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- Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?
- Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?The Zune of cloud computingI just can't get behind any service offered by Microsoft, regardless of the discount they attached to it. I'd be thinking about the Zune and Hotmail. And, if by some miracle they actually did field a well conceived...
- Tags: E-mail providers, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Scripting languages, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure pricing, Microsoft Zune, MSN Hotmail, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
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- News to know: Intel; Oracle, Microsoft patches; Azure; Mourning a dead laptop
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Intel shines: Earnings, revenue, margins well above estimates; Outlook better Andrew Nusca: PC sales to see biggest drop...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Mobile, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Windows Mobile Customizability, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
- Microsoft announces its Azure cloud computing pricing
- Microsoft announces its Azure cloud computing pricingCompared to Amazon...I compared the prices with Amazon's equivalent, the results are in my blog at http://bit.ly/OT7V8. Anyway, they seem to be approximately the same, which is probably the meaning that we should have associated with being "competitive" all along.Is that a lot or...
- Tags: Six Sigma, Pricing, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Microsoft Windows, Process improvement, cloud computing, Azure, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- Microsoft announces its Azure cloud computing pricing
- Microsoft reconfirmed today that its cloud computing platform will be commercially available this November and unveiled pricing for its Azure components -- the base operating system, its hosted database and its messaging service. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Pricing, Hardware, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Chrome OS: good for you; bad for Microsoft
- Chrome OS: good for you; bad for MicrosoftWhat happens?How will it work if the internet is down, or you do not have connectivety for some reason?How is it fair for this OS to have the browser embedded so deeply in it, but Google argues against Microsoft doing that to the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Google Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., operating system, Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- News to know: Google Books, Yahoo's Search Pad; CrunchPad; 99-cent netbook; Psystar; SAP war chest
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Richard Koman: DOJ confirms Google Books investigation Sam Diaz: Can Yahoo steal the search throne from Google with Search...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo Search, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Video, Psystar, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Corporate Communications, Projectors, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Marketing, Hardware, Components
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Azure pricing: How low will Microsoft go?
- Microsoft isn't ready to talk Azure licensing/pricing specifics yet. But there are some broad-brush hints on its Azure Web site about some of the factors that will figure into the company's pricing equation. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Comparing infrastructure as a service providers: Amazon, Rackspace emerge
- Amazon Web Services has the best pricing based on dollar per virtual machine, but Rackspace fills in a few gaps---especially with persistent instance data, according to a report from JMP Securities. In the report, JMP analyst Patrick Walravens surveys the infrastructure as a service providers. The report,...
- Tags: Rackspace, Amazon Web Services, Web Service, Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, Walravens, Cloud Computing, Pricing, Virtualization, Web Services, Marketing Research, Marketing, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- All About Azure
- Azure, Microsoft's cloud-computing platform, is still a mystery to many Microsoft developers, customers, partners and even competitors. The final version of Azure is going to launch this fall -- with pricing, SLA terms and other details coming even sooner this summer. Now is the time to get...
- Tags: Platform, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Azure, Blogging, Service Level Management, Internet, It Operations, It service Management
- Webcasts 2009-06-09
- What is cloud computing?
- What is cloud computing?Cloud = Virtual Private Server HostingThe Cloud is not new.Virtual Private Server Hosting has been around for years.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_serverIt's just the breadth of resources has turned it into a quasi-utility of sorts and pricing has come down sufficiently to make Cloud not only affordable but attractive to SMBs...
- Tags: Windows Azure, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-02-26
- IBM, Amazon foreshadow a bevy of connecting clouds; Is Microsoft surrounded?
- If there were any lingering doubts about whether Amazon Web Services were enterprise ready they dissolved this week once IBM became a partner. And now that Amazon and IBM have teamed up a picture of multiple computing clouds is emerging. Amazon Web Services teamed up with IBM...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-13
- Who makes most rain from IBM-Amazon cloud deal? Oracle.
- It just goes to show how perplexing the gathering cloud marketplace is that the punditry are hesitant to meaningfully analyze this important development. But Amazon -- with a history of bold and long-term bets -- and IBM -- with a history of making markets whether it's right...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Linux, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Live and Let Die - Part 1
- We're heading into the forecasting homestretch now. You've seen what I'm thinking 'sup for 2009 with this post, this post, and this post. Now we move onto the final one or two or three (we'll see how long I can go writing each one before I get tired or sick...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., Vision, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sales, CRM, SDN, BPX, Marketing Functionality, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped
- Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, PaaS, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Emerging Technologies, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Cloud definitions and economics
- Like Phil Wainewright, I attended the excellent CloudCamp in London several weeks back. Unlike Phil, I walked away with more questions than answers but with my enterprisey antenna on high alert. Two things struck me. Rhys Jones of Royal Bank of Scotland's assertion that while cloud computing...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson
- Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet; Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...
- Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
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