In a CNN article published on February 1st they announce that Amazon is now selling “data center services”. These services are Amazon’s Web Services offerings – found here. The tone of this article is interesting in that CNN highlights Amazon’s track record of innovating their business model. Critics thought it was over the top when… Continue reading CNN talks up Amazon Web Services
Category: Vendors
Micro-hoo?
Microsoft goes all Gordon Gekko and offers 44.6 billion for Yahoo. CNN Money writer Paul R. Monica thinks this will kick off merger mania. The New York Times Saul Hansell calls this an offer Yahoo can’t refuse. I’m left wondering how this merger helps either company. Let’s face it folks… the bigger, more dominant the… Continue reading Micro-hoo?
Happy Sunny DB? Sun aquires MySQL
Sun is paying $1 billion to MySQL and add to it’s stable of Open Source technologies. This move will allow Sun to offer a complete open source enterprise development/application platform to it’s customers with Solaris, Java and now a MySQL. Full CNET article. Schwartz also outlined a number of areas of technical integration designed to… Continue reading Happy Sunny DB? Sun aquires MySQL
More on Leopard…
It has been a few days and overall I’m pleased with the ease of upgrading my systems. The new 64 bit core really improves performance – particularly on my mac mini DVR (using elgato’s eyeTV software). I have also resolved my Time Machine issue – although not as cleanly as I would like. Time Machine… Continue reading More on Leopard…
Wal-Mart VoIP – Yep, it is a commodity.
An MSNBC article yesterday details a new alliance between Wal-Mart and Skype. The dedicated Skype section will feature handsets, headsets and webcams designed to work with Skype, a provider of free and very cheap long-distance calls, including to phone numbers abroad. Wal-Mart will also sell the first prepaid cards for Skype calls to be sold… Continue reading Wal-Mart VoIP – Yep, it is a commodity.
Jajah picks up 20mm in Series C Funding
Our friends at TechCrunch announced today that Jajah has received 20 million in Series C funding. Jajah is tying to become a first tier VoIP provider – and their primary advantage is that they recognize and accept that the PSTN (publicly switched telephony network – you know, the one that gets you to any standard… Continue reading Jajah picks up 20mm in Series C Funding
Mitel acquires Inter-Tel
Big doings in the SMB VoIP equipment manufacturers space today. Mitel has aquired Inter-Tel for approximately 723 million dollars. The merger creates a market leader in the U.S. and U.K. SMB IP communications markets with anticipated revenues of over $800 million, twice those of Mitel today. It combines the strength of the two companies in… Continue reading Mitel acquires Inter-Tel
jaxtr – Nifty little Voice Application
Check out jaxtr (see widget to the right). Jaxtr is a voice applicaiton designed to specifically target the social networking scene. It allows you to call, text or leave a voicemail for your friend right from thier page (or blog in this case). Pretty nice… would great if presence (you could see if I’m available… Continue reading jaxtr – Nifty little Voice Application