The basic premise of Symform is that your data is stored on my computers, and mine on yours. Or more precisely, a very small portion of my data, super-encrypted, resides on the servers of many other customers.
Over the next 10-15 years millions of systems now operated in-house will be ported to the cloud. An increasing number of new applications will be built specifically for cloud environments. There will be opportunities across all aspects of enterprise IT to profit from this wholesale shift. How will you participate?
There is so much going on in the cloud computing space, but there are few places to find information on the companies, technologies and users. So, we give you CloudBzz -- all the Bzz on Cloud Computing.
Way back in 2006 when Amazon released their first enterprise web service, S3 (Simple Storage Service), I immediately wanted in. At the time we were wracking up huge data center and hardware bills (for a small company) and storing tens of terabytes of image files. We got in the S3 early beta but didn't get too far because... Continue Reading →
We've all heard the concept of the hive mind, where when one member/node/bee/ant etc. knows something it gets transmitted instantly throughout the hive. The Borg from Star Trek is the hive made evil, with no free will. Twitter behavior is starting to look more and more like a benign hive, where participants have free will... Continue Reading →
Yesterday a post from Barack Obama appeared on my Facebook feed. It was about the Open for Questions system on Whitehouse.gov. The Open for Questions application allows anybody to register and vote up or down on questions related to the economy, health care, security and other topics of interest. You can also ask your own... Continue Reading →
Many hours are spent on building the best website for the money. We think about site structure, content, look and feel and other elements to the design and delivery of the site. As much work as it may be to get this new beauty out the door, it's just the start. There was one client... Continue Reading →
A few minutes ago my cousin's wife updated her Facebook status looking for updates on the explosion this morning in Bozeman. They live in Livingston, MT. Their radio and TV stations did not have anything. I did like many others and went right to Twitter Search to get the update. Found a Livingston radio call-in... Continue Reading →
I have recently done work for a couple of IT services firms. One in NY and the other in Cambridge, MA. As a guy who has primarily been involved in product organizations over the years, the marketing challenges of services businesses were harder than I expected. Really - products are way easier to market than... Continue Reading →
So many times I go to look up a company and take a run through their website to get an idea of who they are and what they do. More often than not I am thoroughly underwhelmed. It's not for lack of effort - many of the worst sites I've visited were professionally produced with... Continue Reading →
John Treadway 