Ray DePena

In this week’s cloud computing news we see some of the concerns in adopting this new paradigm, even as some of the largest business and government entities adopt (or seek to provide) cloud computing services. We can easily see vendors like Microsoft, Google, Oracle, HP, IBM, Unisys, and many others jockeying for position.  Having worked for a vendor I can state confidently that nowadays they make their moves based on demand, not “build it and they will come” wishful thinking. That demand is coming from your competitors, and sooner or later, those cost savings will show up in the ... (more)

Microsoft Office Opens Up to Firefox | The VAR Guy

When Microsoft offered more details about Office 2010 earlier this week, The VAR Guy noticed a rather interesting nugget of information involving Microsoft Office for the Web's anticipated browser support and software as a service (SaaS) strategy. The software giant, it seems, will be giving equal time to Firefox (the open source web browser) and Apple's Safari. Here's the scoop. via th... (more)

Retro Innovation?

Did you see the announcement by Google?  They announced a competing Google OS to Microsoft’s Windows.  Predictable.  Microsoft announces Bing, to counter Google search, and Google announces Chrome OS, to counter Microsoft’s Windows OS. No threat to Alexander the Great’s legacy of campaign battle strategies here.  Just the good old jab for a jab.  I’ve seen this show before, not only fro... (more)

The SaaS Sound Barrier

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Is anyone breaking through? There are many cloud computing point solutions throughout a variety of categories – calendaring, scheduling, contact management, and many others focused around 3 main customer segments. Individual / Family Communities Business / Corporate While much of the functionality being delivered online is focused around individuals communities... (more)