When talk about cloud computing first began to spread, small to midsize businesses (SMBs) had their fair share of concerns. Some were worried about …
Three Simple Ways to Increase Sales of Cloud Solutions
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Three Simple Ways to Increase Sales of Cloud Solutions
Three Simple Ways to Increase Sales of Cloud Solutions
Capgemini recruits Microsoft Azure in cloud service expansion push
Under the new Capgemini Cloud Choice with Microsoft scheme it will offer cloud advice, managed platforms and ‘applied integrated innovation’ services. Initiatives include OneShare, which speeds the testing and development of Microsoft Azure systems and offers to control costs through usage monitoring and resource scheduling.
A second mooted offering is SkySight, which is described as an ‘Azure-like’ private cloud which aims to help enterprises to speed up the installation of new applications. Capemini says it will help clients get value for money on managed services and fine-tune the configuration process.
A third scheme will create industry-focused IP offerings, such as a system tailored to the specific needs of the banking sector, based on the experiences of Capgemini’s own in house banking specialists. The domain expertise will be offered in all major industries, including pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and the health sector.
The cloud offering will cover all solutions encompassed within hybrid, public, hosted and private cloud services using Azure.
As part of the offering, Capgemini will align activities with independent software vendors and start-ups to create new ways of delivering integrated solutions. New ventures and start-ups will also benefit from the offering, Capgemini says, as partners will become a focal point for integrating new innovations into the Capgemini solutions portfolio.
The expansion comes after Capgemini subsidiary Sogeti reported that it managed to cut the costs of one client, Dutch postal service PostNL, by 20 per cent by migrating its IT services onto the cloud with Microsoft Azure.
“Capgemini helped us to define our roadmap to migrate more than 40 applications and now operates its Cloud Platform for us,” said Marcel Krom, CIO at PostNL. “We have reduced costs and gained flexibility in handling volume variances.”
Capgemini recruits Microsoft Azure in cloud service expansion push
Importance Of Cloud And On-Premises "Coexistence" Grows
As Oracle’s cloud business moves out of startup mode, it will enter a rapid growth, scale-out phase of its cloud business, company executives announced.
Importance Of Cloud And On-Premises "Coexistence" Grows
Google Play Services 8.1 SDK ships with new app invites, permissions, Player Stats API
Google has rolled out a series of updates for Google Play and Android 6.0 Marshmallow today aimed at giving better support for developers. The company announced that Marshmallow now has a new permissions model aimed at improving the way app installs and updates are handled. Additionally, Google Play services 8.1 offers support runtime permissions, a new Play Games Player Stats API, and more.
Within Google’s newest mobile operating system version, a new app permissions model promises to let developers offer more control to the users. Not only can the app declare the permissions it’s going to need, but permissions will be divided into groups based on their functionality, making the organization easier. Marshmallow also includes limits on how permissioning is handled at install time — users won’t be prompted to grant permission to some apps because of the nature of these services, such as alarm clock or Internet apps.
Developers interested in tapping into the updated permission model can view more information here. Google cautions that during the preview period, not all of its core apps will have fully implemented this new model.
Besides Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Google Play services has received some updates. The completed rollout of version 8.1 now allows developers to customize the email invitation with a custom image and a call-to-action button. The idea is that by giving more control to developers, more engagement and conversions will happen.
Game developers will be interested in the new Play Games Player Stats API, which will let developers better tailor the user experience to specific segments of players. In an example, Google said that the most valuable players could be rewarded with a special welcome back message when returning to the game.
For those developers using Google Nearby, the company has added a feature that gives apps the ability to receive a callback when an active Nearby publish or subscribe expires. Google Nearby lets apps communicate with nearby devices, and traditionally it would hog up resources. But this update claims to improve accuracy and make it easy to enable apps across devices to talk to one another.
This is the first update to Google Play services since last month, when new APIs were made available that let developers utilize face detection, barcode recognition, and facilitated Nearby Messages.
Google Play Services 8.1 SDK ships with new app invites, permissions, Player Stats API
Facebook goes down for some users
This story was updated at 1:05 p.m. ET.
went down for some users Thursday, but appears to be back up and running for others. The website “” lists Facebook as having “service disruptions.”
Visitors to Facebook.com were greeted by the message, “Sorry, something went wrong” instead of the usual Facebook homepage when visiting on the web, starting at about 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday. Facebook’s mobile apps didn’t appear to be affected.
shows a “major outage” beginning at approximately 12:30 p.m. ET. The service reports its key Facebook Graph API — the core software that apps use to read and write to Facebook — became unavailable at that time.
