Comments for Razorfish Technology http://technology.razorfish.com Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:12:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Cloudfront, Amazon’s Caching Delivery Network (CDN) by Ryan http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/10/09/cloudfront-amazons-caching-delivery-network-cdn/#comment-9574 Ryan Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:27:22 +0000 http://technology.razorfish.com/?p=269#comment-9574 Except you seem to forget that Cloudfront is a fraction of the cost of any other CDN (and a fraction of the capabilities as well). For a low cost CDN, CloudFront really works quite well when budget is a big factor (and when is it not?) Except you seem to forget that Cloudfront is a fraction of the cost of any other CDN (and a fraction of the capabilities as well). For a low cost CDN, CloudFront really works quite well when budget is a big factor (and when is it not?)

]]> Comment on SharePoint Conference 2009 - Day 2 by Cole http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/10/21/sharepoint-conference-2009-day-2/#comment-9564 Cole Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:50:53 +0000 http://technology.razorfish.com/?p=294#comment-9564 SharePoint in a cloud-hosted online environment is likely to take off too, especially when 2010 comes out--businesses will want to cut costs of buying new licenses outright and instead get automatic updates from <a href="http://www.itstrategists.com/buy-bpos.aspx" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Online Services in the cloud.</a> SharePoint in a cloud-hosted online environment is likely to take off too, especially when 2010 comes out–businesses will want to cut costs of buying new licenses outright and instead get automatic updates from Microsoft Online Services in the cloud.

]]> Comment on SharePoint Conference 2009 - Day 2 by Kim Bach http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/10/21/sharepoint-conference-2009-day-2/#comment-9479 Kim Bach Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:50:52 +0000 http://technology.razorfish.com/?p=294#comment-9479 Thanks for the write-up - definitely considering #SPC10, can you put up links to slides and/or video please Thanks for the write-up - definitely considering #SPC10, can you put up links to slides and/or video please

]]> Comment on Cloudfront, Amazon’s Caching Delivery Network (CDN) by Andy http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/10/09/cloudfront-amazons-caching-delivery-network-cdn/#comment-9121 Andy Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:00:14 +0000 http://technology.razorfish.com/?p=269#comment-9121 I always enjoy learning what other people think about Amazon Web Services and how they use them. Check out my very own tool CloudBerry Explorer that helps to manage S3 and CloudFront on Windows . It is a freeware. http://cloudberrylab.com/ I always enjoy learning what other people think about Amazon Web Services and how they use them. Check out my very own tool CloudBerry Explorer that helps to
manage S3 and CloudFront on Windows . It is a freeware. http://cloudberrylab.com/

]]> Comment on How does cloud technology benefit marketing and service organizations? by Raymond Velez http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/10/05/how-does-cloud-technology-benefit-marketing-and-service-organizations/#comment-8931 Raymond Velez Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:33:54 +0000 http://technology.razorfish.com/?p=265#comment-8931 Indeed, I blogged about that a couple of weeks ago. http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/09/15/gov-is-saving-money-and-time-with-cloud-computing/ As I mentioned I find it hard to believe some fo the claims Vivek is making, I would love to see some of the details. Indeed, I blogged about that a couple of weeks ago. http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/09/15/gov-is-saving-money-and-time-with-cloud-computing/ As I mentioned I find it hard to believe some fo the claims Vivek is making, I would love to see some of the details.

]]> Comment on How does cloud technology benefit marketing and service organizations? by Praveen Modi http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/10/05/how-does-cloud-technology-benefit-marketing-and-service-organizations/#comment-8911 Praveen Modi Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:38:29 +0000 http://technology.razorfish.com/?p=265#comment-8911 Very true. Cloud computing can drastically reduce infrastructure cost and time to scale the application. USA.gov is a classic example where federal govt was able to cut the infrastructure/hosting cost from $2.5 million a year to $800,000/year and saved couple of months on implementation. As per federal CIO Vivek Kundra lot of federal apps will be moved into the cloud... checkout https://apps.gov/ Very true. Cloud computing can drastically reduce infrastructure cost and time to scale the application. USA.gov is a classic example where federal govt was able to cut the infrastructure/hosting cost from $2.5 million a year to $800,000/year and saved couple of months on implementation.

As per federal CIO Vivek Kundra lot of federal apps will be moved into the cloud… checkout https://apps.gov/

]]> Comment on Windows : Mac :: Google : (?) - It happens to be “bing” by Adron http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/06/30/windows-mac-google-it-happens-to-be-bing/#comment-8646 Adron Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:20:57 +0000 http://technology.razorfish.com/?p=195#comment-8646 At first, I wasn\'t really impressed by Bing. As time goes on though, I\'m finding more and more I actually like about it. Bing has absolutely not replaced my general Google searching, but it has made some significant inroads. For instance, I often use Bing now for code & technical information searching. I do NOT use bing for historical/history related research (such as political/country/culture histories). It seems to provide a seriously slanted result set in many searches about historically relevant events. This is both very worrisome and frustrating. I\'m not sure why it ends up with rather skewed results, but it does for whatever reasons. At first, I wasn\’t really impressed by Bing. As time goes on though, I\’m finding more and more I actually like about it. Bing has absolutely not replaced my general Google searching, but it has made some significant inroads.

