Posts Tagged ‘ Amazon ’

The Power of Vision

Mar 5th, 2009 | By Ben Benner | Category: Technology

I do not follow many blogs, nor do I repost or comment on others blogs here much. I guess I am a bit anti-social even on the web. I am endevouring to change this, but that is not the topic of this post.
One of the few blogs I follow, Anil Dash, had a really good post yesterday, the title was ‘re:Vision’.
“…is it a good thing for the world if this thing takes off? My sense is that we’re more likely to get positive answers to that question if the teams that are making these products are led by an appropriately ambitious vision.”
Those closing lines of Anil’s re:Vision post, are what made me feel compelled to [...]

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Why All The Hype With Cloud Computing?

Oct 29th, 2008 | By Brian Kirk | Category: Cloud Computing, SaaS | Software as a Service

Believe it or not, I like Wiki’s definition of Cloud Computing the best. Wiki defines Cloud Computing as a general concept that incorporates Software as a Service (SaaS), Data as a Service (DaaS), Web 2.0 & other recent, well-known technology trends, in which the common theme is reliance on the Internet for satisfying the computing needs of the users.
The best example of Cloud Computing that comes to mind & the ones I use most often are Google’s Mail, Talk, & Doc Applications. Why do I use these applications instead of similar applications already installed on my PC? The answer is simple, these Cloud Computing tools allow me to access my e-mail, message with colleagues, & [...]

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