Cloud Computing

The Cloud Has Failed Me

by Mike Mansell August 10, 2011
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If you’ve been keeping even a moderate eye on the technology industry during the last couple of years I’m sure you have heard of “the cloud.” While more of a concept than a specific product or service “the cloud”, a term short for “cloud computing” which in turn simply means computing and storage that is handled via network instead of on a user’s desktop computer has taken off.

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iCloud Almost Makes You Forget About the Chromebook. Almost.

by Jeff Weisbein June 7, 2011
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The web is absolutely abuzz over Apple’s iCloud introduction. Right now if you type the letters “ic” into Google it’s the immediate first several suggestions (take that ice and Ichabod Crane). But I’m not here to spout further web content on the particulars of Apple’s inaugural cloud technology platform. The introduction’s timeliness is needless to say genius.

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Why iCloud is a Dream Come True

by Mike Mansell June 7, 2011
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Like many Apple followers and enthusiasts, my morning yesterday was strikingly similar to that of a young child eagerly awaking on Christmas day.  But instead of running down the stairs and assessing the gifts under the tree, I grabbed my MacBook Pro from the living-room hutch and immediately began scurrying around the Internet awaiting coverage [...]

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RackSpace Cloud Servers Review

by Mike Mansell May 30, 2011
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I recently switched a few non heavily-used services and utilities that I had previously been hosting with a large VPS company over to RackSpace Cloud Servers. In the past I’ve heard wonderful things about RackSpace’s ethical and down-to-earth business practices and I myself was personally lured in because of their fair pricing. And of course, because I’ve been using Cloud Files for a while now it seemed like a no-brainer for me to go with the same company.

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Amazon Web Services: A Scaling Issue?

by Mike Mansell April 25, 2011
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The Internet as we know it is home to a gross amount of information and content, where everyone from individuals like you and me to businesses small and large are able to interact on a global scale in ways never before thought possible.  Perhaps more importantly, the global network has changed the way that we [...]

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Who Stands to Benefit the Most From the Cloud Revolution?

by Mike Mansell April 14, 2011
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As technology enthusiasts we often like to envision and discuss the future of the Internet.  With this in mind, one of the hot concepts that we’ve seen recently has been that of “cloud computing”; the idea of an infrastructure being built upon a dynamic and scalable system, often-times hosted by a third-party.  Among other things, [...]

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Amazon, I Want to See a MobileMe Competitor

by Mike Mansell March 22, 2011
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Previously, BestTechie contributor Adam Landreneau wrote an overview on Apple’s synchronization and data-management service, MobileMe.  While Adam recommended MobileMe for Macintosh and iOS users because of it’s ability to store, synchronize, and share data there were still a number of things that continue to hold MobileMe back to this day.  To start with, the service [...]

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New Chrome Notebooks By Mid-Year?

by Mike Mansell March 10, 2011
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It seems like only a short time ago Google announced the pilot program for the CR-48 notebook computer; the first consumer device to ever be made available for the general public.  For those of you who don’t remember, Google announced in early December that the progress in the highly anticipated Chrome OS had finally gotten [...]

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Google Ushering Businesses Into the Cloud

by Mike Mansell February 25, 2011
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Over the last few years, we have seen a gradual but definite transition from desktop-based applications to services that we access on the Internet, usually by means of a modern web browser.  This concept, known as “cloud computing” is awesome because it allows for users and organizations to work more productively by centrally managing their [...]

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Opera Announces Opera Unite

by Matt Hodges June 16, 2009
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A few days ago, Opera told us to expect something big.  Many speculations have come up as to what ‘reinvent the web” could actually mean—and most people scoffed at Opera’s claim.  Today, Opera announced Opera Unite.  Their nutshell explanation of what Opera Unite actually is states “Opera Unite is a unique technology that turns any [...]

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