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In Speed We Trust

Chris Latterell on Mar 13, 2013

In a week, some 4000 people are going to be rushing towards a tiny little town on the German-French border and at speeds that make local farmers and their livestock heads spin. Yes, it is that time each spring wh...

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Putting service providers in the driver’s seat

Rafael Laguna on Mar 12, 2013

Over the last decade we have seen notable technological changes that have re-defined the way we use computers. Firstly, the availability of high speed broadband in the home has provided the bedrock for consumer d...

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Its the business model, stupid!

ReneOtto on Mar 7, 2013

There is a famous saying of former president Bill Clinton: “It´s the economy, stupid!” In the cloud age, we again need to be reminded: “It’s the business model, stupid!” The issue is, we all just get too busy tal...

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Beware False Prophets

Rafael Laguna on Feb 13, 2013

So, Microsoft is now taking the moral high ground against Google in the war on privacy. In a new campaign, Microsoft is warning internet users not to get ‘Scroogled’ by allowing Gmail to scan their inboxes to sel...

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Open-Xchange and Parallels: Enabling Service Providers to Compete with Gian...

Chris Latterell on Feb 4, 2013

Parallels´ Nils Hueneke and Jesper Frederiksen (right) at OX Summit 2012

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Offering Cloud Services, practice what you preach

Chris Latterell on Feb 1, 2013

Getting ready for the big jump over the pond and joining my friends from the Netherlands and Gerrit-Jan of IASO for an amazing event that the Parallels team has prepared. I couldn’t agree more on Gerrit’s point o...

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Nice Garden…too bad only Facebook can Enjoy it

Rafael Laguna on Jan 23, 2013

The Internet is the most significant innovation of our times. Web connectivity is even surpassing the game changing introductions of electricity, cars and computers by connecting our computer with our car with el...

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A Mobile Love Story: the Business of Critical Software

Chris Latterell on Jan 22, 2013

Mission critical. What items of your business can you not live without and are simply mission critical to daily operations? If you had to choose, could you trade your telephone for email that could never be knock...

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Will it ever be the same again? A look back on 2013

Rafael Laguna on Jan 8, 2013

When we look back on the year 2013 in decades to come I honestly believe it will be seen as a landmark year in the history of technology and the internet. I’ve outlined what I feel are perhaps three of the bigges...

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Explaining (Terms of) Service to a 10 year-old

Chris Latterell on Jan 7, 2013

After a strong 365 days in a successful 2012, it didn”t seem worth it to post yet another reflection on 2012 being “the year of Privacy Policy/Terms of Service.” There was the large SOPA debate in the U.S. and th...

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