“Office365” states it very clearly – it would appear that the Microsoft SLA doesn’t take into account leap years, as we discovered last Wednesday. Customers lost access to Azure at 1:45 a.m GMT, February 28 due to an outage that lasted for the following 36 hours, apparently caused by a bug that has been traced […]
IBM-DemandTec Merger is another Push towards the Big Data Cloud
IBM definitely falls under the category of a traditional vendor adapting to new trends in the IT world. Big data analytics is one of those trends; a rapidly-growing industry where the Big Blue is gradually growing thanks to, among other things, an aggressive M&A strategy. The company acquired Algorithmics and i2 this year alongside its […]
Office 365: Microsoft’s Leap into the Cloud Continues
There has been a lot of buzz surrounding the cloud lately, and last month Microsoft made a milestone decision. The software giant rolled out a web-based version of its flagship Office productivity software in 40 countries, thus offering a very good combo of an already established product and the usual benefits that come with cloud […]
Cloud Player and Cloud Drive Boost the Music Industry, Following a Trend
It’s official – we’ve established that the cloud is disruptive for just about every industry. Not every industry, but Amazon’s introduction of Cloud Playerand Cloud Drive has certainly added the multibillion dollar music segment to our list. The newly launched Cloud Player and Cloud drive are two directly integrated personal cloud offerings, which put a […]
Where the as-a-Service Model Stands for the Enterprise
One of the major innovations the cloud brought with it is the as-a-service model. The combination of traditional IT infrastructure, platform, software and data as well a barrage of other sub-categories the cloud has a lot to offer to the enterprise – above all superior offerings almost always aligned with greater cost-efficiency. Each of the […]