Thursday, April 8, 2010

http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-applications/vmwares-vcloud-api-forces-cloud-standards

vCloud API: A significant attempt to create a standardized cloud API. An it's open...

Friday, April 2, 2010

Microsoft Exec: 'We'll Beat Google In Cloud' -- InformationWeek

Microsoft Exec: 'We'll Beat Google In Cloud' -- InformationWeek: "Microsoft Exec: 'We'll Beat Google In Cloud'

Senior VP Kurt DelBene says cross-platform browsing and editing advantages, plus management and security features, will lure enterprises to Office Web Applications."

In the past I have found comparing Microsoft's strategy with its competitors helpful in beginning to sort out the dimensions of a new technology. First it was Microsoft v. Sun with web services. More recently I looked at Microsoft Healthvault v. Google Health. This article points the way to a discussion about Microsoft v. Google in the cloud. How do the strategies differ? How do the visions differ? This article focuses on one view from Microsoft.