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Cloud Computing is the latest buzz word in the world of IT, some consider it the next step in the progression or development in computing. This new technology is simply a platform for which online and offline applications can be ‘hosted’ – similar to current hosting models – but way bigger, better, more integrated, and hopefully more secure.
Tags: Azure, Cloud, Microsoft, PhotoshopThe traditional model in the computing world has been “software as a product”, that is software is boxed and sold as a physical product that users buy and then own (or at least have rights to use) forever. This concept is so ingrained that software venders who only offer their product via download, with no physical component, will display images of virtual cardboard boxes over the download button.
“Software as a service” dispenses with the idea of software ownership. Now instead of the software vender selling you their software to keep forever, they rent you the software’s capabilities for just when you need it. More »
Tags: Abobe, Browser, CRM, Docs, Excel, Google, Microsoft, OnLive, Photoshop, Playstation, software, word, xboxWhy text browsers are still important.
Pamela Anderson was 15 years younger the first time I saw a picture in a graphical web browser. That was an early version of Netscape Navigator on an X-Windows terminal when it took nearly half an hour to download one single image from the World Wide Web.
Before that time there was a long period when the text-only browsers were popular as they were more or less the only option to access any information on the internet. More »
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