In recent months, a number of technology companies have seen their share prices rise on positive news about cloud computing initiatives. To keep up, I’ve compiled a list of publicly traded companies with a significant cloud business. I’m not going to include every company that has made a cloud announcement. If their new initiatives turn [Read More →]
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Microsoft and HP say they’ll spend $250 million on cloudy collaboration
January 14, 2010 — GusSpecific plans were vague when Steve Ballmer and HP CEO Mark Hurd took the stage at Interop yesterday. But one number was very clear: 250 million. That’s the number of dollars the two CEO’s said they would commit to spending on a unified approach toward enterprise-level products over the next few years. “This is all [Read More →]
NetApp and Microsoft partner on cloud infrastructure products
December 9, 2009 — GusThis looks like another sign that Microsoft is serious about taking a leadership position in the cloud computing market. It is entering into a three-year relationship with NetApp covering sales and product integration. NetApp has been successful in winning some significant cloud computing platform customers. Its technology includes Unified Storage and Storage Vritualiation, which reduce [Read More →]
Microsoft’s cloud email services chosen by UK post office
November 30, 2009 — GusIn the battle to win market share for cloud computing services, one of the advantages in Microsoft’s can claim is its formidable partner network. So this should not come as a surprise: in the announcement that the UK Royal Mail Group is signing on to run 30,000 desktops with Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), [Read More →]
Microsoft’s bid for open source applications begins with WordPress
November 19, 2009 — GusOne of the more interesting stories to come out of the Microsoft PDC conference is the possibility that Azure could become a leading platform for hosting open source applications. In giving his Azure update, Ray Ozzie gave the full spotlight to a couple of open source developers, including Automattic, the company that develops WordPress and [Read More →]
Azure updated in preparation for 2010 “pay-to-play” release
November 18, 2009 — GusSomething changes on New Years Day: Microsoft Azure becomes a paid product. It is a year since Azure was first offered for free as a technology preview, and Microsoft is going to start 2010 by taking the plunge into the world of cloud hosting. The formal announcement was made by Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software [Read More →]
Move to cloud technology faster than Microsoft exepcted
November 10, 2009 — Gus“People are embracing cloud computing faster than we anticipated,” Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division, told a Dow Jones reporter yesterday. He pointed to growth in hosted email as an example of the shift he is seeing. Elod said Microsoft is responding by cutting prices Last week, the price of Exchange Online was [Read More →]
Microsoft is cloudy on Taiwanese R&D plan
November 4, 2009 — GusDuring a visit to Taipei, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer signed an agreement with the Taiwan economic ministry to jointly establish a research center there. The facility will be called the “Software and Services Excellence Center” and it should open in about a year. But Ballmer provided few other details. A joint statement indicated the center [Read More →]
Los Angeles city council OKs move to Google apps
October 28, 2009 — GusLos Angeles city workers will be moving their email and calendars into Google’s cloud environment after all. The city council voted to approve their CTO’s plan to switch 30,000 workers from Microsoft Outlook to Google Apps. The plan was challenged by a consumer watchdog who questioned whether cloud computing was reliable and secure, citing the [Read More →]
Los Angeles worries over the “dependability of cloud computing”
October 19, 2009 — GusWith the Los Angeles municipal email contract still up for debate, The LA Times published a “think piece” today on whether cloud computing is dependable. The piece is even-handed, ending with a quote by the city’s chief technology officer, “Is it going to be 100%? There’s probably going to be a time when we may have an issue. But what don’t we have an issue with?”