For instance, I often use Bing now for code & technical information searching. I do NOT use bing for historical/history related research (such as political/country/culture histories). It seems to provide a seriously slanted result set in many searches about historically relevant events. This is both very worrisome and frustrating. I\’m not sure why it ends up with rather skewed results, but it does for whatever reasons.

]]> Comment on Flex 3 vs Silverlight 3: Enterprise Development by Adron http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/07/30/flex-3-vs-silverlight-3-enterprise-development/#comment-8644 Adron Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:16:35 +0000 http://technology.razorfish.com/?p=239#comment-8644 I\'m totally late to the party on this one. I\'ve been doing Flex & Silverlight dev now for about 3 months. Your article is spot on in relation to the deficiencies. .NET is a vastly superior language for large development. Flex/AS/Flash/AIR is easier to make pretty stuff fast. I think MS can definitely get to the point that Silverlight dev is faster than Flex/AS/Flash/AIR but I am doubtful Adobe will spend the resources - or even care about - making AS a better language with more architectural relevance. I also like Joseph Burchett\'s comment. Why not use both - I often do for various jobs, depending on what is needed. Often one can build a back-end business system with the nice advanced capabilities of .NET Languages & frameworks, then tack a Flash or Adobe AIR UI right on top of it. This scenario often enables the developers to work with power (C#/.NET) and the designers/UX/UI people to work with their familiar Apple/Adobe Tech Stack. I\’m totally late to the party on this one. I\’ve been doing Flex & Silverlight dev now for about 3 months. Your article is spot on in relation to the deficiencies.

.NET is a vastly superior language for large development.

Flex/AS/Flash/AIR is easier to make pretty stuff fast.

I think MS can definitely get to the point that Silverlight dev is faster than Flex/AS/Flash/AIR but I am doubtful Adobe will spend the resources - or even care about - making AS a better language with more architectural relevance.

I also like Joseph Burchett\’s comment. Why not use both - I often do for various jobs, depending on what is needed. Often one can build a back-end business system with the nice advanced capabilities of .NET Languages & frameworks, then tack a Flash or Adobe AIR UI right on top of it.

This scenario often enables the developers to work with power (C#/.NET) and the designers/UX/UI people to work with their familiar Apple/Adobe Tech Stack.

]]> Comment on 4th Annual State of Agile Survey by Kelly Waters http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/08/03/4th-annual-state-of-agile-survey/#comment-7876 Kelly Waters Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:50:54 +0000 http://technology.razorfish.com/?p=246#comment-7876 If you're interested in finding out more about agile, or how to adopt agile project management methods such as Scrum, please take a look ay my blog, All About Agile, where you can find lots of free information... http://www.agile-software-development.com Kelly Waters All About Agile If you’re interested in finding out more about agile, or how to adopt agile project management methods such as Scrum, please take a look ay my blog, All About Agile, where you can find lots of free information…

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]]> Comment on Flex 3 vs Silverlight 3: Enterprise Development by Joseph Burchett http://technology.razorfish.com/2009/07/30/flex-3-vs-silverlight-3-enterprise-development/#comment-7467 Joseph Burchett Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:47:52 +0000 http://technology.razorfish.com/?p=239#comment-7467 Well put, although you know instead of people complaining about what tech to use, why not just use both... I mean if you love the robust power of .NET use it for all your logic and what not for the back-end (server-side) and just use the awesome design and graphics power of Flex for your front-end (client). They both play very well with each other, and you can get lighting speed by using the free AMF solution that web orb provides for .NET or just use REST or SOAP that .NET supports. That way the .NET people get to use what they love, and a much richer language at that and designer/Flex people can use what they love Flex/photoshop and what not. Although if you are a very Microsoft centric shop I suppose Silverlight is the way to go, it's not bad but it's not great, I like XAML, but still prefer MXML, due to ease of use... But I am with you on watching Silverlight it's a pretty cool tech. Well put, although you know instead of people complaining about what tech to use, why not just use both… I mean if you love the robust power of .NET use it for all your logic and what not for the back-end (server-side) and just use the awesome design and graphics power of Flex for your front-end (client). They both play very well with each other, and you can get lighting speed by using the free AMF solution that web orb provides for .NET or just use REST or SOAP that .NET supports. That way the .NET people get to use what they love, and a much richer language at that and designer/Flex people can use what they love Flex/photoshop and what not.

Although if you are a very Microsoft centric shop I suppose Silverlight is the way to go, it’s not bad but it’s not great, I like XAML, but still prefer MXML, due to ease of use… But I am with you on watching Silverlight it’s a pretty cool tech.

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