Does Apple want to be a managed service provider? In some ways, yes. But so far those efforts aren’t going too well. The company’s MobileMe service — a cloud-based system designed to manage your contacts and calendars across a range of devices — is taking a beating from critics. Even The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg, typically an Apple advocate, is telling readers that MobileMe is filled with problems.
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Apple’s MobileMe Managed Service Misses Mark
Posted July 24th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
SnapLogic Builds Bridges Between SaaS Islands
Posted July 24th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Software as a service (SaaS) sounds so simple. But the SaaS model gets complicated when businesses depend on multiple SaaS applications from multiple companies. The big challenge: How can an organization — or a managed service provider — coordinate data between multiple SaaS clouds? SnapLogic, an open source startup, is working to address that issue.
Amazon S3 Storage Service Goes Dark Again
Posted July 20th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Amazon.com’s Simple Storage Service (S3) suffered its second big service outage this year on Sunday, July 20, notes GigaOm. Om Malik reports that some S3 services were down for eight hours.
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