"Cloud of Clouds" - our 2009 predictions.
In 2008, we saw the early seeds of a "cloud of clouds" emerging. It started in April with Salesforce and Google announcing integration between Google Apps and Salesforce to bridge the gap between Google's productivity applications and Salesforce. Later in the year, at Dreamforce, Salesforce expanded the idea of a "cloud of clouds" by announcing integrations with Facebook (for social graph information) and with Amazon (for raw computing infrastructure). Salesforce ended the year with a bang, by announcing Force.com for Google App Engine.
More on Cloud Computing from Dion Hinchcliffe
Dion Hinchcliffe recently provide a comprehensive overview of the status of cloud computing for the enterprise in his post, Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam. It is a good article for spinning your knowledge up on what this trend means...
Read more about More on Cloud Computing from Dion Hinchcliffe...Engineering a healthier diet
Back in 2007, the cafes at our Mountain View campus started color-coding menu items according to healthfulness. The healthiest items are colored green ("go ahead, pile it on!"), foods you should portion-control are yellow, and foods you should eat...
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Compete says that, on an average, a unique visitor to Google Docs logs in to his/her account just on 3 days per month. And the overall engagement level is even worse because an average visitor is spending just about 5 minutes per month on the Google...
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Traditional CRM vendor fights back by integrating SharePoint, Outlook. Microsoft may be engaged in a price war with Salesforce.com, but traditional server-based CRM vendors have hardly rolled over and cried uncle. Today, CDC Software announced...
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Web Screenasting tools help you create video recording of your desktop screen sans software like Camtasia Studio or Jing. They don't require installation and work across all...
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I'm happy to announce the launch of iGoogle game themes. These themes offer our users new iGoogle backdrops inspired by their favorite video games, including classics like "Mario" and "Mega Man" and new sensations like "Wii Sports" and "Spore."...
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