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Twin Cities Firm Joins Ranks of Public Cloud Computing Providers

21. December 2009

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Though the likes of cloud industry leaders Amazon Web Services and Rackpace may not yet have noticed, a Minnesota company has been quietly trying to do them one better. VISI, Minnesota’s largest data center services and managed hosting provider, formally announced on December 17 a public beta of its ReliaCloud cloud computing service, whereby any business can now [...]

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Visi Launches ‘ReliaCloud’ Services to Packed House

22. October 2009

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Got a nickel? Then you have a server for an hour, my friend. Visi.com, Minnesota’s largest Internet services/hosting firm unveiled on Wednesday morning its all-new brand of cloud computing services, dubbed “ReliaCloud,” with pricing starting at 5 cents per hour for its first offering, called “Cloud Server.” The breakfast seminar, “CloudVision,” was held at The Metropolitan [...]

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Our Head In The Cloud: Minnov8 Talks With Chris Howard

22. October 2009

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Visi hosted Cloud Vision 2009 at the Metropolitan this past Wednesday and invited Minnov8 along. It was an event tailored to the IT community they serve and was the chance for them to introduce attendees to their soon to launch cloud product called ReliaCloud. Minnov8 colleague Graeme Thickins has posted a complete look at ReliaCloud, [...]

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mIQ: Best Buy’s Cloud-based Sync & Backup

8. October 2009

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Vendors like Apple and Google recognize that the cloud is central to the mobile experience. Without the ability to access ones data, sync to the desktop, laptop netbook (and soon, a tablet?) with our mobile smartphones whether we’re stationary or mobile, our digital life is fraught with nothing but frustration. The center of the action in [...]

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Fallon Releases Free Social App?

27. March 2009

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As social media and networking continues its advance and integration in to the very fabric of our lives (which is especially the case as more of us become a part of the always on, always connected online culture) it continually intrigues us at Minnov8 that most organizations are still either taking a wait-n-see attitude toward [...]

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Mayo Accelerates Their Online Presence

22. January 2009

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Mayo Clinic today announced the launch of what they’re calling its “culture blog”, Sharing Mayo Clinic, which provides an online site for patients and employees to share their stories about what makes Mayo Clinic unique. This WordpressMU delivered blog is clearly focusing on uplifting stories of individual patient and employee experiences. While initially interesting, I [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 19

3. January 2009

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Our kickoff podcast for 2009 is a discussion with guest Kevin Matheny, self-described “E-business Architect & Open API guy for Best Buy” and founder of the innovative Best Buy Remix Developer Network effort. Today’s hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson. Our discussion surrounded a variety of topics: - How did the idea to open [...]

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Mashup Best Buy

23. September 2008

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Best Buy has released Remix at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City, allowing anyone to create a mashup with Best Buy online catalog content. An application programming interface (API) — documented though light on code or examples — allows queries into Best Buy’s online catalog and results to be returned from those queries. As they [...]

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3M Unveils Handheld Projector

14. September 2008

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Imagine you are expecting to present to an investor, a customer or a single client, and several people show up? You could have everyone crowd around your laptop and hope to see what you’re presenting, or instead you could pull this tiny 3M projector out of your briefcase or backpack and ensure everyone could see [...]

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Working Out While Working the ‘Net

1. August 2008

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Spending a little too much time either coding that web application or sitting on your duff using all of them as the number of online opportunities for time investment explodes on today’s internet and web? Our friend, Paul DeBettignies of MNHeadhunter, included Minnov8’s Graeme Thickins on an email, and we thought our readers — many of [...]

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