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Is the enterprise market tipping towards SaaS?

Yep.

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Enterprise software, software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7

Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7In the next 12 months . . .WM7 is way more important than Azure and W7 combined. M$ has to right this sinking WM ship. Apple is eating their lunch, and now Google has entered the fray with their very compelling G1...

Tags: Operating systems, enterprise market, Microsoft Corp., Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, WM7

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

Will BlackBerry devices continue to reign in the enterprise market?

Will BlackBerry devices continue to reign in the enterprise market?Remember RIM Now Claims 50% + Growth From ConsumerHi Matt,Keep in mind that during the last earnings report that RIM's consumer portion of subscribers is 38% and they are publicly stating that "more than half" of new additions came from the...

Tags: Enterprise software, Research In Motion Ltd., BlackBerry Devices, enterprise market, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

There are two enterprise markets

There are two enterprise marketsInterestingDana, I think you're really on to something with the "two enterprises" idea. But I'm not sure it necessarily follows that commercial open source vendors will just morph into big bloated versions of today's large vendors. The players who succeed will do so by...

Tags: Channel management, Enterprise software, enterprise market

Discussion threads 2007-11-27

Apple U.S. market share hits 5 percent

Apple U.S. market share hits 5 percentVery impressive for AppleConsidering most of their sales DON'T go to enterprise markets whereas most sales of HP and Dell DO.5% is a misleading figure...5% is a misleading figure, considering the majority of Apple's products end up on a desktop at home. HP,...

Tags: Operating systems, Sales strategy, Desktops, Enterprise software, Apple Inc., operating system, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, enterprise market, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-19

Is open source nimble enough?

Is open source nimble enough?Hit bait"Open source change or patch management is especially weak, Kwiecinski feels"The very recent 2 day turnaround exhibited by Mozilla for the Firefox browser is "weak"? What does that imply for the software behemoths who take up to 6 months? Or, who simply leave flaws unpatched...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, open source, patch management, enterprise market

Discussion threads 2005-05-13

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Conference energy levels

Coming to Dreamforce has been a revelation. The news was dominated by Chatter but that only tells a fraction of the real story. As I sat in the media room chatting sic to an old buddy it occurred to me this was a conference that annoyed for all...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Event, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Sales Force Management, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-20

Inside the Google Chrome OS security model

The proof will be in implementationAll of these lofty goals are one thing. Making it happen in code is quite another. It sounds like they are just giving a laundry list of what people want them to say. I'm in the "believe it when I see it" camp. Good intentions...

Tags: security, Google Inc., licence, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Live from Googleplex: Chrome OS details revealed

Ubuntu 9.10 has more immediate potentialMight I suggest trying Ubuntu 9.10? A phenominal OS with much more to offer then even Windows 7.Open source, free and ready to try today...http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1122http://www.tuxradar.com/content/vista-windows-7-ubuntu-904-and-910-boot-speed-comparisonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYgWE6Svpaghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16-nad9N3pgNot that I have readI'd stick with 904immediate potential to sink in obscurityGoogle was Linux's last fleeting chance to turn...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall

Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage

The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Environment, Social Computing, Chatter, Status Update, Groups, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid

The problem for competitors is that Google could throw a billion or more atmobile OS market including Android and ChromeOS. They just want a flood of cheap, very functional, very powerful mobile internet devices. They do not need ANY profits on the OS itself.Hardware manufactures like Palm, Blackberry, and Nokia...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, phone, keyboard, Google Inc., physical keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., iPhone Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft may have blown opportunities, but all hope is not lost

Time to let it goThe erosion has started, it cannot be stopped and the longer you try to hold on to something that fleecing away the more you lose.Game over.Android wins.:)Blown OpportunitiesThis reminds me of MS failing to see the internet coming and allowing Netscape to dominate the market. They...

Tags: Operating systems, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile, phone, Windows Monopoly

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Three new codenames and how they fit into Microsoft's cloud vision

They are named V / W / TThey came up with some good names:VirusWormTrojan;)Wow! Did you figure that out all by yourself? You get a gold star! [nt].Windows 'BOT CLOUD' now that is NEW!Instead of the MILLIONS of compromised Windows servers/desktop world wide and growing.The Windows cloud will pollute the...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Windows Azure, Microsoft Corp., operating system, vision

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Cisco Announces Hosted Email Service

Integrated Communication and CollaborationThe market seems to be getting more and more complex! The general trend is towards integrated communication and collaboration Google Apps and Microsoft BPOS. Google Wave caused something of a paradigm shift with its blurring of communication/collaboration lines, though it is argued it is too new to...

Tags: Groupware, Cisco Systems Inc., collaboration, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Easily Monitor Virtual/Physical/Cloud and Save Budget. up.time - Free Trial

Need Deep Systems Management for Virtual/Physical/Cloud that Saves you Budget? Think up.time... Easily monitor, measure and manage virtual, physical, and Cloud assets and applications from one dashboard with up.time. Whether you need to monitor and manage across remote datacenters or multiple platforms or databases, up.time provides the...

Tags: Monitor, Systems Management, Uptime Software, Up.time, It Services, Network Administration, Monitors & Displays, Networking, Hardware, Components

Download resources 2009-11-13

End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations

In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data. Commentary - Media outlets around the globe highlight new data breaches at an alarmingly regular rate. Forrester estimates that the cost...

Tags: PCI, Organization, Data Breach, PCI DSS, Encryption Key, encryption, security, Paul Meadowcroft Thales, Special to ZDNet, Paul Meadowcroft, Thales, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-11

Microsoft whittles away at Oslo; now plans to fold it into SQL Server

Let's wait for PDC09 firstOk, it's a fact that the Oslo umbrella has little left of the glory it once had. On the other hand, the original plan would never have yielded a stable, full-featured product or a set of products in v1. If the new direction results in shipping...

Tags: Databases, Enterprise software, Servers, OK IT, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Google: Is there anyone who doesn't have an opinion?

Google is 1995 MicrosoftFor now, Google is up there, with great products, a bright future and way in front. But...Google can't be different from any other company that ever emerged, flourish and then met their nemesis. Everybody thinks it will be MS or Apple but the reality will probably be...

Tags: Strategy, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10