Cloud-Based Computing - What’s in Store in Unified Communications?

By Ken Camp - I'm very interested in the evolution of what we're now calling cloud-based computing. When I track my own evolution through networking technologies, with a slant toward telecommunications, I can't help but make a strong comparison to hosted services. We've seen  hosted Centrex evolve to hosted VoIP solutions. Now we're seeing the beginnings of hosted enterprise business applications moving more and more toward Communications Enhanced Business Processes (CEBP). I'd argue Salesforce.com is a strong example of that. With phenomenal growth of Amazon's S3 services and Google's massive distributed computing engine, cloud-based computing services are ...

October 27, 2008 — 10:02pm ET | By Jason Ankeny Google's Android Market hasn't been open a full week, but already some application download patterns are suggesting how the OS will compare--and contrast--with Apple's rival App Store. In its first 24 hours of business, Android Market (which went live in tandem with the commercial release of T-Mobile USA's G1, the first Android-based device) offered consumers their choice of 62 applications, roughly 10 percent the number available when the App Store launched; according to data released by mobile ad firm Medialets, the average app tallied more than 7,800 downloads on ...