Tag: cloud

  • Mobile Market Opportunity $1 Trillion by 2014, Gartner

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Good news for mobile market watchers that feel they’ve been waiting a decade for mobile and wireless to go mainstream in the enterprise and consumer markets, if Gartner is to be believed. The analyst firm said the worldwide mobile voice and data revenue market will exceed $1 trillion by 2014. But, as mobile becomes the… Read more

  • Cloud Computing Disrupting Software Licensing, Pricing

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    The move to cloud computing will change the game when it comes to software pricing and licensing models according to a new reports from market research firm IDC together with application usage management software provider Flexera Software. Buzz around the cloud is being replaced quickly with real deployments. And, in response, most software vendors are… Read more

  • Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Productivity Suite Enters Limited Beta

    Channel Insider Staff

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    (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp launched a fully online version of its popular Office suite of applications on Tuesday as it looks to extend its customer base and beat back rival Google Inc. The new service, called Office 365, is available as a limited test from Tuesday, and will be on sale on a subscription basis… Read more

  • Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie to Retire as Software Chief

    Channel Insider Staff

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    SEATTLE, Oct 18 (Reuters) – The Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) executive who took over the role of chief software architect from Bill Gates is to step down, following a tenure in which the Windows-maker lost ground to Google and Apple. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said Ray Ozzie would not be replaced, raising questions about the leadership… Read more

  • IBM CloudBurst Cloud Service Platform Expands

    Nathan Eddy

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    Technology giant IBM announced it is expanding its CloudBurst cloud service platform by delivering the appliance on Power-based hardware as well as currently installed IBM and non-IBM systems. The CloudBurst appliance is designed to automatically integrate hardware, storage, networking, virtualization and service management software for a private cloud environment. Core to the new offering is… Read more

  • Future-Proof Your Skill Set: Top-Demanded IT Skills

    Jessica Davis

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    Looking to future-proof your skill set? You’d be wise to focus on mobile platforms and cloud computing for application development and IT delivery. IT professionals broadly say that mobile and cloud computing will be a major focus over the next few years, emerging as the most in-demand platforms for both application development and IT delivery.… Read more