Posts tagged Microsoft
Most Cloud Compute cycles will be HPC
May 17th
A few months ago, I was chatting with a friend on the phone about HPC when he made the statement which is the title of this post. I jotted it down, and it’s been rattling around in my brain ever since. At first it seemed very odd, HPC is a neiche market, a small proportion [...]
Microsoft Buys Skype – “It’s a good thing”.
May 10th
Today’s rumor of a Microsoft bid for Skype is no surprise. While legions of Skype users may bemoan that their low-cost alternative to international calling is being swallowed up by the behemoth, they shouldn’t really fret. It may very well be what saves Skype. As it turns out, Skype isn’t really an independent company having [...]
Cloud computing for dummies
May 5th
Actually it was a room full of CIOs and IT decision makers, but what I heard last evening at the Midsize Enterprise Summit 2011 keynotes provided one of the better explanations of cloud computing… And it came from a major vendor no less! Jordan Chrysafidis, Microsoft’s VP of SMS&P outlined cloud computing based on needed [...]
Shameless tagging
Apr 18th
It’s hard to watch a movie by Stephen Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, or starring Brad Pitt, J-Lo, or even (gasp) Justin Bieber without seeing product placements from companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nike, RIM, Dell, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and others. On screen stars are using iPhones, iPads, iPods, Android phones, and you will soon even see Motorola tablets and RIM [...]
The Most Important Blog Post on Strategy You’ll Ever Read!
Apr 18th
IT folks are busy people. Their typical workday doesn’t fit in the 9-5 slot (equipment NEVER breaks down during the workday – 3am being the preferred time.) Busy is good, right? There’s so much to do! Maybe. A wise IT leader should never, ever, confuse motion with progress. You can be busy, but busy doing [...]
Technology re-use = innovation
Apr 15th
I came across this interesting video while checking on those I follow on Twitter; this is really cool: I’ve never been much into video games, but the technology can be leveraged for more interesting things as seen in the video above. Innovation usually isn’t about anything brand new, but often re-using something designed for one purpose and [...]
Getting Social in Canada: Jive Software
Apr 27th
Today I attended Jive Software’s Get Social tour stop in Toronto and left impressed not only with the company’s software and strategy, but with the quality of attendance at the event. The event featured a hour (and a bit) of keynotes including a look at how Canada’s RIM has used Jive’s SBS to deploy mybackberry.com. [...]
My Microsoft Outlook Connector suddenly stopped working
Apr 26th
Our dependency on technology becomes rather alarming. If a global disaster strikes and you live in the country in an 18-century house, you will be able to get some firewood in the forest, bring water in a bucket from the river, catch a rabbit with a snare made of your suspenders, and roast that rabbit [...]
Office in the Cloud Showdown: Office Web Apps vs Google Docs
Apr 23rd
Office 2010 is being released this week. Will its Office Web App beat Google’s Google Docs?
Microsoft Enterprise Solutions, Sneak Peak of Windows 7 Phone
Apr 19th
Microsoft illustrates its IT solutions in Azure, SharePoint, Visual Studio, and SQL Server. Microsoft’s application development on the Windows 7 Phone was also demoed.
Twitter to sells Ads to pay the Bills
Apr 13th
Twitter began selling a service called Promoted Tweets today. Will it work? Will Twitter be Profitable?
The Business Gets Social: SalesForce’s Chatter and SAP’s StreamWork
Apr 9th
Late in 2009 both SalesForce.com and SAP began beta testing social applications that proposed businesses could use social tools within their walls to address a variety of needs from financial management and sales tracking to impromptu group collaboration. Since then both of these solutions have gone live and are beginning to garner much interest in [...]
iPad O/S outdated in a day…
Apr 8th
I have an iMac and love it. I have a Win7 notebook and think its great. I’d love a new smart phone and would consider an iPhone. However, I am stumped by how Apple continues to rise above the fray. Case & Point: Apple releases the iPad to rabid millions with tones of hoopla. Reviews [...]
