Orange steps into cloud services
News Orange Business Services already offers some cloud services, such as hosted Microsoft Exchange email, private cloud functionality and hosted security services. Another key element of the company's strategy is to secure the usage of cloud...
[December 18, 2009, 13:00]
Akamai defends web apps in the cloud
News The company's Web Application Firewall (WAF) managed service, introduced on Monday, is hosted on Akamai's EdgePlatform, a network of more than 55,000 servers. It can also help defend those hosted on cloud services, where infrastructure is shared by...
[December 15, 2009, 16:20]
VMware Workstation 7 review
Reviews When Windows 7 guests are hosted on a Windows 7 PC, version 7 offers full Aero Peek integration. That includes access to multiple processors and high-end graphics rendering, plus Unity mode where guest applications can be run directly from the host...
[December 14, 2009, 10:26]
Microsoft Online Services Business Value
White Papers Microsoft® Online Services provide businesses with subscription-based Microsoft-hosted online services that offer access to rich communication, collaboration, and productivity applications from anywhere.
[November 20, 2009, 15:33]
Microsoft sets January date for Azure
News Ozzie said that Microsoft now offered "a single coherent development platform" for its "three screens plus cloud" strategy of deploying applications across computers, mobile devices, home-entertainment systems and hosted internet services.
[November 18, 2009, 7:34]
Six factors to weigh up for virtualisation projects
Articles The research firm's definition of virtualisation includes infrastructure software, management tools and hosted virtual desktops, which should triple in value to $298.6m by the end of the year. In the past, departmental heads often funded the...
[November 16, 2009, 11:03]
VMware aims to virtualise Windows 7 rollouts
News Desktop virtualisation is the deployment of full desktop environments hosted and managed on a server as virtualised instances and accessed via a remote client device. View 4 is designed to offer improvements in a number of areas, by introducing...
[November 9, 2009, 15:36]
Cisco expands collaboration tools for the enterprise
News Cisco has made a push into the social software and hosted email markets with a series of launches that are largely based on technology bought in along with the company's recent acquisitions. However, some document collaboration and blogging...
[November 9, 2009, 7:37]
The Next Big Thing in SaaS and The Cloud: Costs linked to business outcome?
Blog An example he gives is High Street travel agents, who sell flights from a screen linked to an airline reservation system - a “hosted application” a la SaaS. As someone involved in what we used to call “Hosted CRM” it hit me hard.
[November 6, 2009, 11:08]
A Better Debugging Experience With SoftICE
White Papers Make sure you're making the most of this advanced system-wide debugger by logging on to a special SoftICE webinar hosted by Compuware. Compuware SoftICE is the world's most powerful debugger for Windows applications.
[October 30, 2009, 3:13]
IBM pitches flexible package at mid-size firms
News IBM Rational AppScan OnDemand is a service aimed at improving the security of web applications, including those hosted on the cloud, IBM said. The IBM System Storage DS3950 Express is a new mid-tier disk-based storage system with an 8Gbps Fibre...
[October 27, 2009, 7:02]
SharePoint 2010
Blog It’ll also be offered in on-premises or hosted versions. Microsoft will have separate SKUs for Internet-facing SharePoint installations, whether hosted online or on-premises. Business analysts can use SharePoint Designer 2010 and Visio to build...
[October 22, 2009, 21:53]
Avaya offers single-server Aura UC package
News Avaya Aura midsize solution for enterprises will also compete with Vodafone One Net, a hosted UC offering for smaller companies that was announced in September. The new offering is intended for companies with between 100 and 2,400 users in up to...
[October 12, 2009, 17:29]
Some interesting peaces..
Talkback Another project used cloud-hosted servers to play multiplayer games through very thin clients, and was described as suitable for mobile devices and netbooks. "The session also saw a demonstration of what Adobe is calling 'Edit/Continue' development...
[October 8, 2009, 18:14]
Sneak Peeks reveals some of Adobe's thinking
News This year's session, hosted by Adobe's Flash platform evangelist Ted Patrick and actor Mark Hamill, saw assorted Adobe developers in Star Wars costumes roll out sample code and applications — from developer tools through to cloud applications and...
[October 8, 2009, 13:39]
Citrix XenDesktop 4 adds features, changes licence
News Task workers who use a common set of applications can be served by a shared, server-based virtual desktop, for example, while office workers who need more personalised desktops can use hosted virtual machines via a VDI (virtual desktop...
[October 8, 2009, 8:56]
Amazon sets up payments on smartphones
News Clicking on the button takes users to an Amazon-hosted, co-branded web page, the company said. Amazon Payments has introduced payment-processing tools for mobile devices, meaning smartphone owners can pay for products with a single click.
[October 7, 2009, 8:16]
RSA Federated Identity Manager: A Technical Overview
White Papers Federated identity management extends the management of digital identities for authorization and access beyond domain and corporate boundaries to externally hosted or managed applications and resources.
[October 6, 2009, 1:22]
Adobe puts LiveCycle into the cloud
News The update also includes the new LiveCycle Collaboration Service, a hosted service that allows real-time, multi-user collaboration to be built into existing or new web applications. Adobe on Monday introduced a major update to its LiveCycle...
[October 5, 2009, 16:14]
Identikey Server 3.1: Strong Authentication Solution for On-Demand Applications and SaaS
White Papers With the increased performance, availability, and stability of the current Internet infrastructure, other software deployments have become possible, such as Hosted Applications. Better known as "SaaS" or "On-Demand", these applications reside on a...
[October 2, 2009, 1:23]



