Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:52:37 PDT

Shortly after a Cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008 , the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) created a web-based collaboration portal for aid workers in the region that enabled more than 100 relief organizations to communicate, analyze information and manage resources. Jane Meseck, Microsoft Corporation The The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways.

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Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:26:30 PDT

Operationally, C3 has standardized around Salesforce's Force.com which we started using in 2006, and Google Apps which we started using in early 2008. When we first rolled out Google Apps in early 2008 I had visions of a Microsoft Word burning party as everyone embraced Google Docs. Judi Sohn, C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition When When C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition started in 2005, cloud computing wasn't the buzz word it is today.

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Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud