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IDC analyst Al Hilwa said Chrome Operating system will take some hard selling by Google and its partners to get on netbooks, those hard disk-less machines from Asus, Dell, HP and others that let users access Web applications. He wonders if consumers and enterprises will accept only running Web applications and not local apps. Gartner analyst Ray Valdes wonders how serious potential hardware partners will be about Chrome OS. Will netbook makers use Chrome OS as a bargaining chip to get better deals on Windows operating system licenses from Microsoft?
10 Things We Want to See in Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft at PDC Nov. 18 shared some new ideas it's bringing to Internet Explorer 9. The company says it plans to make the browser more Web- and developer-friendly, while still maintaining the familiar Internet Explorer identity. That sounds nice, but in the end, Microsoft said very little about what it specifically plans to offer in IE 9. Realizing that, we have decided to take a step back, evaluate Internet Explorer and try to determine what should make its way into the next version. It won't be an easy task. In recent years, Microsoft has made strides in the effort to improve Internet Explorer with its new Suggested Sites feature, as well as InPrivate, a security mode. But there is still much to be desired, and Microsoft has some heavy work ahead if it wants retain its dominant position in the browser space. To help get the development project started, here are 10 features we really want to see in IE 9.
Google Chrome OS Ushers in New Era of Cloud Computing
Chrome OS is a sort of Web operating system that boots up a netbook in a fraction of the time it takes to start today's existing computers, with Web applications loading in just a few more seconds. Google is trying to make the Chrome OS load time closer to that of a television than a computer. To do that, Google cut out several computer booting processes, and Chrome OS is geared for Flash-based storage. Security is also unique. The Web apps will run on application tabs within Chrome OS, which users will access with one click and manage in persistent windows if they so desire. The first Chrome OS netbooks won't appear until 2010, going head to head with Microsoft Windows Azure devices.
IBM Cloud Guru Erich Clementi Looks Back at IT History to Gauge Its Future
From 2003 through 2005, IBM veteran Erich Clementi helped lead the resurgence of the revamped IBM mainframe as general manager of the System z division. When obituaries were being written about the demise of the mainframe, Clementi and his team went off to rethink and redesign the old-fashioned Big Hunk computer. Now he's leading the all-encompassing cloud computing initiative.
How to Carry Out Successful Cloud Governance and Adoption
Cloud computing is a dilemma for today's CIO. The potential to cut capital expenditure and rein in operating costs is so compelling that CIOs will push aggressively for cloud adoption. However, good managers understand that cost savings isn't the only variable to consider when evaluating whether to adopt cloud computing. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Scott Morrison offers 10 tips for CIOs to follow to successfully implement their cloud governance and adoption initiatives.
Chatter Gives Salesforce.com a Facebook Look and Feel
In a few short years Facebook and Twitter have attracted so many users and had such an influence on the way people interact on the Internet that Salesforce.com has decided that the social networking paradigm is the way for people to interact with its cloud CRM application. On Nov. 18 the company introduced its upcoming Salesforce Chatter, a & secure enterprise collaboration application and social development platform,& as the highlight of its annual Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco. Chatter will provide links to Twitter feeds and Facebook profile information. Salesforce users will be able to filter the most relevant Twitter feeds through Chatter to track the competition, watch for new business leads and follow developments and user opinions about a particular product or industry.
Salesforce.com`s Chatter to Bring Facebook Look, Twitter Feeds to Business Users
Salesforce.com demonstrated a new work group collaboration tool dubbed & Chatter& as the highlight of opening keynote of its annual Dreamforce user conference Nov. 18 at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center. Chatter is designed with a Facebook-like interface and allows users to set up real-time feeds of selected Twitter posts. Chatter will run as part of Salesforce's customer relationship management platform with the object of enabling enterprises to set up collaboration groups to share information, close business deals or solve customer problems.
How to Implement a Cloud Storage Strategy
The storage world is changing rapidly, with innovative services playing a major role. Savvy CIOs are turning to cloud-based offerings such as enterprise storage-as-a-service to reduce costs, optimize compliance and ensure security. As Knowledge Center contributor John Clancy explains, trust, security and a history of information protection are critical factors to consider when choosing a provider to help you implement your cloud storage strategy.
Cast Iron Eases Migration to Windows Azure
Cast Iron Systems, a provider of Software-as-a-Service and cloud integration services, has announced that it is teaming with Microsoft to offer a solution that enables users to more quickly and easily move enterprise applications to the Windows Azure platform.
Microsoft Talks Windows Azure, Launches 'Dallas' Data Service
Microsoft will make its Windows Azure cloud platform available as of Jan. 1, 2010, Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie says in a keynote speech at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. The company also announces a data-as-a-service solution code-named Dallas.
Appirio Cloud Computing Map Aims to Clarify Ecosystem
A free-to-use online map hosted by Appirio breaks out 70 different layers of technology across applications, platforms and infrastructure, and presents it in grid form. For example, in the application sector, it spotlights market leaders such as Salesforce.com, Google Apps, Amazon.com and IBM and lays out the features offered by each.
How IBM Brought Analytics to the Cloud
IBM's new private cloud environment for business analytics could be considered the culmination of IBM's overall strategy around analytics to this point.
IBM Opens Up Own Data Stores for New Analytics Cloud
What IBM has done, and what no one else has yet attempted, is this: Over decades, through its hundreds of thousands of employees, it has researched and archived an immense amount of information in numerous vertical markets, garnered through solving innumerable business-related IT problems. So the company is now putting all that stored-up experience with intellectual property to work behind a new cloud service.
Vordel Offers On-Ramp to the Cloud
Vordel’s Cloud Service Broker enables businesses to aggregate services between public and private clouds, and those of partners. Vordel officials say the product reduces businesses’ concerns around trust and reliability when using cloud services by bringing together services from the multiple domains and enabling companies to monitor and manage them.
Amazon Girds for Cloud Battle with Microsoft
Stating that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a solid footing in the infrastructure-as-a-service business, Werner Vogels, chief technology officer of Amazon.com, noted that new companies entering the cloud computing space will need to compete on the merits to gain credibility.
Large Crowd Gains Insight into Future of Cloud Computing
Most of the 30 or so sessions on Day 1 of the Cloud Computing Conference Expo were well-attended, and the three main presentations in the late afternoon were packed to standing-room-only status. That there exists plenty of hunger for information on this topic is a no-brainer.
Cisco, EMC, VMware Join Forces for New vBlock Cloud Systems
The coalition -- along with processor maker Intel -- also announced that it is starting up a new, shared-equity company called Acadia to handle the specifics of marketing the new vBlock systems. vBlocks are preintegrated, preconfigured computing systems consisting of networkware from Cisco, storage/security/system management from EMC, and virtualization software from VMware.
Unisys Unveils Private Cloud Offering
Four months after rolling out its Secure Cloud Solution for public cloud customers, Unisys is offering the software and services in a prepackaged solution for enterprises that want to build a private cloud computing environment. The move is the latest step by Unisys to offer a full cloud computing portfolio, and will be followed by a hybrid offering in 2010.
Yahoo Puts GeoCities Out of Its Misery
Yahoo made good on its long-standing promise to pull the plug on GeoCities, its free Web hosting service, later in 2009. Originally acquired by Yahoo for $3.6 billion in 1999, GeoCities lost ground to social-networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, as well as blogs, all of which offered the ability to quickly create sites using templates and tools.
Amazon Launches Relational Database for the Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), a new Web service that makes it easy to set up, operate and scale relational databases in the cloud. The database is based on the MySQL platform, the company said.