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Amazon Fuses Your Storage System With Its Cloud
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 25, 2012
The AWS Storage Gateway offers easy cloud-based backup.
Tags: Amazon, Cloud Storage
Windows Server Now Runs for Free in Amazon's Cloud
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 16, 2012
Enterprises can use the free service up to 750 hours per month for one year.
Tags: Windows Server, Amazon, cloud computing
Kindle Fire Gets Performance Boost
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published December 27, 2011
Amazon has released update version 6.2.1 for its popular tablet.
Tags: kindle fire, Amazon
Amazon's Kindle Devices Selling More Than 1 Million per Week
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published December 16, 2011
Sales of the company's tablets have been increasing every week for the past three weeks.
Tags: Kindle, tablets, Amazon
As Kindle Fire Faces Critics, Remedies Are Promised
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published December 12, 2011
Amazon plans to roll out a software update in the next two weeks.
Tags: Amazon, kindle fire, tablet
Don't Believe Hype (or Backlash) about Apple, Google, Amazon
By Mike Elgan | Article Published December 07, 2011
When it comes to making decisions about your own tech purchases, there's no better qualified expert than you.
Tags: google+, Apple, Kindle, Amazon, Google, Siri
How Amazon Is Making a Sucker Out of Google
By Mike Elgan | Article Published November 23, 2011
It’s time for Google to change its self-defeating, anything-goes policy on Android before Amazon makes a fool it.
Tags: tablets, Kindle, Android, Google, Amazon
How Google Will Profit by Not Being Sneaky
By Mike Elgan | Article Published November 02, 2011
With a new transparent ad policy, Google is changing your relationship with online advertisers.
Tags: online advertising, Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon
Leaked Sales Numbers Suggest Amazon Kindle Fire on Track to Outsell iPad
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published October 06, 2011
Sales charts from an anonymous source say that Amazon already has 250,000 pre-orders for the Kindle Fire.
Tags: kindle fire, Amazon
Why There's No Such Thing as a Cheap Kindle
By Mike Elgan | Article Published September 28, 2011
Kindles are sold at a low price point, when in fact you're being seduced into a long-term relationship where you'll pay and pay and pay.  
Tags: iPad, Kindle, kindle fire, Apple, Amazon
Why Amazon's Tablet is the Only iPad Competitor
By Mike Elgan | Article Published September 07, 2011
The iPad and Amazon’s tablet both have strategies for separating people from the burden of their money. Yet Amazon’s dream is far more ambitious.
Tags: iPad, Apple, Amazon, tablet
Analysts Suggest Amazon Tab Could Steal Tablet Crown from Apple iPad
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 30, 2011
A Forrester report says Amazon could sell 5 million tablets in the fourth quarter--if the price is right.
Tags: Amazon, tablet PC
Amazon’s Market Cap Passes $100 Billion
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 27, 2011
The online retailer's value exceeds that of HP.
Tags: Amazon
Apple Denied Injunction in Amazon 'App Store' Battle
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 07, 2011
A judge rules that the name "App Store" is "more descriptive than it is distinctive."
Tags: lawsuits, Apple, Amazon
Amazon Describes Cloud Outage Fix - Apologizes
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published May 02, 2011
The company says its recent outage was due to a manual configuration error, that only a little data was lost, and apologizes to customers who were impacted.
Tags: security, Amazon EC2, Amazon, cloud computing, outage
With New Swiss Host, WikiLeaks Continues to Publish
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published December 03, 2010
Dropped by Amazon and under pervasive DDoD attacks, whistleblower site reemerges on a Swiss domain to continue publishing leaked cables as the manhunt for its founder continues.
Tags: Obama, Wikileaks, DNS, security, Amazon
Should Amazon Censor? Should Apple? Facebook? Microsoft?
By Mike Elgan | Article Published December 02, 2010
Amazon’s refusal to host Wikileaks raises larger questions of who controls online content.
Tags: Facebook, Wikileaks, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon
Amazon, Apple Under Fire From Connecticut AG for eBook Deals
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published August 03, 2010
Never one to shy away from a fight with members of the technology industry, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has opened a probe into the pricing and terms of the contracts Apple and Amazon reach with publishers.
Tags: iPad apps, eBook, Amazon, iPad, Apple
Amazon Debuts Cheaper Kindle With Wi-Fi
By Andy Patrizio | Article Published July 29, 2010
Facing a slick competitor, Amazon cuts the price of its new generation of e-book readers.
