Links for October 8th through October 11th

A little something extra…

The big news today is going to be Windows Phone 7. There’s not a whole lot more going on, which is nice for the PR team there I’m sure.

The Links

• BMC Software Extends Leadership in Virtualization and Cloud Management with Acquisition of Neptuny's Software Business – MarketWatch
  Using capacity management do to BSM: "Traditionally, companies have focused on technical capacity management with an emphasis on server metrics such as CPU utilization. Neptuny's solution has transformed capacity management by connecting those technical metrics to the business processes they support, therefore providing a business context for modeling, prioritizing and projecting capacity requirements. For example, customers can use projected growth in a business key performance indicator, such as website revenue per hour, to drive the required investments in IT infrastructure capacity."
• History of Client-side Web API Technology
• The Carriers’ Rebellion
  "Google wants to see smartphones priced at $79, without subsidy, thus taking away the carriers’ opportunity to dictate features. At $79 and no contract, consumers can change handsets and carriers at will. This frees Google to have a direct relationship with the consumer, allowing their money machine—advertising today, entertainment and business services tomorrow—to run unimpeded."
• What App Makers Say About Nokia’s Store
  'Within two weeks, Fizwoz, which is free to download, had 9000 downloads from the N900 from 90 different countries, Mr. Sheldon says, versus just over 5000 downloads primarily from the U.S: on the iPhone. “I had no idea of their scale and size…As a U.S. developer, we don’t get the visibility that Nokia can give us on a daily basis,” Mr. Sheldon says.'
• Inside Windows Phone 7: ghost of Zune
  After going to a WP7 tech event, Tim Anderson goes over some of the developer-centric items.
• Q&A: Microsoft's Bob Muglia details cloud strategy
  Muglia has a unique and interesting exec style in these kinds of Q&As. He and IBM's Steve Mills mix together business and technology well, all at the same time subtly selling their respective companies well. Here, Muglia talks about customers plans to migrating to the cloud (mostly email right now); the problem with Google & IBM in enterprise cloud computing (one lacks enterprise-, while the other lacks consumer-experience); Big Data & analysts; early usage of the Azure appliance (Microsoft's private PaaS).
• IBM Adds More Social Networking Features to LotusLive
• Windows Phone 7: Ready to rock?
  Memories of early Microsoft mobile, and optimism for Windows Phone 7
• The Traveler's Guide to the iPad
• AT&T – How To Use My Calling Features – SW
• IBM to turbocharge more servers with accelerators
  Continued attempts to maintain luxury server revenues in the face of "commodity boxes."
• Tata Communications offering cloud computing services
• SAP TechEd to go deep on mobility, on-demand

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