Rolls out ReadyNAS with Online Storage: We Have Questions
/in GeneralAs reported on bMighty.com, NetGear has introduced a new ReadyNAS storage device aimed at the SMB Market. The device includes the capability to use an integrated online backup service with packages as low as $1/GB per month.As always, we have our questions: Is the fee based on native or compressed space? Is the online storage […]
10 Things Steve Ballmer (and Microsoft) is Thinking About
/in GeneralAs reported by ChannelWeb, Steve Ballmer touched on many issues at Microsoft’s Strategic Update Meeting in New York last week. Here is my take after reading the quotes: SEARCH: Microsoft is not making money from Search and may be slowing its rate of investment Microsoft is threatened by netbooks and is considering how to adjust […]
Google Apps Contacts Mature
/in GeneralOne of the differences between Google Apps Premier Edition and MS Outlook with Exchange is that Google Apps does not have the concept of the Global Address List. Companies use the GAL to share contacts and distribution lists, even though the GAL is a separate entity from the Personal Address Book, which is also separate […]
Incremental Improvements in Gmail Should Help Enterprise Adoption
/in GeneralGoogle Apps Enterprise Edition users have seen some a number of small changes to the user Gmail user interface. While some are cosmetic — colors, borders, highlights — others should ease user adoption and comfort with Gmail. One of these changes is the Move to button that appeared this morning.One of the big differences between […]
Will There be a G Drive in Our Future?
/in GeneralSeveral stories like this one from Jan 30 on ChannelWeb point to signs that the often-rumored GDrive is coming from Google. Like Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (a.k.a S3 Drive), the word on the street is that Google’s GDrive will provide large quantities of low cost, or even free, storage in the cloud. More interesting with […]