Cloud storage startup Nasuni entered public beta today, bringing with it a new, but familiar, approach to storing primary data: It sells software that looks and acts like a traditional file system but stores data in cloud offerings from Amazon, Rackspace, Nirvanix and Iron Mountain. Read More »
Infrastructure
The web is becoming more dynamic, context-aware and personalized by the day, and the amount of information consumed by each person is increasing exponentially. But software infrastructure is not keeping pace. We need to develop data processing architectures that go beyond technologies like memcache, MapReduce, NoSQL. Read More »
This week Microsoft finally launched its Azure cloud computing platform. The offering is distinct for a few reasons not directly connected to the platform, but more linked to Microsoft as a whole. Azure may well stand out and drive significant cloud revenues in 2010. Read More »
Even after Microsoft reported record earnings a few days ago, one of its former executives has effectively written the company’s obituary in a NYT op-ed piece. Is Microsoft not savable? Here are three surprise scenarios that could have a lot of upside for the company. Read More »
Cisco has been dominant in all types of networking devices for more than two decades, so its move into adjacent markets in order to expand its footprint beyond networking made perfect sense. What’s surprising is how flat-footed and weak the counterattacks from the competition have been. Read More »
Microsoft on Tuesday opened up its Azure cloud computing platform, after more than a year of development. Derrick Harris takes an in-depth look at Azure over at GigaOM Pro to see what exactly Microsoft is offering and how it compares with other clouds. Read More »
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