A couple days ago, I received a call from a friend asking me a very simple question: "What criteria should I use to decide which applications I should move to the cloud?" Not having a direct answer myself, I searched the web, and to my amazement, I could not find a clear and simple answer to...
As already stated in earlier entries, the Cloud started with Web 2.0 and the Social Networking phenomena. Since, it has taken a life of its own, and is attracting many SMB's (Small and Medium Businesses) allowing them to fully rely on a cloud provider to address their IT needs. The needs of large...
When the Internet started to mature in the late 90's, many start-ups got generated around the concept of taking advantage of the internet to do business. Many of them did not have a sound business model, but generated a lot of hype. I remember the existence at one moment of more than 700 B2B hubs...