The bMighty Blog -- Cloud Computing

Using Cloud Computing To Beat The Enterprise

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:32 PM ET | Jul 3, 2008

Many enterprises remain reluctant to embrace cloud computing. They have their reasons, but this could be a big opportunity for smaller companies.

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Cloud Computing | Hardware & Software | IT | Internet/Web

Web Conferencing Goes Open Source

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 11:02 AM ET | Jun 11, 2008

A few years ago, I put together a long article reviewing all of the major Web conferencing tools. It did not include any open-source options for a very simple reason: There weren't any. Today, however, it's a very different story.

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Cloud Computing | Hardware & Software | Internet/Web | Networking & Communications | Open Source | Sales/Marketing | Services

Say Hello to MobileMe, Goodbye to .MAC

Posted by Alan Zeichick 04:22 PM ET | Jun 9, 2008

Apple is upgrading and rebranding its .MAC service to be much more robust and business-friendly, with features that make it like Microsoft Exchange/Outlook, and other features that make like it like Google's GMail service.

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Apple | Cloud Computing

New Backup Options Blur The Line Between Physical and Virtual Storage

Posted by Fredric Paul 11:41 AM ET | May 30, 2008

NovaStor's new NovaBACKUP 10 data protection and disaster recovery software for Windows lets small busineses store data locally and online in the cloud.

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Cloud Computing | Storage

Big Blue Thinks Smaller

Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:26 PM ET | May 6, 2008

IBM is launching a web-based application initiative for smaller businesses. The company is finally starting to realize there's real money to be made off small to midsize businesses. The question is what took them so long?

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Cloud Computing | Hardware & Software

Google Docs Shifts Into High Gear

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 05:15 AM ET | Apr 28, 2008

Can you guess what new feature Google Docs just introduced? Here's a hint: It doesn't involve a talking paperclip.

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Cloud Computing | Open Source

Salesforce, Google Merge Their "Clouds"

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:33 PM ET | Apr 14, 2008

What do Google Apps, Salesforce and Lava Lamps have in common? I'm not sure either, except that they all starred in a lavish lunch held this afternoon to announce the integration of the two on-demand software suites into a single "cloud computing" solution.

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Cloud Computing | Internet/Web

Amazon Had a Very Bad Day. But Keep Reaching for Those Clouds

Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:59 AM ET | Feb 19, 2008

Much was made of the problems Amazon's Web services had last week. Its data storage service was down for a few hours, leaving many smaller businesses in the lurch. Is cloud computing not the knight in Web storage armor small businesses had hoped for?

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Business & E-Business | Cloud Computing | IT | Internet/Web | Storage

Is Hardware Dead?

Posted by Fredric Paul 04:22 PM ET | Jan 25, 2008

As the Internet "cloud" lets Amazon, Yahoo! and EMC's Mozy rent computing power at bargain prices, is there a still reason for small and midsize companies to buy their own machines?

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Cloud Computing | Hardware & Software | IT | Services