Head in the Clouds: SaaS, PaaS, and Cloud Strategy:

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October 19, 2012  10:39 AM

Quest says APM solution resolves ‘application bloat’



Posted by: Adam Riglian
cloud application

Waistlines traditionally expand as the weather gets colder. Quest Software, recently acquired by Dell, has discovered bloating can be a problem for companies using cloud applications as well, according to results from a new survey the company sponsored. Senior IT officials from 150 companies...

October 9, 2012  9:00 AM

Keeping an eye on AWS reserved instances



Posted by: Adam Riglian
cloud application, public cloud

In September, Amazon Web Services launched a marketplace for reserved instances -- a contracted, fixed-term version of its cloud infrastructure. Cue the analytics...


September 30, 2012  9:27 PM

Recapping the OpenWorld keynote



Posted by: Adam Riglian
cloud, cloud application

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September 24, 2012  12:14 PM

Recapping Dreamforce 2012



Posted by: Adam Riglian
cloud application, public cloud, salesforce

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September 18, 2012  5:47 PM

Top Ten Tweets from Dreamforce



Posted by: Adam Riglian
cloud application, public cloud, salesforce

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September 14, 2012  10:35 AM

What the heck are people doing on business trips?



Posted by: Adam Riglian
cloud application

Ever wonder what happens to loved ones on business trips? New survey data suggests stopping -- it's nothing good. ON24, a San Francisco-based virtual events company, sponsored research with Harris Poll that suggests a large percentage of business travelers would rather stay home -- even if some...


August 7, 2012  12:49 PM

Craigslist tightens data spigot



Posted by: Adam Riglian
cloud application

Craigslist is turning off the data taps, a potentially foreboding sign for cloud and mobile app developers. The Verge's Louis Goddard reports that the...


July 23, 2012  3:03 PM

New application performance management tools eye SaaS, Cloud usage, other metrics



Posted by: Adam Riglian
cloud application, cloud management, public cloud

The cloud applications tide has been rising for some time and it’s beginning to raise the boats in a spinoff IT sector – cloud application performance management. A


July 19, 2012  2:30 PM

SOASTA’s Lounibos talks iOS6, mobile predictions



Posted by: Adam Riglian
ALM, cloud application, cloud computing

Get ready, because it is coming. Developers are currently working through the kinks of its third beta, but iOS 6 will be here in the fall and enterprises are starting to take notice.


July 11, 2012  9:22 AM

APIs not just for Facebook, Walgreens launches API for photo sharing apps



Posted by: Adam Riglian
cloud application

What do Walgreens and APIs have in common? Ubiquity. The pharmacy giant partnered with Palo Alto, Calif.-based API management company Apigee to launch an open API around its QuickPrints service, allowing third-party developers to incorporate Walgreens photo printing service into their own...