July 12, 2011 11:49 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent,
Cisco,
Facebook,
Google,
Huawei,
IMS,
Microsoft,
networking revenue,
Skype,
Social networking,
voice servicesAs some things change, others stay the same. That’s about how I see things fresh from two weeks in Brazil. We’re seeing changes in the networking business space as Google vies anew with Facebook and Twitter, and yet the moves raise the same issues we’ve faced all along. In the economic...
June 7, 2011 1:54 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
app developers,
Apple,
Cloud computing,
Google,
iCloud,
iMessage,
Microsoft,
streamingWell, Apple had its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) and Steve Jobs was there, and for the Apple aficionados it was pure love. For the less indoctrinated, it was a bit of a yawn. The iCloud -- Apple's online...
May 27, 2011 7:26 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Amazon,
cloud databases,
Cloud Services,
Database as a Service,
Database.com,
DBMS in the cloud,
IBM,
Microsoft,
Salesforce.com,
Verizon,
VirtellaWe’re continuing to see more developments in the cloud space that go beyond the hype and address some of the important issues. One in particular -- the “Database.com” offering from Salesforce.com -- is also demonstrating some important facts about the cloud and cloud services.
Cloud...
May 18, 2011 10:41 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Android,
Android OS,
Apple,
appliance,
appliances,
embedded control,
embedded control device,
embedded system,
Intel,
iPad,
iPad 2,
iPads,
Microsoft,
Phone 7,
smartphone,
smartphones,
tablet devices,
tablets,
Windows Phone 7,
WintelIntel has embarked on what might be the biggest battle of its corporate life—the battle to become relevant in the embedded system and appliance space.
While Intel has a license to produce ARM chips, it realizes...
May 18, 2011 1:51 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Amazon,
AT&T,
Cloud computing,
Cloud Services,
IBM,
Microsoft,
VerizonAmong cloud players, IBM and Microsoft get the highest marks on practical cloud strategies, and the second-highest go to the common-carrier cloud services, even though AT&T's cloud offerings are still developing and Verizon's (via Terremark) are only recently branded by the carrier. The reason...
May 9, 2011 1:04 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cloud computing,
IBM,
Infrastructure as a Service,
Microsoft,
platform as a service,
Red HatRed Hat is releasing a beta of its OpenShift cloud platform. What’s interesting here is that OpenShift is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) framework that’s designed to support development of cloud-enabled apps,...
May 3, 2011 12:53 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
data center,
Google Docs,
Linux,
Microsoft,
Office,
tabletsMicrosoft reported its numbers, and the results are interesting for what they say about the computer market overall. The entertainment side was very strong, thanks to
April 19, 2011 10:00 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Apple,
cloud computing services,
Google,
Microsoft,
Office 365,
Phone 7,
tabletsMicrosoft made its Office 365 available as a public beta. The “cloud-based” version of Office is targeted at reducing Microsoft’s risks in its critical Office franchise by limiting the damage that things like Google Docs could...
