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Majitek opens Middle East base, appoints new group CEO
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Enterprise

2009-02-08 22:56:28

Majitek, the Melbourne headquartered software company specialising in cloud computing technologies and advanced service oriented architecture, is to open a new Middle East base, coinciding with today’s appointment of a new group chief executive with wide experience working in Dubai.


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Enterprise ignorance of cloud computing clouds judgment
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature

Category: Enterprise

2009-02-02 17:43:07
Businesses are in danger of missing out on the cloud revolution because they don't understand the concept, according to a survey commissioned by data centre infrastructure provider, Rackspace.
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Economic slump and web services give netbooks big role in business
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature

Category: Enterprise

2009-02-02 00:31:28
When the Eee PC burst on the scene many of us were ready to dismiss it as a cheap consumer toy which would never be suitable for business. No longer. In the cash strapped era of SaaS and the Cloud, netbooks may be just the paradigm shift that enterprises need.


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Jolly new cloud computing netbook OS seeks to bring market back to Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery

Category: The Linux user and switcher blog

2009-01-26 07:26:41
Out of nowhere, an independent software developer has produced his own fast and fancy netbook operating system. It promises lightning boot times, an iPhone-esque icon-studded interface, modern cloud apps. The secret ingredient is Linux.



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IBM Lotus grows cloud presence with LotusLive
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Enterprise

2009-01-19 17:49:54
IBM has announced the re-branding of its Lotus division's existing and future cloud services as LotusLive.


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Australian companies adopting web collaboration
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-01-19 17:04:06
New research indicates that Australian enterprises large and small are becoming increasing adopters of web collaboration technologies to improve productivity and communications. While larger enterprises are already big web collaboration users, a significant proportion of  small to medium enterprises are also fast moving towards adoption.


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Want to ride Google Apps reseller train? Hop aboard
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-01-14 02:44:15
Google has taken a step closer to entering the business office productivity space dominated by Microsoft Office with the launch of an authorised reseller program for its online Google Apps Premier Edition for businesses. The Google Apps Premier Edition suite includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites, Google Talk, and Google Video for business and is a paid subscription service.


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Cloud computing for the masses! Zimory goes live
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2009-01-12 17:34:22
German company Zimory plans to go live this month with what it claims to be the world's first online marketplace where organisations can buy and sell processing capacity on their virtualised data centre servers.


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iWork, iMovie heading for the cloud?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2009-01-05 00:36:07
Macworld Expo rumours aren't only about hardware. One theory is that we're about to see a significant jump in Apple's move into the cloud.


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Harvard, IBM team with the world in search of cheaper solar cells
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability

Category: Energy generation

2008-12-08 20:23:21
IBM and Harvard University are spearheading a project to make cheaper and more efficient solar cells by harnessing spare computer capacity around the world. The project will harness the power of more than one million computers connected to the World Community Grid.


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Zoho launches SQL cloud data access service
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2008-12-03 02:54:18
Cloud computing and SaaS provider Zoho has developed a new service that aims to bridge the divide between data stored in the cloud and traditional locally stored applications.


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Has Capgemini dropped Google Apps in favour of Amazon Web Services?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2008-11-19 03:15:01
Capgemini, one of the world's largest providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, is to extend its portfolio of outsourced services by offering Amazon Web Services. But what about the deal it announced two years ago to offer Google Apps?


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Cloud computing could be white knight in economic downturn
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2008-11-19 03:03:27
While cloud computing cops a bashing from some industry pundits, it could in fact be one of the more important factors in helping enterprises cope with the economic downturn. This is the belief of a leading industry analyst.


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Opinion: Why GNU/Linux will ultimately succeed
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve

Category: Linux for Learners

2008-11-12 22:39:38
In the last few weeks and months, there have been some very interesting articles and discussions on iTWire about Linux, Windows and Mac OS and their relative merits. Here's my take on why I think that Linux will ultimately succeed, though don't be afraid the timeline is still pretty long!


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Microsoft's Azure Cloud Computing isn't just blue sky
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2008-11-06 08:47:30
So, what's this Azure, then? Let me tell you Microsoft's vision for the next stage in the evolution of software right from the mouth of none other than Steve Ballmer, live from Sydney today. Here's what Azure is, what cloud computing is, and how the two shall meet.


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Steve Ballmer speaks and he’s excited!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-11-06 04:47:16
Developers, developers, developers – Steve Ballmer came to Sydney today to speak at Microsoft’s Power To Developers conference, followed by two of his top lieutenants. What did he say, and where can you watch the entire webcast?


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Microsoft’s sure about “cloud computing” and calls it Azure
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-10-28 05:48:57
It’s called “Windows Azure” and fulfils Microsoft’s promise to make software-plus-services a reality, but while it was launched during a keynote at Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC 2008), it’s still only a “community technology preview” with much work still to be done.


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Steve "Footnote" Ballmer in denial over Google Docs
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2008-10-19 21:24:04
As I write this article using Google Docs, I can't help wondering whether Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer really believed when he publicly told two Gartner analysts last week on stage that nobody uses it. Is Ballmer in denial or privately sweating bullets?


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Demystifying enterprise IT, part 2 - IBM's Glickenhouse on SOA, virtualization, cloud computing ...
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: Technology feature

Category: Enterprise

2008-10-15 02:24:38
Alan Glickenhouse, a Worldwide Sales Executive and SOA Champion in IBM Software Group, in this iTWire podcast talks about SOA, virtualization, cloud computing, mainframe computing and related matters.


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Is VMware's federated cloud all puff and no trousers?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2008-09-25 10:49:10
VMware has been puffing it's chest up and pulling it's stomach in to talk up the promise of stretching business applications across data centres in a federated cloud fashion. Of course, in the real world when you hold your tummy in your trousers fall down...


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