The idea of putting an entire desktop environment in the cloud is hardly new. I remember companies like Centerbeam and Everdream trying to do this in the late 90’s. Technology has changed a lot since then. Does that mean the concept will finally catch on? A Swedish company called Xcerion hopes so, and they call [...]
This blog now supports gravatars in comments. An avatar is a small picture or image used to identify comments posted on line. A gravatar is a Globally Recognized Avatar, which eliminates the need to upload images to multiple forums. You upload and edit an image at the gravatar home page and associate it with your [...]
If you’re relying on browser-based applications, you’d better have excellent browser performance. One obvious factor affecting the performance of your browser is the speed of your Internet connection. Another fairly obvious factor is the speed of your computer, including RAM, processor, and disk behavior. But don’t forget the impact of adjustments you’ve made to the [...]
I spent the past two days in Nashville at the Autotask user conference. There was a panel session this morning featuring reps from most of the leading remote monitoring and management solution companies, including Kaseya, n-Able, Dell (fka Silverback), ITControl Suite, and Level Platforms. These folks owe their existence, for the most part, to the [...]
Following the recent privacy gaffe at Google, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. Some of the language in the complaint seems a bit hyperbolic, and the request that Google be compelled to contribute $5 million to support electronic privacy research seems a bit self-serving. Obviously, though, a [...]
Another introductory article on the front page of the business section in today’s Boston Globe. It focuses on Massachusetts-based companies and the future of the cloud in large enterprise computing. The author’s conclusion: It seems small and midsize businesses will be the first to integrate cloud-based services, while bigger companies will take longer to figure [...]
A client of mine uses Peachtree Complete Accounting. They needed a solution for the following set of circumstances: The bulk of their accounting and bookkeeping work is done by an independent accountant, who generally works from home. Historically, the accountant would come into the client’s office on weekends to work on the computer that had [...]
Good intro article by Laurie McCabe posted today at SmallBusinessComputing.com. If you’ve read all the posts at Stop Buying Servers, there may not be much new here. But it’s good to see the coverage continuing. The more people using the cloud, the better the services there will be.
I’ve never said, nor will I ever say, that the cloud is not without fault. ChannelWeb reports that Google Docs had a security glitch over the weekend. As I noted after the recent Google Apps outage, though, one advantage of using a well-established cloud service is that any problems are going to be handled by [...]
As if I didn’t need a lesson on why cloud computing has its advantages … I spent the last two nights in New York. This morning, I picked up my computer in my hotel room to check my e-mail. (It had been turned on and connected to the Internet all night, but let’s save the [...]