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- Google App Engine: When will Microsoft field a competitor?
- On April 7, Google took the wraps off of more than many had expected: Not just a hosted database platform, but an entire hosted Web app platform, known as Google App Engine. Google App Engine, which Google announced at its CampFire One developer event on April...
- Tags: Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., RDBMS, BigTable, SimpleDB, SSDS, Databases, Web Services, Storage, Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Google to launch BigTable this week?
- It sounds like the press is being briefed on a new service Google is about to release to developers -- possibly as early as this week. The service is called BigTable, and it has been proving itself for quite a while as the storage engine behind many Google services....
- Tags: Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., BigTable, Pricing, Storage, Marketing Research, Marketing, Hardware, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-04-06
- Pondering Google 2.0: How will it get to $100 billion in revenue?
- Google is projected by Wall Street to have annual revenue of $15.7 billion in 2008 and $19 billion in 2009. But the ambitions are higher--more like $100 billion in annual revenue. The big question: How will Google get there? That question is being addressed in a report by Stephen...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Idea, Math, Mathematics, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., eBay Inc., Stephen Arnold, Bigtable, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
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- The problem with Google Apps Engine
- The problem with Google Apps Engine"You are putting your application in Google’s hands"Google has yet to abuse its customers, yet MS has been doing this for years. Stifling innovation and always putting marketing noise well above doing anything creative.You are comfortable putting your computing future in Microsoft’s hands?RE: The problem...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps Engine, Google Apps
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- The problem with Google Apps Engine
- If you are considering taking advantage of the new Google App Engine service from Google, I suggest you read this article first. There are some hidden facts that you should be aware of before making your decision to adopt this platform. First, I'd like to thank...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Productivity, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- 52+5 reasons to go to Google I/O
- On May 28th and 29th, Googlers from all over the world will converge on Moscone West for Google I/O, the company's largest ever developers conference. At last count, Google is sending 52 employees to speak at the San Francisco event, plus 5 more experts from outside the company. I'll be...
- Tags: Google Inc., I/O, Python Community, Steve, Programming Languages, Performance Management, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- If Google's App Engine ever met an app appliance...
- Google on Tuesday launched its App Engine, which allows developers to run their Web applications on the search giant's computing cloud. The news has multiple angles to it. Google has details on its corporate and app engine blog, but the gist is this Techmeme: With Google...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google App Engine, Search, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Google announces App Engine: Should Amazon worry?
- Just like most of us thought, Google's new App Engine appears to be a direct competitor for Amazon web services. And in true Google fashion, the service is being opened up to the first 10,000 developers that request an account -- free of charge. Of course, that will...
- Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- News to know: Microhoo redux; Mobile Linux; Jive; Google; Let XP die
- Notable headlines: Yahoo launches 'stock market for ads' Larry Dignan: The three week Microhoo countdown begins... Mary Jo Foley: Ballmer tells Yahoo board: Get off the pot Microsoft's letter to Yahoo Paula Rooney: Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile Linux is poised for commercial takeoff in...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mobile, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Mobile Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Google to launch BigTable this week?
- Google to launch BigTable this week?Stop publishing PR on behalf of GoogleMy god, yet anoter press release from the press release junkies Google!And what to ZDNet do, simply publish it.This is so borig it is not funny. The only thing Google have successfully monetised and gained any relevenat market share...
- Tags: Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-06
- Microsoft builds out its first containerized datacenter
- Microsoft builds out its first containerized datacenterVerari = GarbageOnly thing going for Verari is their price. Other than that....They are garbage. Garbage over the counter parts that you can by at your local Mom and Pap PC shop. Horrible support. I really don't understand why companies waste their time and...
- Tags: Data centers, Verari, data center, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-02
- Google: Rewriting the book on data centers
- Om Malik had an interesting post about Google's super-sized datacenters. He posited that Google's massive infrastructure, customized for its processes, represents a the big barrier to entry for its rivals, and it will continue to give the company an edge as long as it keeps spending the billions on its...
- Tags: Google Inc., Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-12-05
- Google's secret home-brew 10 gigE switch
- Has Google has built its own 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch - one far cheaper and power-efficient than existing switches - as it seeks to widen its infrastructure cost advantage over Yahoo, MSN and AOL? Andrew Schmitt, an analyst at Nyquist Capital makes the case. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Server, Ethernet, RAID, Networking, Network Technology, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2007-11-18
- Mondorian: A Google code review tool
- Niall Kennedy has a great post about a tool used by Google developers to manage code reviews -- Mondorian. Guido van Rossum has spent nearly 25% of his time at Google working on the project that was unveiled at a Tech Talk on Google campus.Mondorian isnt open source...
- Tags: Open Source, Google Tech Talks, Mondorian, Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-12-01
- MS-Google face-off: This time in distributed computing
- MS-Google face-off: This time in distributed computingYeesh......you know things about the company I work at that I didn't know. Didn't know the Dryad team was based out of Mountain View (my official home office, though I live in LA).Microsoft DryadGoogle has left a relatively clear roadmap of the technical...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Dryad, distributed computing
- Discussion threads 2006-09-26
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