Tag Archives: Apps

Open source tool manages AWS Lambda apps

Posted on May 23, 2016 by John Davis

A new open source project from Express and Node.js-canvas creator TJ Holowaychuk lets developers create, deploy, and manage AWS Lambda functions from a command-line tool. Apex, written in Google’s Go language, also makes it possible to run applications in languages not directly … Continue reading →

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Amazon discovery service marks on-premises apps for assimilation

Posted on May 13, 2016 by John Davis

Sometimes the hardest part of performing a cloud migration is figuring out what has to be migrated in the first place. That’s one idea behind Amazon’s now generally available AWS ADS (Application Discovery Service), which polls existing on-premises systems and determines … Continue reading →

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Improved comments come to Google Apps on mobile

Posted on January 28, 2016 by John Davis

Google added new commenting features to its mobile productivity apps for iOS and Android Wednesday. Computerworld Cloud Computing

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Windows 10 needed universal apps, and Dropbox made one, complete with Windows Hello

Posted on January 21, 2016 by John Davis

Microsoft’s partnership with Dropbox has been slow to evolve, but the two companies announced a universal Windows 10 app on Thursday with a unique twist: It allows customers to log in to a Dropbox account using Windows Hello. The app … Continue reading →

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Google Apps for Work gets an SMB boost via Kronos integration

Posted on January 12, 2016 by John Davis

Small businesses that use Kronos workforce-management software will soon be able to tap familiar Google tools in their HR efforts thanks to a new integration project now under way. Kronos and Google have teamed up to integrate Google Apps for … Continue reading →

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Salesforce.com buys developer of quoting and billing apps for SMEs

Posted on January 4, 2016 by John Davis

If you can’t beat them, buy them: Salesforce.com is snapping up SteelBrick, a startup that builds quoting and billing functions for SMEs on the Salesforce cloud platform. Apps built natively on the platform allow Salesforce.com customers to add functionality to … Continue reading →

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Salesforce.com buys developer of quoting and billing apps

Posted on December 28, 2015 by John Davis

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Why monolithic apps are often better than microservices

Posted on December 1, 2015 by John Davis

Sinclair is CEO and cofounder of Apprenda, a leader in enterprise Platform as a Service. With all of the talk these days about microservices and distributed applications, monolithic applications have become the scourge of cloud systems design. Normally, when a new … Continue reading →

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Apple iWork Refresh Updates iOS 9, OS X 10.11 Apps

Posted on October 18, 2015 by John Davis

InformationWeek: Cloud

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Amazon finally releases Cloud Drive mobile apps, but they’re bare bones

Posted on July 6, 2015 by John Davis

Amazon is inching closer to having a complete cloud storage solution with new Cloud Drive apps for iOS and Android. The new apps allow users to view files and folders, preview documents and photos, play videos and music, and share files … Continue reading →

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Salesforce Expands Data Analytics to Next Generation Business Apps

Posted on June 30, 2015 by John Davis

In many popular consumer applications a user can take immediate action if he has obtained important information from large amounts of data. For business applications, it appears that, directly taking action in response to a data analysis not so easy. … Continue reading →

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Marine Navigation and Monitoring Apps Now Work Off-Board Using New HelmSmart.net Cloud Base TCP Data Service

Posted on November 2, 2014 by John Davis

Brookings, Oregon (PRWEB) October 29, 2014 For the 2014 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, Chetco Digital Instruments (booth 4188) is introducing a new extension to it’s HelmSmart.net Cloud data service that allows third party apps to directly connect to a … Continue reading →

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Advanced Analytics on the Web: Frontline Systems Solver Apps Make Optimization Easy to Use in Office 365 Excel Online

Posted on September 11, 2014 by John Davis

Incline Village, Nevada (PRWEB) September 10, 2014 As spreadsheet users move between desktop Excel and web-based Excel Online, analytics software developer Frontline Systems has more than kept pace. Frontline, original developer of the Solver add-in that ships with desktop Excel, … Continue reading →

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