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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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  • Oracle and Engine Yard Up a Tree, P-A-A-S-I-N-G

    September 27, 2013

    Business
    amazon-web-service, Cloud Foundry, EngineYard, Heroku, Java, oracle, Platform as a service, Windows Azure
     

    When Engine Yard announced awhile back a strategic investment from Oracle – it kind of felt like a Hail Mary pass. Engine Yard, which a solid and reliable platform, has lost much of its shine as its competitors get…

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  • Microsoft and AT&T Cozy Up in the Cloud

    September 20, 2013

    Business
    at&t, cloud computing, CloudSigma, google, Microsoft, Virtual private network, VMware, Windows Azure
     

    Interesting news the other day coming out of AT&T and Microsoft as the two announce a plan to allow customers the ability to connect to Azure directly via a private network. According to At&T the service will use a…

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  • Jaspersoft and Co-Opetition with AWS

    September 13, 2013

    Business
    Asia, AWS, Business intelligence, Cognos, Data Warehousing, Jaspersoft, Redshift, Windows Azure
     

    Last year, when AWS announced its Data Warehousing service, RedShift, there was much interest from the punditry as to what it meant for the existing companies offering similar services built on top of AWS infrastructure. One of those vendors,…

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  • Engine Yard on Windows Azure? Yup, You Read that Right

    June 28, 2013

    Business
    azure, Engine Yard, Heroku, Microsoft, netsuite, Open source, Platform as a service, Windows Azure
     

    Lost in the outpouring of interest about last week’s announcements between Oracle and sometime enemies Microsoft, NetSuite and Salesforce was an interesting piece of news – that Engine Yard was going to begin supporting Windows Azure. This is kind…

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  • SOA Announced API Management for Microsoft Azure

    June 4, 2013

    Business
    Application programming interface, azure, Microsoft, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft SQL Server, SOA Software, Steven Willmott, Windows Azure
     

    Modern applications owe their flexibility and ease of use to the rise of the API economy Essentially the API is the base component that allows applications and data sources to talk to each other. The massive rise in importance…

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  • Microsoft’s Cloud OS Play–A Logical Converged Cloud Offering

    January 25, 2013

    Business
    Azure Services Platform, cloud computing, Microsoft, Microsoft Servers, Microsoft Windows, Windows Azure, Windows Intune, Windows Server
     

    A week or two ago, Microsoft made a slew of announcements all aimed at creating a consistent story around hybrid cloud services. It’s a compelling product launch, and one which, frankly, takes Microsoft which was only a year or…

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  • Apprenda and Appfog Power Hybrid .NET

    June 6, 2012

    Business
    .NET Framework, AppFog, Application programming interface, Apprenda, Cloudfoundry, Heroku, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Platform as a service, Quest Software, Sinclair Schuller, Windows Azure
     

    I’ve always had a soft spot for .NET PaaS provider Apprenda, they were one of the very first PaaS providers, their CEO Sinclair Schuller is a thought leader around PaaS and Cloud more generally and they display a laser…

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  • Greenbutton Nabs Microsoft, Swiftpoint Nabs Costco

    July 19, 2011

    Business
    azure, cloud computing, Costco, greenbutton, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, New Zealand, swiftpoint, Windows Azure
     

    I always like to be able to write about the successes of businesses down in my neck of the woods and today I’ve got a couple of stories to write about. Firstly GreenButton, the company that I’ve called “the…

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Papers

The Future of ERP – Moving at the Speed of Change

If we look back a generation, business tended to be static. While it is undeniable that innovation occurred, it tended to at a much slower pace. While Henry Ford’s manufacturing and distribution models certainly marked disruption for the horse and buggy industry, this was a change that took decades.

Channel Strategies for Success in the Cloud Age

Cloud Computing is perhaps one of the biggest shifts in the technology industry in a generation. Alongside the technology shifts involved in Cloud, there is also a significant change in the way technology will be supplied, implemented and delivered going forward. While this shift offers real benefits to consumers in terms of reduced costs and increased agility

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Ben Kepes is a business leader, a technology evangelist, an entrepreneur, and a commentator. Ben covers the convergence of business and technology.

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