Alex Williams, Author at SiliconANGLE

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A Space Tough to Manage? The Challenge Assistly Poses Salesforce.com

By Alex Williams Sep 21, 2011

Salesforce.com announced its plans today to acquire Assistly, a startup that gives companies a way to instantly provide customer support by shadowing Facebook, Twitter and other data sources. The deal is reportedly valued at $50…

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No Hadoop – Oracle Announces Appliance for Small Business Market

By Alex Williams Sep 21, 2011

No Hadoop news today from Oracle. Instead, Oracle announced a database appliance for the small and medium sized business market that integrates software, servers, storage and networking into one box. In a live Webast, President…

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A Take on Commerce 2.0

By Alex Williams Sep 21, 2011

I decided to shoot a video, my commentary about what I learned yesterday at the IBM Global Summit. If it’s too much to bear, let me know. This is an experiment and any criticism,…

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An IBM Version of Cloud-Based E-Commerce

By Alex Williams Sep 20, 2011

Simplifying the complex tangle of interconnected systems is a refrain we hear often when enterprise IT is the topic at vendor events such as this week’s IBM Smarter Commerce event. The issue is one…

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Smarter Commerce and the Internet of Things – A Complex Combo

By Alex Williams Sep 20, 2011

The message here at the IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit is all about the customer. It is about connecting them, making them happy and all. But to make them happy requires a different approach…

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Cloud Storage Costs 74% Less Than Running In-House

By Alex Williams Sep 20, 2011

Cloud storage costs 74% less than running it in-house. That’s the conclusion of Forrester analyst Andrew Reichman who says that storing 100 terabytes of cloud storage costs $251,000 per year, compared to the $1 million…

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From Cave Paintings to Microblogging – the Meandering Path of Communications Through the Ages [Infographic]

By Alex Williams Sep 19, 2011

To commemorate its Confluence 4.0 release, Atlassian posted a fun infographic today that explores communication through the ages. I love the intro, explaining the difficulties of sending messages even with the aid of animals and…

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The Difficulty in Adding Social Features to Already Established Applictations

By Alex Williams Sep 19, 2011

Atlassian announced Confluence 4.0 today and with it officially recognized the “@” symbol for notifications in its collaborative service. That may not be the most significant new feature for the Atlassian product but it…

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How Scientists Share Ideas [Infographic]

By Alex Williams Sep 16, 2011

Physicists are the social butterflies of the science world. What a concept, huh? And mathematicians are a bit less so. No big surprise there. I just ran across these findings in a post by…

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The China Cloud: A Discussion with Enomaly’s Reuven Cohen

By Alex Williams Sep 15, 2011

Reuven Cohen is the founder of Enomaly, a cloud services provider. He is also one of the original CloudCamp founders. He travels more than most people I know. And a lot of that travel is…

Alex Williams

A Space Tough to Manage? The Challenge Assistly Poses Salesforce.com

No Hadoop – Oracle Announces Appliance for Small Business Market

A Take on Commerce 2.0

An IBM Version of Cloud-Based E-Commerce

Smarter Commerce and the Internet of Things – A Complex Combo

From Cave Paintings to Microblogging – the Meandering Path of Communications Through the Ages [Infographic]

The Difficulty in Adding Social Features to Already Established Applictations

How Scientists Share Ideas [Infographic]

The China Cloud: A Discussion with Enomaly’s Reuven Cohen

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