Whether you’re in front of a PC, Mac, iPhone, or BlackBerry, cloud computing proponents feel you should be able to access all of your music, photos, documents, and applications no matter where you are. In theory, it’s a great idea, and some aspects of cloud computing are already in use in your day to day life.
Rich Internet Applications have become ubiquitous to the point that many of us rely on them for daily activities. But there’s a big difference between consumer websites and enterprise-class applications. While new browser capabilities provide a richer look and feel for consumer sites, they also facilitate mission-critical enterprise applications that deliver improved functionality, richness and end-user productivity. This session will explore various approaches to building RIAs and the pros and cons of each. As part of his review, Jeremy Chone will outline seven practical tips for bringing RIA to the enterprise.
Nicholas Thomas, co-founder and COO of Finicity, believes that Flex + AIR via any desktop + Mobile (in one or more technical forms) can take us a step towards the vision that Mark Weiser presented in his original works on ubiquitous computing. As the primary client for a consumer web-based SaaS product, Flex has both advantages and disadvantages, according to Thomas.
What is virtualization and how can it benefit my business? What are the different types of virtualization? What are the cost benefits? Why is it “greener”? What important terminology do I need to know?
What kinds of challenges does virtualization present? Above all what should I look for in a virtualization solution and what’s being deployed right now that I ought to know about and consider? On November 19-21, in the San Jose Fairmont Hotel, California, Virtualization Conference 2008 West delegates will have the opportunity to cast their vote for their favorite Virtualization technology providers.
Jango chose Zrinity’s on-premise email delivery system for its email communications needs. The Jango research team was put together to further explore and conduct a due diligence on the remaining competitors. Mattias Stanghed, Chief Product Officer, Jango.com, was part of the research team at Jango which consisted of the Director of Information Technology, Chief Technology Officer and CEO.
In the past month or so I have talked to a lot of people in the cloud computing and virtualization space. Many of these folks are working at/on startups that solves one of the many challenges for Enterprise cloud computing. What are these challenges? I have tried to summarize them here (in no particular order).
In this Exclusive Q&A with SYS-CON’s Jeremy Geelan, Rajeev Kutty of Keynote Systems speaks of the factors currently driving companies to increase their effort in monitoring the performance of their Web and mobile applications, and about how Keynote foresees an enormous increase in the number of Web applications being built in the cloud and programmers using cloud computing platforms like Apps Engine, Force.com., Microsoft Mesh, Bungee Connect – all Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) providers.