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GoDaddy CEO under fire for shooting elephant
We have all become wearingly familiar with the phrase "the elephant in the room", but Bob Parsons, CEO at domain and hosting provider GoDaddy has come up with a different take on it: "the elephant in the video", specifically the v... Opinion
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Resellers should operate as cloud computing aggregators, advises Quocirca analyst Clive Longbottom
As a reseller you need to hold stock, you're hostage to the whims of a vendor and constantly getting credit crunched or screwed over on pricing. It'll be a lot less risky being a cloud computing service aggregator, says Quocirca analyst Clive Longbot... Opinion
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If the MacBook Pro is "the last notebook you'll ever need", what's the point of making any more?
Apple hasn't been slow to trumpet the InfoWorld review for its latest MacBook Pro and it's not hard to see why when reviewer Tom Yager waxes so enthusiastically about it to the point where he states: "After more than two weeks of continuous test... Opinion
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Linguists in war of words over Apple App store trademark claim
Do you ever get the feeling some companies just have too much money for their own good? And that maybe they could be using it to better purpose than lining lawyers' pockets? Microsoft and Apple are currently embroiled in a fairly ridiculous court cas... Opinion
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"We're not a broadliner anymore," says C2000 boss. So what are you?
Computer 2000 is not a generalist distributor. Has everybody got that? You at the back, did you hear it? C2000 head honcho Andy Gass was pretty clear on the subject when he told attendees at its annual Vendor Summit in London today (25 March): "... Opinion
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Citrix responds to European Commissioner's calls for cloud regulation
European commissioner Neelie Kroes spoke out this week on interoperability and standards at the heart of the cloud computing agenda. Good grief. Is the european commissioner moving in on The Cloud? Surely, that's like being handed The Black Spot... Opinion
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Samuel Ko on the questions you should ask before implementing cloud computing
Samuel Ko, MD of CDNetworks (CDNW), maker of the Web Performance Suite , says cloud vendors are often so pleased with themselves for building an infrastructure that they forget the hard bit, integrating it with the customer's needs. The clou... Opinion
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Wearecloud looks for UK installation partners for its BIME cloud service
Here's something different for the channel to gets its teeth into: Bime is an easy yet powerful service to connect and analyze data in any organisation - so its makers claim. According to the people at WeAreCloud(the company behind the serv... Opinion
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How companies should prepare for cloud computing
Unshackling the desktop should be the first step to cloud computing , saysDavid Angwin, Wyse Technology's marketing director. Desktop virtualisation provides a bridge to a 'true-cloud' world - but it's still 5-10 years away. By breaking th... Opinion
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Three classic mistakes made by cloud computer users
Mac Scott, a director at Xantus Consulting advises FTSE100 companies and large government departments about cloud computing. He's identified three classic traps organisations fall into. Seeing security through rose tinted glasses We are starti... Opinion