Posts Tagged "Microsoft"

Private or Public Cloud?

Posted by on Feb 7, 2011 in Technology | 0 comments

Private or Public Cloud?

Enterprise IT executives are having difficulty answering the question: Do we go with a private cloud solution or a public cloud solution to meet business demands?  Or do we start with public and then switch to private when we catch up?  Or do  we do hybrid?  And if we do hybrid, what goes where and why? Start-up and expansion stage software companies in the cloud computing market are asking themselves what these IT executives will ultimately decide.  Or rather, what percentage of IT executives will decide what, and what market opportunities will surface from providing or enabling public, private and hybrid clouds? Venture capital investment...

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Microsoft chases Google

Posted by on Jul 6, 2009 in Search Engine Optimization | 0 comments

Microsoft chases Google

Image via CrunchBase Microsoft has launched its answer to Google. So far, Microsoft has not been able to break into the Google dominated search space, but knowing Microsoft they’re not likely to give up easy. So, should you spend a lot of effort optimizing for Bing? Well, not until demonstrate some market share, but it couldn’t hurt to submit your site to Bing. To submit your site to Bing: To request that Bing crawl your site, submit your site’s domain to http://www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx. To submit your Sitemap: To submit an XML-based Sitemap for your site, copy and paste the below URL into the address bar of your browser–be sure to...

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If you can't beat it – Google it . . .

Posted by on Dec 21, 2004 in Search Engine Optimization | 0 comments

If you can't beat it – Google it . . .

Image by michperu via Flickr Several years ago, I received some very sage advice from my boss at the time, “Never bet against Microsoft.” This was at a time when Microsoft was facing anti-trust litigation. Needless to say, that proved to be very sound advice. I’d like offer similar sounding advice to you my dear reader – “Don’t bet against Google.” They said the IPO wouldn’t happen, it did. They said the market wouldn’t bear its share price, it has and continues to at more than double the initial offering price of $85. It has taken over the adword market, it is cataloging the world’s best libraries, and that’s just the tip of the...

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