Mosso revamps cloud service tools

Post by: Mike Ricciuti on June 25th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Mosso, the cloud computing division of hosting provider Rackspace, has added a new Web-based control panel and a behind-the-scenes provisioning system to its Hosting Cloud service.

The company said Wednesday the control panel makes it easier for users to set up and manage hosted applications. It includes a new Web-based ...

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Mosso revamps cloud service tools

Post by: Mike Ricciuti on June 25th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Mosso, the cloud computing division of hosting provider Rackspace, has added a new Web-based control panel and a behind-the-scenes provisioning system to its Hosting Cloud service.

The company said Wednesday the control panel makes it easier for users to set up and manage hosted applications. It includes a new Web-based ...

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Adobe says Acrobat 9 is good to go

Post by: Mike Ricciuti on June 25th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Adobe on Wednesday released a revamped version of its Acrobat document creation software that includes built-in support for Flash and multimedia content.

Acrobat 9 lets users convert MOV and WMV files to Flash content that can be embedded within PDFs alongside audio content and even 3D models. The free Acrobat ...

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Hyperic service peers into Amazon cloud

Post by: Mike Ricciuti on June 24th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Cloud computing is growing in popularity, thanks in large part to the availability of Web-based services that take some of the pain out of IT.

But when things break, it isn't always easy to know why: Is the problem in the application or in the cloud?

CloudStatus works with

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Salesforce extends Google link with new toolkit

Post by: Mike Ricciuti on June 23rd, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Salesforce.com is furthering its alliance with Google through a new toolkit that lets developers tap into Google's services.

The two companies inked an initial deal in April to link Salesforce's CRM (customer relationship management) applications with integrated Google Apps.

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and Google chief

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Ballmer: Spending spree is not plan B

Post by: Mike Ricciuti on June 20th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

A handful of smaller acquisitions can't make one Yahoo deal, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer says.

Ballmer: Search is "the most important application".

(Credit: Dan Farber/CNET Networks)

Ballmer, speaking to the Financial Times, said that despite rumors, the company has no plans to make up for the ...

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Adobe updates LiveCycle business software

Post by: Mike Ricciuti on June 17th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Adobe Systems is updating and expanding its LiveCycle software for building business-oriented Web applications.

The company on Tuesday is expected to announce LiveCycle Enterprise Suite Update 1, which adds new content management features along with tools to more quickly build financial services and government applications.

LiveCycle is one of the ...

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Surface goes to Vegas with Harrah’s deal

Post by: Mike Ricciuti on June 12th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

This might not be what Bill Gates originally envisioned with his "information at your fingertips" concept.

On Wednesday in Las Vegas, the Rio hotel will unveil a new Surface computer application called Flirt, that will let bar patrons "interact" with each other through video cameras and text messages. Another, called ...

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Google’s enterprise vision is in the cloud

Post by: Mike Ricciuti on June 10th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

BOSTON--Google sees all enterprise trends pointing toward cloud computing, and it wants a piece of the action.

"The next 10 years of innovations are going to be in the cloud. Enterprise software is not going away, but there is a transition taking place," said Rishi Chandra, product manager for Google ...

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Microsoft readies revamped database, security software

Post by: Mike Ricciuti on June 10th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Microsoft on Tuesday said it's set to release near-final versions of its key database server and other business-oriented software.

The company announced a "release candidate" of SQL Server 2008, along with test versions of security and identity management software, at its TechEd conference in Orlando, Fla.

Also on tap ...

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