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Archive for July, 2009
Trust is the Secret to Cloud Computing Success
In: Data
15 Jul 2009Last week had me working long hours with little sleep focusing what companies really care about when dealing with a Cloud based solution. There are of course many objections, misconceptions, and opinions about whether “Enterprise 2.0” is ready for prime time. Ask any CIO and they can probably rattle off a list of obstacles without [...]
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- Tags: Amazon, Azure, Data, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Office Web
On July 2nd, the Google App Engine experienced about six (6) hours of downtime in what many would defend as an inevitable reality of Cloud Computing. Even the Apps Engine Status Page was down for atleast four hours, so people looking for an update were left without a confirmation or denial of the problem.
Hosting provider Rackspace [...]
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- Tags: Downtime, Google
Chicken Alaska and The “Reverse Network Effect” (2/2)
In: Network
1 Jul 2009This is the second of a two part series. You can read the first part HERE.
A few days ago I wrote about Web 2.0’s “Reverse Network Effect” due to the concentration of folks at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston. The lack of wireless access can be truly crippling as I experienced first-hand.
Before Boston, I [...]
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- Tags: WiFi
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Ashish C. Morzaria is a Senior Product Manager at SAP, Business Objects Division. He is responsible for an enterprise product line that leverages emerging strategies such as Enterprise 2.0, collaboration, and decision making. This blog is not endorsed by SAP nor does it constitute any official communication of SAP.
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