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Windows Azure Is No More

March 25, 2014

Business

cloud computing, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Windows, Satya Nadella, Windows, Windows Azure, ZDNet

As expected Microsoft today announced that its Windows Azure product will be no more after April 3. But don’t worry, it’s simply a name change. In a move that sees the product named more accurately for what it actually…

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HTML5 versus Native Apps (Again)

August 7, 2013

Business

Android, Apple, Facebook, HTML5, IOS, Opera Mini, RedMonk, Windows

Excuse me for wading into a religious battle but I’ve often been puzzled by the zealotry displayed by those who are adamant that only native applications are worth looking at. Admittedly it’s a zealotry that is more often displayed…

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TiimFocus Takes Aim at Asana

April 26, 2013

Business

Application programming interface, Asana, Dustin Moskovitz, Facebook, Justin Rosenstein, Windows, Withnell, Workflow

One would be forgiven for thinking that the last thing the world need is yet another task scheduling web application. Between Asana, Do.com and the plethora of other solutions, it’s a particularly busy area. But one company, Australian based…

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More Proof That Shadow IT is a Growing Issue

January 31, 2013

Business

Active Directory, Android, cloud computing, dropbox, OneLogin, Organization, Password management, security, Single sign-on, Windows

When talking with organizations about how the cloud can help them, I’m often told that cloud has no place in their organization and they’re not using it in any way, shape or form. They also point to the perceived…

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End User Computing… Central Control or Distributed Safety? On Bromium’s Novel Play

September 20, 2012

Business

Bromium, Chief technology officer, Ian Pratt, VMware, VMware ThinApp, VMworld, Wanova, Windows

At VMworld back in August, one of the small number of announcements made revolved around “end user computing”, VMware’s term for all the different products that deliver solutions for actual business users. VMware announced a suite of solutions, built…

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Levion and the Promise of Hybrid Accounting Software

September 14, 2012

Business

Application programming interface, Business, intuit, Intuit Partner Platform, quickbooks, Software as a Service, user interface, Windows

As the accounting software industry moves to a general acceptance of the fact that customers demand the sort of benefits that cloud application bring, there are two distinct approaches vnedors are making; Pure-play cloud vendors (FreeAgent, Xero etc) build…

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Windows Azure Is No More

HTML5 versus Native Apps (Again)

TiimFocus Takes Aim at Asana

More Proof That Shadow IT is a Growing Issue

End User Computing… Central Control or Distributed Safety? On Bromium’s Novel Play

Levion and the Promise of Hybrid Accounting Software