Run your business on the Internet while driving your costs very close to zero.
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 05:19PM
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 05:19PM
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 12:30PM First the basics:
Amazon Web Serivces (AWS) - AWS, simply put, is rented, dedicated on-line servers. Beginning at ten cents per hour, you can rent one or more dedicated servers to run your business. (Note: at ten cents per hour the cost per month for a server is $72.00)
Google Apps for your Domain (GAFYD) - GAFYD is Googles paid for service for companies. For $50.00 per user/per year you have access to email, calendaring, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and more. I'll discuss security, support, etc. below.
QuickBooks Online (QB Online) - QuickBooks Online is, as it sounds, online accounting.
Software as a Service SaaS Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS)require their own dedicated blog entry. For now, it will be enough to say that you can create almost any line of business application functionality that you currently use, but on the web. Examples include force.com, PerfectForms and Wolf Frameworks (there are many more.)All of the above are examples of "Cloud Computing." Actually they are components of a cloud computing solution. With the right planning, guidance and implementation using these and other components you can move your business to the web NOW.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 07:27PM Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect (the position formerly held by Bill Gates) and designer of the highly successful Lotus Notes, now owned by IBM, has spoken on his views for the future of Cloud Computing. To learn more about Cloud Computing watch this video by Salesforce.com.
Ozzie asserts that "every company is going to have some blend of software that runs on-premises and on the cloud. Click here to read the entire interview.
Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 05:03PM Electronista, the online "gadget" website has posted an article outling a fatal flaw in the upcoming release of Microsoft Windows 7. Read more about it at...http://tr.im/jybt
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 04:36PM Recently I was checking one of my favorite web sites, Lifehacker and ran across this gem - Alternative To. Alternative To is a listing of free or low cost alternatives to expensive commercial software applications. Generally the "alternates" are equal or in some cases better then their commercial counterparts.
Alternates To is agnostic toward operating systems with listings for Windows, Mac, Linux and web based software solutions.
If, like me, you are gun-shy about spending money on software these days, take a trip over to Alternate To and check it out.