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In his first JargonSpy column of 2010, Dan Woods, aka the JargonSpy, talks about the sense of attachment he feels with certain aspects of technology, such as the server he used for his company Evolved Media's wiki and workspace. Woods mentions that beginning in the new year, Evolved Media has moved from its server space on The Planet to Rackspace. More »

This week the JargonSpy examines the importance of Google's new online collaboration tool called Wave.

In the article, Dan Woods interviews Tom Mornini, chief technology officer and founder of Engine Yard, a company that offers an integrated software stack for Ruby developers, who talks about the importance of Google Wave.

To read the article and gain an insight into Wave, go here.

In his JargonSpy column this week, Dan Woods takes a look at deep packet inspection, and mentions how GFK, a European market research firm, is using "a programming tool kit from Qosmos to help it analyze anonymized data extracted from routers at telecom providers." More »

This week the JargonSpy examines ways SAP, Oracle and Microsoft can reduce SaaS software's competitive threat.

The article essentially explores the differences between having on-site vendors and SaaS vendors, and explains the advantages and drawbacks of both kinds of operations.

Three forces are mentioned that that have significantly slowed adoption of SaaS and is allowing software giants SAP, Oracle, Microsoft to catch up SaaS vendors Salesforce.com and NetSuite. More »

This week's JargonSpy column looks at "the cost savings and usability of SaaS vs. the broad functionality of traditional software.

In the column, Dan Woods says that the "success of the Web as a platform to serve consumers has lead to the realization that in no way, shape or form does the enterprise software that runs the business world match up to the software that runs our lives." More »

The folks at the CRM Outsiders blog have posted a response to the JargonSpy's "Questioning Oracle's Cloud" article, in which they say that Dan Woods "brings up some interesting points about the increasingly elastic definition of cloud computing."

The first point is that the article "continues to drive the notion that private clouds are going to be a large portion of cloud-based deployments." More »

This week, the JargonSpy wants to know the answer to a key question about Oracle's recent moves into cloud computing: "Will Oracle have to clean up its fragmented collection of applications to achieve its vision?"

The JargonSpy says that his answer is "Yes," and that Oracle, with its vast amount of clients, has many applications that its customers use. And these customers will want to know if they will be taken care of when Oracle begins moving toward the cloud. More »

In Dan Woods' recent JargonSpy column titled Why Sun Wants Solaris, Woods said that with Oracle's purchase of Sun, his guess is that the "Industry in a Box" vision mentioned by Charles Phillips, Oracle's co-president, will actually become the next wave of cloud computing. More »

Deb Cameron, managing editor of Evolved Media, and the author of O'Reilly's "Learning GNU Emacs," interviewed longtime Web developer Allison Gianotto about the benefits of moving all her sites onto Cloud Sites.

One particular item of interest in the interview is where Allison explains why she chose to go with Cloud Sites as opposed to Cloud Servers.

To read the interview, go here.

In this week's JargonSpy post, Dan Woods explores how Google's recent partnerships help "provide real support for Enterprise computing."

The Google partnerships Woods examines are with Cast Iron Systems, Cordys, and Salesforce.com.

To read the article, go here.