Archive for March, 2009

Discount Passes for Cloud Slam09 Conference

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March 31, 2009
Written by Ameed Taylor

Cloud Slam’09 is a virtual cloud computing conference taking place over 5 days from 20 – 24 April 2009.

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Category: Amazon EC2, Cloud Computing, Conferences, Enterprise 2.0, Software

OnDemand Speed Links 25 March 2009

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March 25, 2009
Written by Ameed Taylor

Has SalesForce.Com’s Marc Benioff become the Billy Graham of SaaS
Saleforce.com just turned 10 years old and all of Marc Benioff’s Cloud Computing evangelization has become the gospel in the tech industry.

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Category: Amazon EC2, Cloud Computing, Enterprise 2.0, OnDemand Software, SaaS, Speedlinks

Would An IBM Acquisition Of Sun Make Sense?

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March 19, 2009
Written by Ameed Taylor

IBM’s reported interest (still officially a rumor as of 19 March 2009) in acquiring Sun Microsystems for 6.5 billion US is the biggest news in technology so far this year.

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Category: Cloud Computing, IBM, Mergers and Acquisitions, Sun Microsystems

Enterprise 2.0 Explained

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March 16, 2009
Written by Ameed Taylor

Vince Casarez gives a great overview of the benefits of Enterprise 2.0 technology. This video is part of the extensive group of “At The Whiteboard” videos over on ZDNet.

Category: Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise 3.0, Enterprise Mashups, Web 2.0, Wiki

Mid 2009 Cloud Computing Conferences And Camps

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March 6, 2009
Written by Ameed Taylor

There are a slew of Cloud Computing Conferences and Camps scheduled between March and July 2009. Some of the more notable ones are:

March – June – There are 11 Cloud Camps scheduled worldwide in the next 4 months.
March 30 – April 1 – The 2nd annual Cloud Computing Conference and Expo will be held in New York.
April 20 – 24 – Cloud Slam is a virtual Cloud Computing conference held over 4 days in April.
April 24th – The 13th Under The Radar Conference will be held in Mountain View, CA.
May 18-21 – TechWeb’s Enterprise Cloud Summit will take place in mid May in Las Vegas.
June 22-24 – O’Reilly’s Velocity Conference focuses on web performance and operations and many conference goers attend both the Velocity and Structure Conferences.
June 25 – Structure 09 is GigaOm Networks 2nd annual Cloud Computing conference held in San Francisco.