As more and more people around the world transition to working from home, staying connected and informed is more important than ever. Companies that depend on in-office or local services may find themselves struggling to continue old processes. By embracing new technology, businesses of any size can modernize and find new ways of completing tasks. […]
Tag: cloud computing
Virtualization vs Cloud Computing, What’s The Difference? [#Infographic]
The terms virtualization and cloud computing are often used interchangeably, with people frequently subscribing to the misconception that they both refer to the same thing. However, while the two are connected, their functions are different, as this infographic from The Missing Link explains. One of the main similarities between the two is that they both […]
Measuring ROI in Collaborative Project Management Platforms
As published to Huffington Post Ten years ago, when I was a product manager at Intel, the state of the art in project management was isolated, desktop tools like Microsoft Project that required logging and tracking what everyone was doing. We would hold long meetings where everyone in the project took turns updating action items […]
A New Wave of HR Technology Is Disrupting the Market
As published to Entrepreneur There’s a pattern in the lifespan of human resources (HR) technology companies of the past two decades: they get gobbled up. The pioneering firms in HR technology from the late 1990’s to early 2000’s were mostly acquired by bigger enterprise companies in need of a few product parts. IBM acquired Kenexa, Oracle […]
Why the $24 Billion SMB Cloud Market Is So Red Hot
To raise its market share, Microsoft is making an exchange offer to small and medium businesses (SMBs) to give away their hardware in return for a cloud setup. The Economic Times reports a new three-month program exclusively launched for the India market. There, Microsoft is targeting organizations with fewer than 250 personal computers, offering them […]
How to Get Free Press: Be Social and Follow Through
So often have Twitter or email exchanges with brands or bloggers who offer a different perspective on our Technorati product reviews or feature pieces. Most of the time if I find they’re serious about an idea or product, I invite them to submit an op-ed article about it. And most of the time they accept […]
Get 5 Gigs Storage Free for Life – World Backup Day, March 31st
World Backup Day, now in its second year, is an annual Internet-wide promotion of data backups. The event was chosen to be the day before April 1st (April Fools) in order to drive the message that one should backup all those pictures, spreadsheets, love letters, cat pictures, and important financial documents before it’s too late. World […]