Cloud SLA Max Effgen, January 4, 2010 Taking a look back on Cloud Service Level Agreements (SLA) from approximately a year ago and seeing what has changed for the enterprise. The SLA is nothing new and have existed in information technology for many, many years. I can tell you firsthand that SLA remains critical to the selling…
Spot Instances Max Effgen, January 1, 2010 Amazon AWS announced Spot Instances of EC2 a few weeks back. I have been very interested in this concept. Auction pricing should be natural for the cloud computing utility model. They will be selling spare capacity from moment to moment. The cloud is attractive since servers often site idle. Sharing…
Cloud Computing Debate @ Economist.com Max Effgen, November 17, 2009 Interesting reading. Worth checking this out. Some “real” posts coming soon. Economist.com: Cloud Computing Debate
Read “A kinder, gentler cloud” Max Effgen, October 22, 2009 Solid read on the state of the cloud @ Fortune Brainstorm Tech: A kinder, gentler cloud. Check it out.
Great read at Cloudscaling Max Effgen, August 4, 2009 Randy Bias’ Cloudscaling blog has a must read for anyone interested in Cloud Computing: The ‘Cloud’ Is NOT Outsourcing. Check it out.
Azure Pricing Max Effgen, July 14, 2009December 2, 2013 A follow up from last month’s post: Cloudy in Seattle. Azure has released their business model, pricing and official release date. Mid-November is still the official word for the commercial release. Check: Azure Services Overview Pricing & Licensing Overview Official Press Release: Microsoft Unveils Windows Azure Platform Business Model, Bringing…
Highlights from Cloudforce Seattle Max Effgen, June 22, 2009 Finally getting back to Cloudforce Seattle and the tons of info learned last week. The message was clearly that Salesforce.com is not just applications. Cloudforce Seattle was all about the platform moving to the cloud. I have a notion that there will be several “clouds” in the future. Clearly, Salesforce.com…
Best explanation for social media CRM to date Max Effgen, June 19, 2009 At Cloudforce Seattle yesterday, Salesforce.com gave the best explanation of why you need to monitor social media for CRM, especially in Support/Services. Your customers have already moved there. Do they go to Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn first to find answers? If so, how do you monitor and answer those questions?…
Cloudforce Seattle Max Effgen, June 18, 2009 Attended Cloudforce Seattle today. Tons of great information and still processing it all. Usual Microsoft jabs by Marc Benioff, but nothing you likely have not muttered yourself. Lots of love for Starbucks and Amazon AWS from the Salesforce CEO. Some highlights: Visual Force, Model–view–controller (MVC) framework for custom user interfaces…
Data Recovery Tools Max Effgen, June 12, 2009 Recently, I had a problem with my Nikon D70. Over 4 years of use without any issues and then the CF card reset without any warning. Some important pictures were gone. Or so I thought. I was not happy. I came across this Lifehacker post Five Best Free Data Recovery…