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All Things Digital’s D8 Tech Conference

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer was asked who their main competitors right now? According to him:

  • Google (cloud apps)
  • Apple (building cloud data center)
  • Oracle (cloud hosting software)
  • VMware (cloud server everything)
  • open source (Linux, Firefox) (cloud server everything)

As you can see, I filled in where some are excelling in cloud computing. That’s what he said during All Things Digital’s D8 tech conference earlier today . Ballmer and Microsoft’s chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, sat down with ATD co-editor Walt Mossberg on the second day of the confab in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

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Free Cloud Storage

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Mozy Free Online Backup is easy to use. Get 2 GB of 100% free online backup for your photos, music, and other files. No setup fee, no credit cards, no monthly payments or fees, and no hassle. As many files as you want to—up to 2 GB. To give you an idea, 2 GBs lets you back up: 250,000 text emails, 200 MP3 files, or 300 High Res Photos.

Box.net, an online cloud storage solution, offers consumer and enterprise-class storage. Depending on if you choose a free or paid subscription, you can allocate anywhere from 1 GB to unlimited web-storage for yourself, mobile app access to your files to share and view, third party widgets and applications, and more.

Windows Live SkyDrive is another free online cloud storage solution for consumers, allowing anyone with a Windows Live ID access to 25 GB of personal storage, and an option to publicly share files to those that do not have a Windows Live ID to access. Also, an Active-X tool can be installed on your machine for the drag-and-drop file management you’re used to on your home PC.

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The Zoho Cloud Application

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Zoho is a competitor to Google Docs, it offers many of the same features, including simultaneous collaboration between users, and also features various plug-ins for Microsoft Word, Excel, and OpenOffice. Additionally, Zoho has additional cloud applications for database management, reporting, project management, customer relationship management, wiki, chat, and more in its suite, making it one of the most robust online office suits available. Zoho is currently free for personal use but not business as of yet.

A new entrant into the arena is Office Web Apps, an online and free version of Microsoft’s mega-popular productivity suite. It features web-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, and allows you to share documents with others. Currently, you can access Office Web Apps through Windows Live SkyDrive, a cloud storage service by Microsoft.

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