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Facebook goes down for some users
Capgemini recruits Microsoft Azure in cloud service expansion push
Under the new Capgemini Cloud Choice with Microsoft scheme it will offer cloud advice, managed platforms and ‘applied integrated innovation’ services. Initiatives include OneShare, which speeds the testing and development of Microsoft Azure systems and offers to control costs through usage monitoring and resource scheduling.
A second mooted offering is SkySight, which is described as an ‘Azure-like’ private cloud which aims to help enterprises to speed up the installation of new applications. Capemini says it will help clients get value for money on managed services and fine-tune the configuration process.
A third scheme will create industry-focused IP offerings, such as a system tailored to the specific needs of the banking sector, based on the experiences of Capgemini’s own in house banking specialists. The domain expertise will be offered in all major industries, including pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and the health sector.
The cloud offering will cover all solutions encompassed within hybrid, public, hosted and private cloud services using Azure.
As part of the offering, Capgemini will align activities with independent software vendors and start-ups to create new ways of delivering integrated solutions. New ventures and start-ups will also benefit from the offering, Capgemini says, as partners will become a focal point for integrating new innovations into the Capgemini solutions portfolio.
The expansion comes after Capgemini subsidiary Sogeti reported that it managed to cut the costs of one client, Dutch postal service PostNL, by 20 per cent by migrating its IT services onto the cloud with Microsoft Azure.
“Capgemini helped us to define our roadmap to migrate more than 40 applications and now operates its Cloud Platform for us,” said Marcel Krom, CIO at PostNL. “We have reduced costs and gained flexibility in handling volume variances.”
Capgemini recruits Microsoft Azure in cloud service expansion push
Fair Parade Treats from NBU Will benefit The United Way
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Fair Parade Treats from NBU Will benefit The United Way
Lending a hand: Even more ways tech is delivering hope for humanity
Philanthropy isn’t only for the big guys. While tech giants Google and Apple announced their donation efforts last week, there is plenty of room for others. From multiple “Airbnb for refugees” popping up around the world to simply volunteering to be a human wifi hotspot, technology is being used as a vital tool for aid. With the latest numbers from the International Organization for Migration as a record-breaking 473,887 refugees and migrants from the Mediterranean to Europe just this year alone, everything helps. The past few weeks we’ve been presenting companies using technology with a humanitarian focus – here and…
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Lending a hand: Even more ways tech is delivering hope for humanity
Lengthening Procurement Timelines, Unfunded Mandates and Cultural...
New Deltek GovWin IQ report assesses the federal agency readiness and impact of IT acquisition reform initiatives
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Lengthening Procurement Timelines, Unfunded Mandates and Cultural...
The History of MarTech - In 16 Charts
It’s important to study the past if you want to define the future, at least according to Confucius and the growth team at Percolate, a New York City-based start-up marketing technology firm.
The History of MarTech - In 16 Charts
Oculus Touch will not ship alongside the Rift
Oculus has an amazing virtual-reality controller solution, but it won’t ship with the consumer version.
Oculus’s Touch controllers won’t ship until the second quarter of 2016, according to the company’s presentation at Oculus Connect today. That is an entire quarter after the Rift goes on sale in Q1 2016.
The company spent a long time talking about the possibilities and importance of Touch. This enables people to bring their hands and fingers into VR, which seems like a crucial step to give people a feeling of presence. So it feels like a missed opportunity for the company not to launch the Touch at the same time as Rift.
That missed opportunity is potentially exacerbated by the fact that the SteamVR-powered HTC Vive will launch with its touch-style controllers before the end of the year.
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Oculus Touch will not ship alongside the Rift
Data centers are the digital engine rooms of China's new economy
Even Apple has taken advantage of China Telecom’s expansive database network and purchased cloud computing storage for itself on the mainland.
Data centers are the digital engine rooms of China"s new economy
VR is coming, and Oculus has partnered up with PC makers like ASUS, Dell, and Alienware to make an O
VR is coming, and Oculus has partnered up with PC makers like ASUS, Dell, and Alienware to make an Oculus-ready lineup of gaming desktops for under 1K that meet the needed specifications to run an Oculus smoothly and worry-free. These PCs will also come with Oculus bundle options. Get ready, people. It’s happening.
VR is coming, and Oculus has partnered up with PC makers like ASUS, Dell, and Alienware to make an O
The History of MarTech - In 16 Charts
It’s important to study the past if you want to define the future, at least according to Confucius and the growth team at Percolate, a New York City-based start-up marketing technology firm.
The History of MarTech - In 16 Charts
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