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Why Startups Should Embrace Cloud Computing?

by on April 12, 2012 at 11:34 am in Cloud Computing, Computing, Host, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends, Utility

Why Startups Should Embrace Cloud Computing? I run a tech startup and I know some the pains of running a tech startup. Startups have limited budgets and even limited tech support, but have to work around the limitations to build a cutting edge product. This is where cloud computing can help, and all startups must [...]

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Cloud Computing: Determining The Cost Of The Cloud – Part 3

by on April 12, 2012 at 10:27 am in Backups, Big Data, Business, Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, How to, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Utility, Virtualization

Cloud Computing: Determining The Cost Of The Cloud – Part 3 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) This service model enables user organizations to forgo deployment of new datacenter equipment to handle growing operational needs. Rather, the business obtains needed IT infrastructure – servers, security, storage, networks, etc. – from a cloud services provider, often via [...]

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The Hypothermic Cloud Infrastructure: Maintaining the Blood Flow to Tier 1 & 2 Apps

by on March 22, 2012 at 4:06 am in Apps, Backups, Cloud Computing, Computing, IT, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends, Utility

The Hypothermic Cloud Infrastructure: Maintaining the Blood Flow to Tier 1 & 2 Apps A particular sore spot since the beginning of the rise of cloud infrastructures, even the advent of utility computing is this: how do you forecast and pay for resources and justify costs for problems you don’t have yet? After all, the [...]

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Benefits of Cloud Computing To Growing Small Companies

by on March 5, 2012 at 10:46 am in Accounting, Backups, Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, Energy, Invest, IT, Security, Storage, Technology, Utility

Benefits of Cloud Computing To Growing Small Companies During its early years, a lot of business owners believed that Information Technology is just a financial liability and not an asset of the company. Most of them settled for the least expensive alternative because they believed that the company will still benefit if they chose the [...]

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Leveraging a Virtualized Data Center to Improve Business Agility – Conclusion

by on March 5, 2012 at 6:45 am in Backups, Business, Case Study, Cloud Computing, Computing, Contributors, Guest Writers, IT, Performance, SaaS, Security, Storage, Utility, Virtualization

Leveraging a Virtualized Data Center to Improve Business Agility – Conclusion Read Part 1,    Part 2… Virtualized Data Center – Keeping it Simple Early designs of cloud computing focused on blades with an independent Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture. This blueprint consolidated the CPU and memory into dense blade server configurations connected via several high-speed [...]

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Cloud Benefits in the Energy and Utility Industry

by on February 24, 2012 at 4:31 am in Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, Contributors, Energy, Healthcare, Technology, Utility

Cloud Benefits in the Energy and Utility Industry A report issued in June 2011 by the Carbon Disclosure Project and supported by AT&T discovered that companies which embrace cloud computing technologies can reduce energy consumption, lower their carbon emissions, and decrease their capital expenditure on IT resources while improving operational efficiency. By 2020, the same group estimates [...]

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