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Microsoft’s decision to debut its CRM 2011 solution in the cloud prior its on-premise release is a sign of the times. Stuart Johnston reports. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced commercial availability of the company’s next generation customer relationship management (CRM) cloud services offering yesterday, and plans to launch customer-premises and partner-hosted editions of the package […]

Tech Comics: “Geeks in Love” Next Cartoon: “Easy Technology” Next Cartoon: “Easy Technology” The creator of the Geek and Poke cartoon series is Oliver Widder. Previous tech cartoons by the talented Oliver Widder: • Tech Comics: “Open Source Firmware” • Tech Comics: “Our Daily (Tech) Symphony” • Tech Comics: “Geeks vs. the User Experience” • […]

Cloud computing comes in many flavors, and certainly the ‘private cloud’ gets as much buzz as any — hence Microsoft’s new inititive in this area. Stuart Johnson reports. Microsoft opened its TechEd Europe 2010 conference in Berlin by revealing a new initiative — called Hyper-V Cloud — as part of its evolving cloud computing strategy […]

Tech Comics: “We Love Technology” Next Cartoon: “How to Make a Good Code Review” Next Cartoon: “How to Make a Good Code Review” The creator of the Geek and Poke cartoon series is Oliver Widder. Previous tech cartoons by the talented Oliver Widder: • Tech Comics: “All Tests Have Crashed” • Tech Comics: “The Software […]

In evaluating storage costs, it is important for end users comparing systems to understand the absolute performance and capacity of the system for a given price point, and then consider how flexible, scalable, and resilient the system can be. The exponential increase in drive density, the incorporation of performance acceleration technologies, and the adoption of […]

Among the many questions to consider: Moving to the cloud means recurring business, but since you are outsourcing most of the maintenance work, it won’t be as profitable. Read on for more details. As a consultant/business partner, I’m always looking out for new opportunities and analyzing market trends. Cloud computing — the notion that you […]

Recently, Enterprise Storage Forum published an article by Henry Newman in which he argued that lithography limits and disk drive density are going to keep solid state disks (SSDs) from replacing spinning disks. To help explain his argument, I’m going to outline why one of the keys to this equation, SSD density, is in grave […]

For Cloud Computing articles, visit Internet.com’s new Cloud Computing portal. NEW YORK — IBM ended its 2009 fiscal year with over $14 billion cash on hand, and at least some of that will be spent on beefing up its ability to deliver enterprise cloud computing solutions and services. The company expects cloud computing to add […]

The 2010 is a big one for storage acquisitions. Plus: at the end of this list, a prediction for the next big buy or a data storage vendor — who’s next? UPDATED August 16, 2010 – I originally posted this Top 10 acquisitions piece last week, with EMC’s acquisition of Greenplum in the #1 spot. […]

As the iPhone grows ever more popular, it poses a growing challenge to enterprise IT managers. Here’s a guide to managing this ubiquitous consumer device in the workplace. When Apple announced the latest version of its mobile OS back in April, one of the more exciting additions for mobile IT departments was the inclusion of […]

I drafted an earlier version of this column last year but never used it. Perhaps it was the original title, which contained the words “Insanity,” “eDiscovery” and “IT.” I decided it was too inflammatory and never published it. The subject? My frustration at getting the message across that eDiscovery should matter to IT. The message […]

Tech Comics: “Don’t Mess with the (iPhone) Empire” Next Cartoon: “Antenna Problems” Next Cartoon: “Antenna Problems” The creator of the Geek and Poke cartoon series is Oliver Widder. Previous tech cartoons by the talented Oliver Widder: • Tech Comics: “Apple vs. iPhone 4” Previous tech cartoons by the talented Oliver Widder: • Tech Comics: “Geo-Gadgets […]