Archive for category cloud computing
Inc.: Is the PC Era Coming to an End?
Posted by admin in cloud computing, professional opinion, technology on August 19th, 2010
Inc.: Is the PC Era Coming to an End?
The PC Era is all but over. Oh, there will always be PC’s, just as there are still radios. But the so-called “Golden Age of Radio” ended about 60 years ago. Who will and what will lose clout in the coming era?
Notebook Review: Taking a mobile approach to in-office productivity
Posted by admin in cloud computing, collaboration, remote work on July 29th, 2010
Notebook Review: Taking a mobile approach to in-office productivity
Several years ago, Microsoft Corp. surveyed more than 38,000 office workers in 200 countries in an effort to find out just how productive these people were and to identify roadblocks to personal and team productivity. The results of the study painted a sobering portrait of office productivity, or the lack of it in most office situations.
TMCnet: How the Cloud Sets Mobile Workers Free
Posted by admin in cloud computing, mobile professionals, remote work on July 1st, 2010
TMCnet: How the Cloud Sets Mobile Workers Free
According to a recent article in The New York Times, young and old alike have scourged the Internet, leveraged its resources, opened shop and made a profit. This just goes to prove that no matter where you are, you can start a business and inching just a little ahead, you can ensure that you are always there for your customers.
New York Times: Documents Can Be Summoned at a Touch With 2 iPad Apps
Posted by admin in cloud computing, mobile professionals, remote work on June 29th, 2010
New York Times: Documents Can Be Summoned at a Touch With 2 iPad Apps
Neither app is enough to make me scrap my laptop — Documents To Go needs to work out some bugs, and Quickoffice is the slicker and more reliable of the two — but now that I can get some work done on the iPad, I plan to pick up an external keyboard. Android and iPhone users should take note of these apps, too, since their small-screen versions are similarly refined. Whether you are desperate enough to squint at your work and edit with your thumbs is another matter.
Business Week: The Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing
Posted by admin in cloud computing on November 2nd, 2009
Business Week: The Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing
“I’m getting sales pitches for cloud computing, but I am not sure exactly what it is or how it would benefit my service company. Also, is it safe to keep our client and employee data on the Internet? What about hackers?” –G.E., Nashville
Business Week: How Cloud Computing Can Help Small Businesses
Posted by admin in cloud computing, small business on September 2nd, 2009
Business Week: How Cloud Computing Can Help Small Businesses
“We couldn’t afford to spend more money every month to support this,” said Det Ansinn, owner of BrickSimple a developer of mobile phone applications. In April the company decided to host Xbox Live Friends on Google’s App Engine, largely solving its capacity problems. BrickSimple pays just $15 a day, on average, to use App Engine. The App Engine is just one of a recent explosion of services using an outsourcing model called cloud computing.