Is e-mail a perfect cloud application?
In the beginning there was email. And email was run on a UNIX server. The network was devoid of PCs. So all email was accessed via a terminal and a command line interface.
Torments of the Internet damned
We like to talk about how much easier or cheaper it is to run applications off the cloud or use software as a service, and it is -- when our Internet connection is working. When we have network problems, though, it's another story entirely.
Cisco 'doubles down' on collaboration with 61 new products
Cisco Systems massively expanded its collaboration technologies portfolio on Monday with the announcement of 61 products, including a corporate-grade hosted e-mail system called Cisco WebEx Mail, a social networking application, and a video system to help groups share and search video content.
Making the cloud more enterprise-friendly
Here are ways to make cloud computing enterprise friendly.
Cloud computing, virtualization proponents getting antsy
While many organizations have only begun down the cloud computing and virtualization roads in the past few years, some in the industry can't wait to take these technologies to the next level.
World Tech Update Nov. 5, 2009
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