Back in March this year Microsoft launched its first ever "direct" startup accelerator, based out of Tel Aviv, Israel. That meant it would, for the first time, be an accelerator owner/operator. Dubbed the Windows Azure Accelerator (WAA) it looked, at least on first inspection, to be designed to push its Azure cloud computing platform. Perhaps this was some paper-thin marketing initiative? "Look ...
I’ve always been a tech geek. I built my first sparkly rotating GIF animation when I was 10 (true story), bought my first URL at 13 (www.studentundercover.com), and coded my first website at 15 (it looked terrible).
Starting a blog or a simple website is possible for anyone with a computer and web access.
As cloud computing gains steam in the enterprise, many IT shops are looking for ways to move stuff out of their own server rooms and into someone else's. This has given rise to services like Google Apps and Office 365, which offer e-mail, calendaring, and other Web-based services that completely replace not just software running on your company's servers, but also software running on your ...