Tags: Amazon Kindle, Amazon, e-books, Kindle, Wi-Fi
SAP: Private Clouds Have a Role in the Enterprise
By David Needle | Article Published July 29, 2010
Executives from Citrix, SAP and IBM debate the role of cloud computing in the enterprise.
Tags: private cloud, Citrix, SAP, Amazon, cloud computing
How Will Data Centers Change to Fit SaaS Needs?
By Andy Patrizio | Article Published April 22, 2010
The traditional data center should be ready to adapt to an increasingly on-demand world, said a panel of enterprise IT providers.
Tags: Amazon, applications, data center, Salesforce, SaaS
Tech Work Pays Best in Bay Area, Seattle Second
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published April 19, 2010
A new analysis shows tech talent can fetch higher paychecks in Northern California, but that difference may be cancelled out by elevated living expenses. So where should you choose to work?
Tags: IT salary, Amazon, IT jobs, Silicon Valley, IT Jobs/Salary
Gomez Picks the Web's Best Performers
By David Needle | Article Published March 16, 2010
Which companies had the most responsive and consistently available Web sites? Gomez ranks the winners across six industries.
Tags: e-commerce, Web site metrics, Internet, Amazon, Gomez
BMC Brings Remedy Management Software to the Cloud
By Larry Barrett | Article Published January 19, 2010
IT management and automation software developer gives customers more flexibility with its latest Software-as-a-Service offering.
Tags: Amazon, cloud computing, process automation software, BMC Software, SaaS
Amazon Brings Media Streaming to CloudFront
By Larry Barrett | Article Published December 16, 2009
Amazon Web Services is now offering audio and video streaming delivery from its CloudFront content delivery network.
Tags: cloud computing, cloudfront, streaming content, Amazon, streaming
Private Trumps Public Clouds for IT
By David Needle | Article Published December 04, 2009
Research firm tries to separate the hype from reality when it comes to cloud computing in the enterprise.
Tags: Salesforce.com, Enterprise, private cloud, Amazon, cloud computing
Amazon Unveils Cloud-Based Relational DB
By Larry Barrett | Article Published October 28, 2009
Offering an on-demand relational database is an effort to provide clients greater flexibility.
Tags: on-demand, cloud computing, Microsoft, Google, Amazon
Google to Open Online E-Book Store
By - Reuters | Article Published October 15, 2009
Google expects to have approximately a half million e-books available by early in 2010.
Tags: smartphones, search, Google, Copyright, Amazon
Microsoft Opens Massive Chicago Datacenter
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published October 02, 2009
The massive facility is part of Microsoft's cloud computing initiative.
Tags: datacenter, cloud computing, Google, Amazon, Microsoft
Cell Phone 'Cloud' Apps: 1B by 2014
By David Needle | Article Published September 08, 2009
From a mere 42.8 million in 2008, a research firm forecasts more than a billion subscribers to mobile cloud apps by 2014.
Tags: services, Amazon, Qualcomm, Google, consumer
Amazon to Offer 'Private Cloud' via VPN
By Alex Goldman | Article Published August 27, 2009
Amazon's new Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) allows clients to connect via VPN to Amazon's public cloud.
Tags: datacenter, Oracle, virtualization, services, Amazon
eReader Battles: All About Software
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 26, 2009
If you're looking an eBook reader, consider buying an iPod and getting the test reading software.
Tags: Google, iPhone, Linux, Blackberry, Amazon
eBay Unveils App Store
By Michelle Megna | Article Published August 18, 2009
Software developers gain a new marketplace, while buyers see a new source of software for business and other uses.
Tags: software, eBay, Amazon, Salesforce.com, policy
Cloud Computing: Amazon's Cloudy Future
By Jeff Vance | Article Published July 27, 2009
Amazon may not quite have a cloud empire, yet it’s more than ready for battle. But is its offering what the business-tech world wants in the long term?
Tags: Amazon, cloud computing
Amazon CEO Decries Kindle Book Removal
By Michelle Megna | Article Published July 25, 2009
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos apologized for how the retailer handled illegally sold copies of e-books on the Kindle.
Tags: e-Mail, Amazon, smartphones, Kindle, wireless
Will the Kindle Crisis Kill Cloud Computing?
By Emery Fletcher | Article Published July 21, 2009
Amazon erased its customers’ content without warning. Will the same thing happen to cloud computing customers?
Tags: Enterprise, Amazon, cloud computing, IT, security
Google to Launch Amazon S3 Competitor
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 20, 2009
A Google exec says a major cloud storage service will be unveiled within weeks.
