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software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Sep 30, 2008
Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe Systems encryption on all television shows and movies found on its site, software maker Adobe said. SEATTLE--Amazon.com has fixed a glitch …
Also tagged: video, security, software, adobe, marketing, encryption, internet video, streaming, reuters, pirates, corporate communications, amazon com inc, adobe systems inc
News items | ZDNet - Sep 29, 2008
A security hole in Adobe Systems' software is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com's video streaming service. NEW YORK--A security hole in Adobe Systems' software, used to distribute movies and …
Also tagged: video, software, web, piracy, marketing, tv, movie, reuters, video streaming, adobe systems, corporate communications, amazon com inc, hulu, adobe systems inc
Software as Services - Aug 6, 2008
When Elastra launched in March, my ZDNet blogging colleague Dana Gardner wrote that the company “aims to become a de facto standard for accessing cloud resources.” But if it wanted to become a neutral broker of cloud …
Also tagged: utility computing
Software as Services - Jul 22, 2008
Probably the best presentation at London Cloud Camp last Wednesday was the one the organizers saved until last: Alan Williamson spoke about Mediafed’s experiences as a company that relies on cloud providers. Mediafed …
Also tagged: utility computing
Software as Services - Apr 17, 2008
It now seems that Amazon is moving aggressively to make its cloud computing services palatable for enterprise users — not surprising, given that enterprises including The New York Times and Nasdaq are now customers …
Also tagged: customer experience, uncategorized, utility computing
Software as Services - Apr 16, 2008
Hosting your application in the cloud got a lot easier yesterday — but there are still some gaps to fill for hosted application providers. Referring to Amazon’s introduction of persistent storage volumes to its EC2 …
Also tagged: development, google, utility computing, business models
Software as Services - Feb 15, 2008
Sooner or later, it was inevitable that a server outage would expose Amazon's lack of preparedness for failure. It's beyond me why providers always have to wait until it happens instead of acting beforehand.
Also tagged: customer experience, utility computing, on demand, service level management
Software as Services - Jan 23, 2008
The launch of Amazon DevPay hasn't had the attention it deserves. DevPay will have the same incredible impact on startup economics for online applications as Google AdSense has had for online content.
Also tagged: development, web 2 0, business models
Software as Services - Nov 20, 2007
The founder of RightScale, a start-up that automates the running of cloud computing on EC2, formerly ran the massive multi-tenant infrastructure at Citrix Online. His advice to SaaS vendors today is to go for a …
Also tagged: architecture, utility computing
Software as Services - Nov 20, 2007
Amazon's EC2 service offers a potential shortcut past some of the hurdles faced by ISVs on the road to SaaS, not least how to build and operate a high-availability, shared-services data center infrastructure, says the …
Also tagged: architecture, utility computing