hosted software development

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Hosted software development: an emerging market [includes podcast]

Hosted software development: an emerging market [includes podcast]Emerging market?If we're talking about version control, bug tracking, compile farms, etc then how is this an emerging market? Companies have been doing this for years.As for leasing out computer time...this has been done for decades. It just went out...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Marketing research, Financial services, Podcasts, Development tools, Force.com, emerging market, tool, Hosted, Hosted software development, software development, podcast

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

Additional Resources

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...

Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

When will Microsoft's Live Mesh matter?

I consider live Mesh to be one of the killer apps...... on my Windows Mobile phone. That explains a lot there. If Microsoft can't get Windows Mobile straight, what hope is there for ancillary services?it is oddIt's bizarre that they haven't used it in other ways. I love it...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Mesh matter, Microsoft Live Mesh

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Microsoft makes Web development tools available for free

right...'free tools' that cost you arm and leg when you realized you just missed a small component not included in the 'stack'...kind of like getting a free car with no wheels.RE: Microsoft makes Web development tools available for freeFor example? What would one of those components be?Give an ExampleWhat...

Tags: Channel management, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Microsoft Visual Studio, Web development, Web Development Tools, Microsoft Corp., Web, proc, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Modern banker malware undermines two-factor authentication

Once pitched as an additional layer of security for E-banking transactions, two-factor authentication is slowly becoming an easy to bypass authentication process, to which cybercriminals have successfully adapted throughout the last couple of years. Modern banker malware, also known as crimeware, is now fully capable of bypassing...

Tags: Bank, Two-factor Authentication, Antivirus, Malware, SMS, Cybercriminal, Banker Malware, Zeus, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Security Administration, Financial Services, Viruses And Worms, Security, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-23

The best VoIP solution is ...

What about hosted?Wondering if you guys would be willing to discuss the most obvious omission... hosted. It's like choosing which car to buy when its cheaper to take a limo.RE: The best VoIP solution is ...Your article was only comprehensive if you consider just the IP-PBX and desktop telephone;...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Fax, Zultys, Voice Mail, VoIP Solution, AC power, SIP, VoIP

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players salivate

Any bets on how long it takes someone to hack in and screw it up? nt...Why don't I feel good about this???Hmmm... Could it be that some government a55-clown could store sensitive data in the cloud... And that there are tons of other countries with extremely skilled hackers that would...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Virtualization, Apps.gov, agency, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Intuit's reported purchase of Mint: A fine defensive move

NervousIntuit never merged their online product and their excellent Paytrust product, and now they are likely to screw up mint, which I liked as well. This does not bode well.I dislike having my financial info on the web.Must just be me, since all those Mint users don't seem concerned. ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intuit Inc., reported purchase, defensive move

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Microsoft: Windows Mobile 7 not on the PDC docket

MS can be extremely innovative when they want to beI'm looking forward to WM7. When MS feels threatened, they are easily the most innovative tech company in the world. And when I say "innovative", I mean in the real sense, not in the Apple sense where innovation is taking something...

Tags: PDAs, Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Packaged software, an accident of history

"government engineered" ????"dysfunctional business model"Sounds like someone is looking for a new "revenue stream"!This sounds suspiciously like the "lease a car" vs "rent a car" debate. Change the looks of the same old clunker to "generate sales" without really improving anything.Feudal Europe had the royalty owning the land and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Web Standard, software, accident

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

VMware's vision: Clouds everywhere

While I was making my way out to San Francisco for OpenSource World/Next Generation Datacenter/Cloudworld, VMware issued a press release stating that they were acquiring Spring Source, a supplier of Platform as a Service offerings. This, I believe, opens the door for VMware to offer a nearly complete, end-to-end solution...

Tags: Solution, Data Center, Open Source, PaaS, Vision, Supplier, VMware Inc., Tool, SpringSource, Spring Framework, Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Organizational knowledge

Organizations have many moving parts. There are groups focused on finance, sales, production, research and the like. Over time each of them face issues and develop responses.  How effective the responses are tend to define how successful they are in addressing their mission. Unfortunately, in many organizations that knowledge is...

Tags: Knowledge, Productivity, Strategy, E-mail, Management, Online Communications, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-03

RE/MAX International Lowers Cost of Ownership for Affiliate Extranet by 75 Percent

Global real estate franchisor RE/MAX International wanted to update its aging, externally hosted, custom-developed extranet site to save costs, increase development control, enhance system agility, and provide better resources for its affiliates. The company invested in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to redesign and administer the extranet, and expects to...

Tags: Extranet, Networking

Case studies 2009-07-20

Microsoft Office 2010: The odyssey continues

Sequels never can match the thrill of the original. But the good ones offer a compelling story of their own, develop familiar characters, and introduce something new and exciting. Last week Microsoft gave developers a backstage pass to preview Office 2010, due out in the first half of next year....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Sheri McLeish

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Office 2010 to hit networks and the web in style

The Office 2010 web applications throw online productivity into a new dimension by porting four of the most popular and most useful Office applications onto the web: Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote. The online office-suite business - business, if you can call it that, since the main...

Tags: Web, Network, Web Application, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-14

What is Microsoft's Web platform (and what's Chris Wilson's part in it)?

What is Microsoft's Web platform (and what's Chris Wilson's part in it)?Simple...The answer to your question is simple.In terms of standards, Microsoft needs to step up its game in supporting them. If other browsers support standards in draft stage, IE should as well. It should go above and beyond whenever...

Tags: Channel management, Microsoft Office, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Web, developer

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Microsoft seeks a name for its new Office Web Apps suite

Microsoft seeks a name for its new Office Web Apps suiteGiggle ME j/k nt Office Web Apps"Office Web Apps" sounds just about right to me.Since they never use the cool names anyway...Why not just call it Office for Web. :)Or the slightly more elegant "Remote Office". :)RE: Microsoft seeks a...

Tags: OpenOffice, Bing, Microsoft Office, Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2010, Web application

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Web Squared: Web 2.0's Successor?

Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle discussed their vision and nomenclature for the next iteration of the web in a webinar last Thursday: I believe the recording will be available online sometime this week, slides are above. With the term 'Web 2.0' enjoying its fifth birthday...

Tags: Web, ISBN, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-28

Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the States

Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the StatesAgreed, with one minor point difference . . .I believe that the reason you're seeing what you are in China is that since most Windows installations are pirated copies, they get no support. And if you're going to have no support, might...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux/Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Linux, minor player, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Cloud computing and open source face-off

Cloud computing and open source face-offThanks for the shout outI think your piece adds a lot to the discussion as well.Master Joe Says...Just two questions. The word proprietary is mentioned. Last time I checked, one of the biggest reasons that the open-source idiots, also known as OSI, complained...

Tags: cloud business, open source, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-06-15