Cloud Computing

ReviewCam: HP's MagCloud Unveiled

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:22:45 -0700

HP unveiled its MagCloud offering at Web 2.0 Summit this week. It's an impressive service that gives would-be publishers a cost-effective and cost-predictable way to easily publish content, all on-demand. We got a hands-on demonstration.

The Future Of Software: Better, Faster, Simpler

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:43:38 -0700

Enteprise applications are the central nervous systems of global business. But many of them are still rooted in the 1990s-era technology models and business models of their birth, and customers are getting fed up. What will the future hold?

ReviewCam: EchoSign - Signatures in the Cloud

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:53:33 -0700

EchoSign offers electronic signature creation and workflow in the cloud, starting with the creation of the document to be signed, the signing itself, and the tracking of the process through completion. Watch our hands-on demonstration.

Amazon CTO Vogels On Customer-Oriented Architectures

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:16:58 -0700

Werner Vogels, InformationWeek’s 2008 Chief of the Year, talks about the job of the customer-facing technologist and how Amazon incorporates customer feedback into its technology architecture and cloud computing services.

ReviewCam: TrackerSuite -- Project Management in The Cloud

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:20:36 -0700

TrackerSuite's project management suite is a cloud-based service that offers collaboration, workflow and all of the elements included in on-premise project management software. We provide a hands-on look at this offering.

Reviewcam: Ironscale's Bare Metal in the Cloud

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:13:15 -0700

There are plenty of cloud services, but many rely on virtual processes running on shared systems. Stratascale's Ironscale lets you provision bare metal services. Mike Fratto provides a hands-on review of how it works and what you can do with it.

ReviewCam: Sharemethods Cloud-based Document Mgt.

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:46:04 -0700

Document management systems are moving into the cloud, enabling a greater collaboration, but also, as w/ Sharemethods, tying into on-demand application delivery platforms like Salesforce and Oracle. We take a deep dive w/ our Sharemethods ReviewCam.

Reviewcam: Greenview Data's Email Archiving (SaaS)

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:26:10 -0700

Greenview Data demonstrates its e-mail spam filtering and archiving software-as-a-service based solution, showing how messages flow, how to set policies and how to take action on messages that it stores.

Headline Talk: Google Chrome OS - Analysis

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:11:35 -0700

Google announced a browser-based operating system (Chrome OS) that will run on Netbooks. InformationWeek’s Alex Wolfe and Fritz Nelson discuss its impact and feasibility.

SAP's Bill McDermott On Mobility, SaaS, & BI

Sun, 10 May 2009 08:37:05 -0700

Bill McDermott, president of Global Field Operations as SAP, chats with InformationWeek's Alex Wolfe about software as a service, mobile apps, multitenancy, Oracle, and business intelligence.

Xero Positions Self As Collaborative & Fun SMB Accounting

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:54:11 -0700

Can accounting actually be fun? Yes says Xero head of design Philip Fierlinger who sat down with InformationWeek editor-at-large David Berlind for a ReviewCam of Xero.com. Because Xero is cloud-based, Fierlinger says it's about collaboraton too.

Wolfe's Den Vlog: Salesforce.com Victory Tour

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:32:17 -0700

Whirlwind travelogue through Salesforce.com's Cloudforce tenth anniversary event, starring chairman Marc Benioff, a CRM product demo, Starbucks CTO Chris Bruzzo, and more.

enStratus: A Better Front End To Amazon's EC2 Than Amazon's?

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:00:50 -0700

In this TechWeb ReviewCam, enStratus CTO George Reese gives TechWeb editor-at-large David Berlind (and you) an up font, close and personal look at enStratus.com; a browser-based Web service for managing Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud

Sun Demos Its Drag & Drop Virtual Datacenter Deployment Tool

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:54:35 -0700

While at Sun's CommunityOne East Developer Conference in NYC, TechWebTV's David Berlind gets a demo of Sun's highly innovative graphical user interface for designing and deploying a virtual data center into Sun's cloud from Sun Cloud CTO Lew Tucker.

How To Enable Gmail For Offline Use

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:41:02 -0700

In this TechWebTV screencast, David Berlind walks you through a step-by-step demonstration of how to enable any Google Gmail account (standard or Google Apps) for usage even when your computer has no Internet connection.

Cloud Connect Highlights

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:05:34 -0700

Cloud Connect in Mountain View was a chance for senior IT folks, developers, vendors and the industry to come together as a community to discuss the latest trends, hear about the newest solutions and network.

Marc Benioff, Founder, Salesforce.com

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:59:34 -0700

Salesforce.com chairman, CEO, and co-founder Marc Benioff talks about Salesforce.com's leadership in the cloud space.

Cloud Tips & Googlenomics

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:08:38 -0800

InformationWeek's John Foley offers five tips for plugging into cloud computing, and Rob Preston opines on Google CEO Eric Schmidt's recent speech on the economy.

The Future Of The Cloud (Part 1)

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:30:55 -0800

Some of the most influential cloud players discuss the future challenges and opportunities in Cloud Computing on stage at the Web 2.0 Summit.

The Future of Cloud (Part 2)

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:28:29 -0800

Some of the most influential cloud players discuss the future challenges and opportunities in Cloud Computing on stage at the Web 2.0 Summit.

Cloud Computing: Amazon's Web Services In A Nutshell

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:10:01 -0800

Adam Selipsky, the Vice President of Product Management and Developer Relations with Amazon Web Services, describes why Amazon is a cloud-based service provider worth using.

Cloud Computing: Busting Myths

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:10:24 -0800

Google Apps Business Development Manager Jeff Keltner busts some of the most common myths about cloud computing.

Irving Wladawsky-Berger on Cloud Computing

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:14:35 -0800

IBM Chairman Emeritus Irving Wladawsky-Berger talks about cloud as the next evolution in computing, saying that it's a response to end-user frustration with complexity.

Mashery: Cloud-based API Management

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:05:28 -0800

Mashery provides scalable on-demand infrastructure for managing your APIs.

Cloud Computing: Privacy Concerns Too Much, says CIO

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:11:09 -0800

Government agencies must protect private data. The CIO of California's Public Utilities Commission talks about her concerns about privacy in the cloud computing model.

Cloud Computing: A CIO's View on The "Right" Applications

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:09:33 -0800

The CIO of Sudler & Hennessey talks about what the right applications for the cloud are -- and concludes that while office apps and databases may fit there, graphics intensive apps do not.

Cloud Computing: Northeastern CIO Still Not Convinced

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:10:47 -0800

Northeastern's CIO still needs to be convinced that the cloud is the best place for his applications; and he needs to know none of the players are going to lock him in.