by cloudtweaks on April 18, 2012
in Big Data, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Images, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends
Cloud Computing: Cloud Pricing Models – Part 4 Continued From Part 3 Elastic pricing or Pay-as-you-Use model Under elastic pricing for cloud pricing, customers are charged based on their usage and consumption of a service. An elastic pricing structure makes users keenly aware of the cost of doing business and consuming a resource, since the cost comes out of their pockets, or, in the enterprise world, their own budgets. And with awareness of the costs comes more efficient and selective usage, thus resulting in less waste and lower costs. Fixed or Subscription based pricing Fixed recurring pricing is the simplest
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by Humayun on April 18, 2012
in Backups, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends
Survey Results: Whooping One-Third of IT Budget Dedicated to Cloud Computing Reports released by IDG Enterprise are a clear indicative of the fact that IT ventures are now investing profoundly in the cloud computing domain. The findings originate from a survey comprising of about 1650 ICT and business executives. It has been unveiled that on average, more than 34% of the present day IT fiscal reserves are allocated to cloud computing solutions. The study sheds light upon the findings that the lion’s share of the budget is spent on private cloud providers residing inside the boundaries of corporations. Private deployment
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by sourya on April 17, 2012
in Accounting, Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, Government, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends
Your Neighborhood ATM May Go On the Cloud to Improve Security In our fast-moving world, if there’s one piece of public equipment we can’t do without it’s the Automated Teller Machine. The ATM, or Any Time Money as it’s often called, is an innovative device that has made life easier for us, the same way as gas pumps – you arrive, swipe a card and then take as much as you need. Now, according to the latest in ATM technology, this friendly neighborhood device may soon go on the cloud. And what’s more, it’s all in the name of increased
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by Jeff Norman on April 17, 2012
in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Facebook, IT, News, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology
Will Facebook Halt Instagram’s Gratification to the Cloud? I’m sure that by now you’ve heard the news that Facebook has purchased Instagram. Even bigger concern for us cloud aficionados has recently been made news by Data Center Knowledge, one of Instagram’s place in the cloud. Will Facebook scoop it up from its roots there, or will the social network behemoth mercifully allow it to stay? Assuming you haven’t yet been made abreast of this news, allow me to contextualize all of this for you. Instagram might indeed be the world’s most popular cloud application. Established in the fall of 2010,
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by Balaji on April 17, 2012
in Amazon, Backups, Big Data, Business, Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, Host, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology
How Cloud Service Brokerages can Help Manage your Cloud Setup? If you are a typical cloud computing client, you might already be using a few cloud service providers for your different applications. Your mail might be hosted with provider 1, CRM with provider 2, corporate website with provider 3 and business apps with provider 4. As the number of services expand, it now becomes a hassle to manage the different providers, different SLAs, their billing schedules, etc. This is where cloud service brokers (CSB) come to help. CSBs are businesses that offer intermediation services and add value on top of
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by cloudtweaks on April 17, 2012
in Backups, Big Data, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IBM, IT, Security, Social networks, Storage, Technology, Trends
Cloud Computing Q&A: IBM SmartCloud A few questions have been put together for Rebecca Buisan, who is the Director of Product Marketing for IBM. When it comes to cloud computing, as with any technology solution, small businesses need to address a unique set of challenges and concerns. What are some of the things small business owners need to keep in mind when selecting cloud tools? I think there are two primary challenges SMBs are facing: cost and trust. When deciding to move to the cloud, SMBs need to keep in mind that they don’t have to put all their chips in at one time. Choose a trusted
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OneID – Just click once to authenticate anything Having to remember multiple passwords for your various online identities is rapidly becoming a major headache, especially if you frequently use various types of online payment, social media or just buy stuff online. OneID hopes to alleviate your memory woes with a single online identity, picking up from where previous single online identity startups have left of. While it is by no means the first or only startup to offer a single online identity as a service, it is one of the few to have garnered about $7 million worth of funding
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by sourya on April 16, 2012
in Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, Performance, Security, Storage, Technology, Tools, Trends
“Waiting For Cloud Standards Is Like Waiting For Godot” The title of this post comes from one of the more interesting comments made during the Twitter chat on 12 April focusing on the interactions between the public and private clouds, and how converged clouds may be the solution to several associated problems (the conversations are viewable on Twitter under the #convcloud hashtag). To put it into perspective, Godot refers to the eponymous character in Samuel Becket’s play who never did arrive. This lack of standards and consequent interoperability problems, coupled with the distrust CIOs have for public clouds, make HP’s
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