Tag: cloud computing
Could the Google Chrome OS be ready this week?
Google hopes that success in the portable market will build up a following loyal enough to take on the might of Microsoft's own Windows OS
Vodafone announces cloud-based service, Vodafone PC Backup
Vodafone has announced a new partnership with Decho Corporation which will enable its business and consumer customers to back up digital content from their computer to a remotely hosted site.
Once a customer has backed-up their digital content they will always be able to access it, even if their primary device is lost, stolen or otherwise unavailable. Customers will also be able to view and share the content from their account via the web browser of a PC, laptop or netbook in the future, reducing the need to transfer between devices.
Dubbed Vodafone PC Backup, the services will be available in consumer and business versions across several different territories over the next few months. The business version will also be supported by a web-based management console to enable an administrator to centrally control storage allocations and policies for multiple users.
What the hell is Microsoft Azure?
Good question. Every single news story I’m reading about Microsoft’s new cloud computing platform, announced last night, is full of phrases like “foundational infrastructure”, “Dynamics CRM Services” and “hypervisor/virtualization technology”. Here’s an overview in tech layman’s terms…
Windows Strata: Has Microsoft got rock and cloud mixed up in its new OS name?
It seems Microsoft may have another name for its imminent Cloud-based Windows operating system which Steve Ballmer called “Windows Cloud” last week.
According to a screen grab of a web page at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference, hastily edited after being spotted by eagle-eyed bloggers, the new operating system is Windows Strata.
This makes me wonder whether Microsoft has got its geology and meteorology mixed up. I don’t claim to be an expert, so I’d better watch myself, but I always thought “strata” related to rock layers, while “stratus” referred to clouds…
Windows to enter the Cloud next month, claims Ballmer
One of the current tech buzzwords is “Cloud Computing”, which basically means using web applications rather than software stored on the computer (it’s more complicated than that, before someone gets pedantic with me, but that’ll do for now).
It’s something that Google has been working towards for some time, with the introduction of its applications and the Chrome web browser, and Microsoft is keen not to be left behind.
Speaking at a conference in London, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer said that a “new operating system designed for the cloud” would be introduced within the next four weeks…
