Evolution of the Cloud the MS+Nokia Deal

Third Ecosystem, Cloud Platforms and New Mobility Era in the workings
by DrSalonen on February 15, 2011

The market is sizzling with comments of the recent Microsoft/Nokia collaboration decisions. Some blog entries estimate that this marriage will be a problem for other OEM vendors using Windows Phone 7 while some blog entries estimate that this decision is very bad for Google. Only time will tell what this will lead to, but from a market research and analysis perspective, the decision what Nokia did is a game changer for the mobile industry. It is now a game of three, as I am not going to count RIM with is BlackBerry platform to be a real contestant going forward. Others agree like can be seen in InformationWeek article......



.....The more I think about this change, the more I see opportunities that entrepreneurs can take advantage of. One should not be naïve, but estimate each decision from a company perspective what is the best way to approach this new strategic relationship. I am convinced that in a few weeks once more information comes available you will see things happening that would not have happened without this Microsoft/Nokia collaboration. And what is most important, consumers will benefit of this move as the competition will increase and developers can focus on building applications and accumulate intellectual property on top of the platforms.


"Editor: Hopefully MS+Nokia will allow other hand held enpoints ( Andriod, Chrome, iOS and etc.) into their ecosystem. It would be a smart interim move similar to Ray Noorda famous coopetition strategy. -KP"


FULL STORY:

http://www.drsalonen.com/blog/?p=524&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=third-ecosystem-cloud-platforms-and-new-mobility-era-in-the-workings

Lync 2010 RTM features & Whatever happened to Web Access (CWA)

HOW IS LYNC 2010 USED - INTRO BY BILL GATES?






Bill Gates in video call talking up Lync 2010.


IMHOP Lync/Exchange will need to better support clients for Andriod / IOS 4.x devices and services like Twitter / Skype for it to really take off in the market place (See Office365).


LYNC 2010 CLIENT IN 3 MINUTES








Harold Wong IT Evangelist appears in this video.



LYNC 2010 WEB CLIENT RTM LIMITED



Solution blogged November 18, 2010 by Randy Wintle

As man of you know the Lync Web App client in the RTM release doesn't have a full web client (like OCS 2007 CWA). To get around this limitation you can get around this issue by deploying a R2 2007 CWA with a Lync 2010 Front End as outlined below by Randy Wintle.

There are going to be a few scenarios where you may need to deploy the R2 version of Communicator Web Access with Lync Server 2010. The core reason here, is that the RTM Version of Lync Server 2010 contains a feature on the front end called Lync Web App.

Eventually, Lync Web App will become a full featured web client, however, today it is only used for users to join online meetings from the web. There is no ability to access Lync Web App from a URL and sign-in, or use it as a instant messaging too. This is planned to be released SP1 of the product, that timeframe is unknown right now....



FULL SOLUTION:




http://ucmadeeasy.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/using-ocs-2007-r2-cwa-with-lync-server-2010/


CUSTOM LYNC 2010 APPS







Sample Microsoft Lync Server 2010 / Microsoft Exchange 2010 application for automatically assembling issue response crew.




LYNC 2010 POWERSHELL CHEAT SHEET



http://blog.insidelync.com/2011/02/microsoft-lync-powershell-cheat-sheet/

Ah ha, said the blind man. Now I see why Stephen Elop left Microsoft for Nokia.

BLOOMBERG NEWS

Nokia, Microsoft to Join Forces to Challenge Apple Dominance


Nokia Oyj, the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, said it’s forming a software partnership with Microsoft Corp., a bet that together the two companies can better challenge Google Inc. and Apple Inc.

Shares fell as much as 9.8 percent, after the Finnish company’s plan to move to Microsoft’s Windows as its primary software platform was seen as a sign of the depth of its challenge taking on Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms.

“It’s a clear admission that Nokia’s own-platform strategy has faltered,” said Ben Wood, a London-based analyst with CCS Insight. “Microsoft is the big winner in this deal, but there are no silver bullets for either company given strength of iPhone and Android.”...

FULL STORY


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-11/nokia-joins-forces-with-microsoft-to-challenge-dominance-of-apple-google.html

VIDEO

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/66647390/

Microsoft misses opportunity as Twitter for sale

Google, Facebook named as Twitter suitors


#wsj #reports #takeover #talks


According to the Wall Street Journal, both Google and Facebook have emerged as possible buyers of Twitter.

The newspaper’s Website says insiders told it that as well as the ad giant and the user-data sales house, “other companies” have discussed a Twitter takeover...

FULL STORY

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/10/google_facebook_twitter_suitors/

EMC's answer to Microsoft's cloud? The Hybrid Cloud.

Opinion : On Premise, not dead, just yet.

The Road to Office 365

"The combination of Azure, Lync Online, Office 365, BPOS (aka MS Online 2) will force businesses to give Microsoft a second chance at taking the rest of their Enterprise IT budget. The cloud will transfrom Microsoft and the entire industry. As the rate of cloud migrations from on-premise pickup traditional hardware & software vendors will be forced to respond. EMC/VMware has a response...." -Karl Preddie


Article : EMC & Hybrid Cloud

Wednesday, 09 February 2011 Written by Rakesh Dogra

EMC has recently announced a far reaching plan to take leadership status in hybrid cloud migration. This plan relies heavily on VMware’s virtualization platform. EMC is confident that cloud computing is the biggest game changing technology to drive the future. The company has put its weight behind this faith and has realigned business to be able to meet client demand. The hybrid cloud is the goal in sight for most companies and they will go from virtualizing tier 2 and 3 applications to offering IT as a service.

EMC has set itself to occupy a strategic middle position in the confluence of cloud and enterprise data. Data storage, according to their CEO, Joe Tucci, is also a critical area since there is an explosion of data and information taking place. Coupled with the growing trend of virtualization, big data storage is also going to become critical. EMC has also positioned itself to offer effective storage for the cloud.



Read more at - http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/EMC-VMware-Poised-to-Lead-Hybrid-Cloud-Migration-in-2011-Tucci-584386/