Cloud Computing on Ulitzer
"As companies such as MySpace continue to expand the richness of their site,
the big thing is trying to seek a higher level of customer experience by
replicating "beyond capacity" in a test environment, so that a company can
see what it is exactly that they will need when traffic surges to peak levels
and beyond, so that they know the "risk points" of their own success," Tom
Lounibos, CEO of SOASTA, told SYS-CON's Jeremy Geelan in an interview with
Cloud Computing Journal on the day that SOASTA announced a significant test
of the newly launched MySpace Music Videos hub using the Cloud.
"What companies want nowadays is actionable information," Lounibos (pictured
below) continued. "They want PI (Performance Intelligence) instead of BI
[Business In... (more)
Mashups on Ulitzer
"The more I look at what they've done, the more I realize they've built a
business platform more than a technology platform," said Sam Ramji, Vice
President of Strategy at Sonoa Systems, as it was announced today that
MindTouch, the open source alternative to Microsoft SharePoint, has today
extended its popular enterprise collaboration platform to the cloud.
"MindTouch... (more)
Salesforce.com Dreamforce Conference -- Model Metrics, the leader in cloud
computing services for the enterprise and a premier partner of
salesforce.com, today announced the availability of Cloud Converter for
Force.com on the salesforce.com AppExchange. With Cloud Converter, Salesforce
CRM and Force.com users can convert an Excel spreadsheet into an application
on Force.com with just a ... (more)
Cloud Computing Expo on Ulitzer
SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, held on
November 2 - 4, 2009, in Santa Clara, attracted more than 40 sponsors with
over 2,000 delegates, a record attendance. The three content-packed days
emphasized value with a rich array of sessions led by exceptional speakers
about the business and technical value of cloud computing.
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Cloud Computing
In a time where companies and consumers rely on the internet for immediate
results, we are seeing a shift in the amount of tolerance business leaders
have for IT disruptions. Just one minute of downtime can have a negative
impact on revenue. The very definition of a disruption has changed to include
not just the traditional natural disaster, but any event that disturbs this... (more)