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Time to Stop beating a Dying Horse

Rafael Laguna on Mar 12, 2012

Great story – and great review – on LibreOffice a week ago in InfoWorld. But after reading it, I’m of the opinion that it misses the point.

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Giants Beware

Rafael Laguna on Mar 2, 2012

Well — the word is finally getting out from Mobile World Congress, here, and here and here. Telcos are getting the message the hosting industry got years ago, stay pat and you will be what’s served for lunch. In ...

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The Cloud App Store Opportunity

Rafael Laguna on Mar 1, 2012

As we see it, the future is service providers offering a wide range of applications to their customers. In our vision, those apps work together (cut + paste, for example), are delivered as a service (not download...

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Wow — SharePoint goes App Store

Rafael Laguna on Feb 23, 2012

Did anyone else notice Mary Jo’s SharePoint Wave 15 insights?

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Big Opportunity for Service Providers Delivering Apps to SMBs

Chris Latterell on Feb 22, 2012

What a great discussion it was on stage there in Orlando at the Parallels Summit…7 of some of the most interesting cloud providers and enablers in the industry talking about the exploding market opportunity for s...

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That’s right, I said it, Microsoft Outlook is Old School

Rafael Laguna on Feb 21, 2012

Der Standard, a highly respected publication here in Austria, published an interview with me this week quoting me that “outlook is old school.”

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Time for the Annual Parallels Summit

Chris Latterell on Feb 15, 2012

We’re geared up and ready for the annual extravaganza known as Parallels Summit in Orlando from February 14-16. (Yes, that’s me caught mugging for the camera.)

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Facebook IPO – Initial Public Offing…Er? A Quick Review

Chris Latterell on Feb 8, 2012

In this CloudTweaks article authored by our CTO, Juergen Geck, he reflects on recent history in the context of Facebook’s impending public stock offering. Let’s go back and check in on Zuck & Co. in the time ...

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Google’s Good to Know is Good to Know

Chris Latterell on Jan 26, 2012

I was reminded of the Google “Good to Know” campaign the other day, where they attempt to get out in front of the data ownership and privacy debate. Creatively done and quite extensive, but it really leaves out o...

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Parallels’ Application Packaging Standard picking up steam

Rafael Laguna on Jan 25, 2012

The Application Packaging Standard (APS), an industry initiative by Parallels, has gathered significant momentum in 2011. Earlier this month, Tier 1 Research commented on a larger trend among ISVs and service pro...

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