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Microsoft's Web 2.0 vision for business

At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's business division, explains how Microsoft plans to apply Web 2.0 technology, such as self-service and groups of people contributing to applications, to the enterprise. In an interview with Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media,...

Tags: Web, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, web 2.0, microsoft, platforms, enterprise, O'Reilly, applications, mobile

Videos 2009-04-02

Will economic downturn push companies into the cloud?

At the TechCrunch Cloud Computing Roundtable in Mountain View, Calif., Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, explains why he thinks Microsoft's entry into the business will bring validation to the cloud. Many CTOs, he says, still need to be convinced that using software as a service will save them money and...

Tags: Cloud, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Salesforce, cloud computing, SaaS, Benioff, Microsoft, TechCrunch, platforms

Videos 2009-03-02

Salesforce to partner with Facebook

At the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, and Steve Fisher, senior vice president of the platform division at Salesforce, demonstrate a recruiting program made possible by making Force.com's platform compatible with Facebook. When it comes to things like job recommendations, social networks are...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Facebook, Sales Force Management, Sales, software, platforms, SaaS, cloud, computing, compatible, applications, Dreamforce

Videos 2008-11-04

Additional Resources

CD Storage Master 7.0.5 (Windows)

CD Storage Master is a professional CD catalog/CD database software, Manage your CD/DVD collection for all windows platforms. CD Storage Master can load not only file name, size, create time, modify time but also metadata of file (such as MP3 ID3 Tag, image file width, height and color, Microsoft Office...

Tags: CD, Storage, Microsoft Windows, CDStorager, CD Storage Master

Software downloads 2009-11-08

Microsoft puts more Azure cloud plumbing in place

Editing nitMary Jo - it always bugs me when you and others refer to 'Azure.' There is no such thing as 'Azure.' There is a Windows Azure product and a SQL Azure product but no Azure product. It seems confusing to use Azure along. If you want to talk...

Tags: Operating systems, Content management, Azure, Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

MobileTechRoundup show #189; Verizon DROID choices, Moblin 2.1 for netbooks

Today is the launch of the Motorola DROID and HTC DROID ERIS on Verizon and James has the DROID in hand. Kevin is triple booting his netbook and the new Moblin 2.1 OS looks slick enough for me to give a try on my MSI Wind soon too. We also...

Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Smart Phone, Verizon Communications Inc., Netbook, Kevin, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-06

Firefox, Chrome get quick fixes

Mozilla and Google have released new Firefox and Chrome browsers to fix bugs. The new Firefox patches one critical bug across Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. For Windows, Mac, and Linux, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 fixes three bugs: one critical bug across all platforms, and then one lower priority one...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Firefox, Bug, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, security, Chrome, Firefox, Seth Rosenblatt CNET News

News items 2009-11-06

How fast can remote monitoring move?

Ler's use mu computer and my iPhoneMay sound nuts, but my notebook mine happens to be a Mac and my iPhone have the ability to work with a lot of medical devices - IF the makers build the connectors and write the software.I can enter my blood sugars on an...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Smart phones, Doc, monitoring, patient, computer, EKG, phone, Apple iPhone, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

LiMo has a second phone

Web appsWeb apps, based on HTML5, SVG, WebGL, etc., really need to be given some priority in the industry. Otherwise, app developers will go crazy trying to develop & support local apps, for all of the different mobile OS platforms out there.RE: LiMo has a second phoneI adore Linux and...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, OPEN SOURCE, phone, LiMo Foundation, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Motorola and Palm; will 2009 be designated as a comeback year?

wrongwell matthew, because you have been wrong consistently about the smartphone market the last few years i would argue they are both doomed, when you like them. the pre doesn't help palm as it should regardless of critical acclaim and motorola will participate in the race to the bottom (margin...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Mobile operating systems, RIM OS, Palm Inc., Pre, GSM, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Xobni expands to include enterprise but where are Web, Mobile and even Mac versions

Search tools more than important!!!Good that mostly everbody knows that in business life nothing works without e-mail and even that important is a reliable and fast search tool for Outlook! One of those is Lookeen It has so many features which lighten your work that is amazing. It works with...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Mail.app, Entourage, Web, Xobni, Microsoft Outlook, Apple Macintosh, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

With Zapatec Funambol has one stack to rule mobile open source

With Zapatec, Funambol believes it can create a one-stop shop for building mobile applications that run as well as native apps across multiple platforms. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Pig Rush Free for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

With Pig Rush Free for iPhone help Jumpy the Pig on his first fun adventure running away from the farm. On the way he encounters deep ravines, forest fires and challenging platforms. The longer you survive, the faster Jumpy runs and the more difficult the obstacles become. Tap low on...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Jump, ReignDesign, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Pig Rush for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Pig Rush for iPhone is a hilarious addictive platform game for iPhone. Help Jumpy the Pig on his first fun adventure running away from the farm. On the way he encounters deep ravines, forest fires and moving platforms. The longer you survive, the faster Jumpy runs and the more difficult...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Fire, Mobile, ReignDesign, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-04

AFP-Lookup Complete 3.1 (Windows)

You can use AFP-Lookup Complete to obtain a structured overview of each of your AFP files. All MO:DCA structured fields-- even those that have since been rejected by Infoprint--are displayed in their respective hierarchy in a familiar Explorer interface. You can use this stable software to analyze even corrupt AFP...

Tags: Agence France-Presse, Microsoft Windows, CRE-DO, Search

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Power Solutions Article:  Highly Available Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008

In virtualized environments, high availability can be critical to avoiding lost revenue, maintaining productivity, and protecting data from system failure. Combining Microsoft® Hyper-V™ technology with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager SCVMM 2008 on Dell™ platforms can help organizations create highly available virtualized systems while offering simplified management, dynamic performance,...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell EqualLogic, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-11-04

New Marvell e-book reader platform promises faster product, lower price tag

Everyone wants in on the e-book reader market now. Chip manufacturer Marvell announced plans this morning to team up with E Ink, a major supplier of electronic paper display EPD technologies. With the new Marvell ARMADA 166E chip, the companies are aiming to release a model...

Tags: E-reader, Marvell, E-book Reader, Chip, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-03

DAVE 8.0 (Mac)

Professional cross-platform file and printer sharing solution. DAVE is the first and only cross-platform networking solution of its kind. DAVE uses the fast, industry standard TCP/IP protocol instead of AppleTalk and is designed specifically for the Apple Macintosh. It is installed on the Macintosh and no additional hardware or software...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DAVE 8.0, DAVE, Desktops, Networking, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Serlog 3.0 (Windows)

Serlog is a server log analyzer that answers some crucial marketing questions: What search engine keywords are visitors using? What websites are sending us traffic? And most importantly, what websites are referring visitors who make purchases? It also includes all the standard statistics and reports that you would expect from...

Tags: Search Engine, Microsoft Windows, Gammadyne, Visitor, Serlog, Search, Web Site Development, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Is Microsoft a dinosaur to Google's mammal?

Random comments...How odd the mixed metaphors sound... "built from the ground up to work in the cloud"...The dinosaurs were around for tens of millions of years, and we mammals can barely say the same. The crown of creation can be wrested from the head of the wearer by something unforeseen--like...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Ideation, Google Inc., desktop, dinosaur, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02