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iPhone not getting a full Flash like Android
News Flash is used for YouTube's streaming video, and Lynch demonstrated a Windows Mobile phone playing a video hosted on the Google service. That Adobe was able to bring its software to Android affirms... [18 Nov 2008]
Microsoft wants to host your software
News Although Microsoft Online is initially aimed at Exchange and SharePoint, the goal is to offer a hosted option for all of Microsoft's server software. The software maker said last year... [18 Nov 2008]
There's no escape from the cloud, say CIOs
News Last year I surprised myself by shortlisting a cloud-based [software] supplier and I expect when I replace Epos it will be a hosted solution. Although the latest CIO Jury poll came out hung on the... [11 Nov 2008]
Four types of tech in demand during a downturn
News The consultancy also predicts good times ahead for software as a service (SaaS) as it says tighter controls and a desire to minimise risks will increase focus on variable costs - leading to greater interest in SaaS and... [28 Oct 2008]
Microsoft's cloud has an Azure tinge
News Ozzie said he was tipping his cap to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for innovating the hosted computing model. Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, said: "It's a transformation of our... [28 Oct 2008]
$695m MessageLabs deal launches Symantec into cloud
News Symantec will now migrate customers from its own mail security offering, Symantec Hosted Mail Service, to MessageLabs. Symantec will pay about $695m for the software as a service company and Symantec CEO... [08 Oct 2008]
Businesses still clueless over SaaS
News A silicon.com CIO Jury last September found half of the IT user panel marked SaaS as either not on their radar at all or is very low priority, while earlier this month research by software-as-a-service CRM company,... [29 Sep 2008]
VMware virtualisation tech adds iPhone, Linux to arsenal
News In his speech, Herrod also introduced VMware Fault Tolerance, which is an add-on for VirtualCenter that will maintain a replica of a virtual machine, hosted on a second ESX Server system. The next version of VMware's... [19 Sep 2008]
10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT
News Carla Rapoport, managing editor for technology with analysts the Economist Intelligence Unit, believes companies will prefer the more flexible charging models of hosted software. Charles Ward, chief... [16 Sep 2008]
CIOs: All our apps will be in the cloud by 2013
News More than half (56 per cent) of the CIOs surveyed believe all applications used by their organisation will be hosted on the internet within five years, while 76 per cent of the CIOs questioned think the increased... [08 Sep 2008]
Cloud - not ready for mission-critical business
News When Amazon's "cloud" went down earlier this year, many sites hosted on it were crippled alongside. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is "several years away" from being enterprise-ready but companies should... [03 Sep 2008]
Alliance & Leicester aims to ditch paper
News The bank already used the application suite, called Instalment Credit Suite, but hosted the software on its own servers, which it paid a third party to maintain. He said: "The new hosted... [22 Aug 2008]
Get a Lively life, with Google avatars
News Users can pipe in content hosted elsewhere on the internet, including photos or videos. Second Life requires users to download and install a separate "client" software package that taps into the online... [09 Jul 2008]
Red Chilli aflame for hosted backup
News Red Chilli head of IT Simon Page told silicon.com: "This is a solid piece of software that gives us peace of mind that our data is secure. Independent property finance advisory firm Red Chilli has outsourced its disaster... [23 May 2008]
Google targets business with Postini-based security app
News The web hosted service protects corporate web and email users from viruses, spyware and malicious websites, and extends protection directly to remote workers if needed. The release is part of Google's... [12 May 2008]
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