Monthly Archives: July 2010

30/07/2010 Posted in Just for fun Leave a comment

T Shirt Friday #53 – MSPOT

By Ben Kepes

I duly listened and can’t really tell you what MSpot does – something about streaming iTunes to Android from the cloud – a model that seems destined to be disintermediated by native Android functionality long before it gets any traction.

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30/07/2010 Posted in General 1 Comment

Cloud Vendors Plead For Uniform Regulations In Europe

By Krishnan Subramanian
I have been covering the European cloud computing market a little bit here at Cloud Ave. One of the reasons for the failure of public cloud providers in that market is the strict privacy laws that requires the cloud providers to keep the data within the borders. Even though AWS has support for EU r
29/07/2010 Posted in Strategy Leave a comment

Amazon Says Stories About Eli Lilly Are False

By Krishnan Subramanian
Amazon has publicly debunked the story about Eli Lilly moving out of Amazon Web Services. In a Twitter message posted by Amazon CTO Werner Vogels, Amazon categorically state that Eli Lilly is still their customer.For those following this anonymous source story this morning: Eli Lilly is still very
29/07/2010 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Moore’s Law – A Personal Interpretation

By Ben Kepes

I started my technology journey reading Bits and Bytes magazine some 25 years ago or more. Despite a brief hiatus there has been a consistent movement down this path, with a related growth that, in my mind at least, follows Moore’s Law of increasing capacity. Next week sees the next

29/07/2010 Posted in security Leave a comment

enStratus Cloud Management Platform Selected For CSA Certification

By Krishnan Subramanian
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) was formed to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. Yesterday, at the Black Hat USA 2010 Confer
29/07/2010 Posted in Analysis 1 Comment

Google Apps Shapes Up Nicely In Spite Of Noise Around City Of LA Bungling

By Krishnan Subramanian
The noise surrounding Google App's City of LA deployment doesn't appear to be dying down anytime soon. Yesterday, another article highlighting Google's failure came up on the basis of a leaked email from the City of Los Angeles. The April 13 letter, addressed to L.A.'s information technol
28/07/2010 Posted in Business 4 Comments

Acumatica, the Three Year Price Guarantee and Some Happy Channel Partners

By Ben Kepes

Acumatica (more on them here) is something of a battler. A small ERP vendor, selling a cloud product (that is also, or can also be, an on-premise product) that’s up against big names whichever direction it goes – NetSuite from the cloud angle and SAP from the on-premise direction. Despite

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28/07/2010 Posted in Analysis Leave a comment

Simon Wardley’s Prophecy: Is Openstack The Small Guy Going To Disrupt Amazon’s Dominance?

By Krishnan Subramanian
When I wrote about Openstack last week, I talked about the disruptive potential of an Openstack.org and how it can make the market by empowering the smaller players.Many people who dismiss Openstack.org as a non-starter fail to understand that it is just a start. Openstack.org doesn't claim it has t
27/07/2010 Posted in Strategy Leave a comment

To Use Cloud Or Not?

By Krishnan Subramanian
Last week when Twitter announced that they are building a datacenter I wrote a post wondering why companies move out of the cloud as they grow big. Even though I don't have many examples of startups building their own datacenters after growing big, many folks in the startup world told me that they
27/07/2010 Posted in Analysis Leave a comment

Bitrock Makes Cloud App Deployments Easier With BitNami Studio

By Krishnan Subramanian
Bitrock, the company that provides tools and services to package, deploy and update software, has announced the release of Bitnami Studio, a self service GUI based platform to package and deploy applications to the clouds. It offers choice from the underlying operating systems to middleware/runtime

The Author

Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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