Tags: Amazon, security, Storage, virtualization, Google
AT&T to Enter Cloud Storage Market
By - Reuters | Article Published May 18, 2009
The telecom will use EMC's technology to enter the fast-growing market for cloud-based data storage.
Tags: Storage, services, telecommunications, Amazon
Would You Like Some Heroin To Go With That Crack(Berry)?
By Chris Nerney | Article Published March 12, 2009
Would You Like Some Heroin To Go With That Crack(Berry)?
Tags: ebooks, Amazon, Kindle, eReader, Blackberry
In Hard Times, Developers Need to Give Back
By Sara Chipps | Article Published March 02, 2009
Given that it’s the work of software developers that has helped create joblessness, it’s only right that developers now help those in need.
Tags: developer, Amazon, support, Microsoft, Google
IBM Promotes Cloud in Universities
By Sean Gallagher | Article Published March 02, 2009
The tech giants efforts are educating young developers on how to use IBM applications.
Tags: cloud computing, Amazon, IBM, server, Google
64 Seriously Cool iPhone Applications
By James Maguire | Article Published February 06, 2009
Utilities, social networking, weather, sports, news, games, music – all the apps you need to hypercharge your iPhone. (And yes, the list includes Gumball Bingo and Castle Feud. Serious fun is not optional.)
Tags: Google, Apple, Amazon, Yahoo, iPhone
Ruby on Rails Gets New Support in the Cloud
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published January 18, 2009
Engine Yard rolls out open source cloud approaches for Rails, tapping into Amazon EC2 and working to lower the hurdles for developers.
Tags: open source, management, Amazon, services, developer
'Making It All Work' In 60 Seconds
By Mike Elgan | Article Published January 14, 2009
The power of concentration, along with a few helpful Web-based tools, can improve your productivity markedly.
Tags: e-Mail, management, desktop, Microsoft, Amazon
Media Companies Have Only Themselves to Blame
By Mike Elgan | Article Published December 11, 2008
Instead of embracing Web-based distribution, old media artificially propped up the unscalable and inefficient model of shipping content on sheets of dead tree pulp.
Tags: software, economy, advertising, media, Amazon
Which Cloud Should Firms Use, Inside or Outside?
By Richard Adhikari | Article Published December 04, 2008
It boils down to what you really want to do.
Tags: Amazon, Storage, services, security, virtualization
12 Black Friday Secrets Retailers Don't Want You To Know
By Mike Elgan | Article Published November 13, 2008
How to use technology to score the best deals on the big shopping day.
Tags: policy, software, Amazon, e-Mail, search
IBM Bets on the Browser as Application Platform
By Richard Adhikari | Article Published October 28, 2008
Browser-based computing with mashups and clouds may be the next paradigm.
Tags: software, browsers, IBM, Amazon, video
Google Follies: So You're a 'Customer'? Think Again
By Joshua Greenbaum | Article Published October 07, 2008
If you’re using a free service, you’re not a customer, you’re the sales prospect.
Tags: Yahoo, SAP, Amazon, services, Google
How Spore and DRM Have Changed PC Gaming Forever
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | Article Published September 19, 2008
Amid the firestorm over limited activations of the popular Spore game, users are finding other alternatives – creating even bigger problems for Spore’s maker.
Tags: management, DRM, Amazon, policy, IT
Cloud Storage Isn't All Blue Skies Just Yet
By Judy Mottl | Article Published September 04, 2008
Moving storage to the cloud can prove inexpensive and easy, but experts warn that some key problems still overshadow the nascent space.
Tags: datacenter, Google, support, Amazon, Storage
How To Get Your Email Past Clients' Spam Filter
By Ray Everett-Church | Article Published August 19, 2008
Achieving “deliverability,” otherwise known as getting email delivered to a user’s inbox in a timely and fully-functional fashion, is both an art and a science.
Tags: marketing, privacy, Amazon, advertising, malware
Google's App Engine Edges Closer to Prime Time
By David Needle | Article Published May 28, 2008
Broad availability for preview release of App Engine; Google also updates its Web Toolkit.
Tags: SaaS, Amazon, Storage, consumer, Google
Is There a Cure for the 'Distraction Virus'?
By Mike Elgan | Article Published May 22, 2008
The Internet is an incredible productivity tool that offers unprecedented access to information and communication with others. But it's also distracting, and getting more distracting every day.
Tags: Facebook, Internet, Google, YouTube, Amazon
What Web Analytics Do for You: Part 1
By James Maguire | Article Published July 17, 2006
Decipher the data from your analytics program — and learn what actions to take based on the numbers.
Tags: software, marketing, search, Google, Amazon