Tips 2011 Resolutions for SMBs: Move to the Cloud (If You Haven't Already) In 2010, we continued to hear a lot about how the cloud can benefit businesses both big and small, especially when it comes to cutting IT costs. If you haven't yet taken the plunge, the ringing in of 2011 may be the perfect excuse to get started. Gartner recently put cloud computing at the top of its list of top strategic technologies for… John Paul Titlow View comments
SaaS 5 Enterprise Startups to Watch in 2011 # 4: SnapLogic SnapLogic is a cloud integration platform. It offers an app store (called the SnapStore) of connectors (called snaps) for integrating services like Box, Netsuite, and Salesforce.com. Unlike Jive or Salesforce.com, which offer services in addition to an app store, SnapLogic is focused on being a platform for connecting other services. Customers can… Enterprise Klint Finley View comments
Government Skype Now Illegal in China: This Week in Online Tyranny China outlaws Skype. VOIP phone and messaging systems have been outlawed in China with the exception of the state-owned China Unicom and China Telecom. This is a pattern in China, where the two birds of repression and protectionism nest in the same bush. The combination of eliminating competition and controlling discourse made this act… Curt Hopkins View comments
Analysis Yext Heats Up Battle Against Google For Local Ad Dollars Remember when Google launched Tags, a local advertising up-sell aimed at local small businesses? Companies like Yelp and YellowPages certainly do, and they've joined a few other local directory sites in launching a competing product by the same name. Techcrunch reports that about a dozen sites, all feeling the heat from Google's potentially… John Paul Titlow View comments
Real World Deadtech: Kodachrome Goes the Way of the Great Auk Not all legacy tech sticks it out, alas. Preceding floppies into the long techno-dark is Kodachrome. The last roll of the color film will be developed tomorrow at Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas, ending a 75-year run. Kodak's "discontinuance notice" explained the simple fact behind the end of a product that first debuted in 1935. Curt Hopkins View comments