NEWS: IBM Makes Cloud Computing “Fashionable” With L’Oréal Deal “It is wiser to find out than to suppose.” - Mark Twain (1835-1910), legendary author and humorist. There was once a time when businesses were done through intelligence guesswork – you guessed what your customers would like and you provided it, you guessed what the demand will be and you procured accordingly, so and so forth. Now, “estimating” may have been the word used instead of “guessing”, but it was still an art, and an imperfect and error-prone one at that, until analytics emerged as a science. With the use of
Consulting
Best Small Businesses to Use the Cloud Google and Amazon, juggernauts they may be, are not the only beneficiaries of cloud computing. Small businesses across the country have also realized the cloud’s capacity to nourish their operations. We could have honestly cited dozens of companies nationwide who’ve wholeheartedly taken to cloud computing — and reaped massive rewards. Look for us to indeed feature more of these small businesses in the future. For the moment, here’s an impressive trio that’s taken to the cloud with the greatest of ease. Signature Personal Insurance, Roper DeGarmo Well known cloud applications and programs like
Microsoft Creates Profitable Businesses with “Cloud CRM for Less” Microsoft is extending $150 cash per user seat to up to 500 user seats for each eligible customer through its “Cloud CRM for Less” offer. This offer is making it easier for Salesforce.com, SAP and Oracle customers to switch to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, which gives people required insight to gain an edge over their competitors.Available between now and March 31, 2012, this new offer promises to offer significant cost savings and help customers realize the benefits from using software and online services. Microsoft notes a report by Nucleus Research according
RED HAT CLOUD QUICKSTART Assess and accelerate your cloud viability with Red Hat Cloud Foundations Edition One. Red Hat® Cloud Quickstart equips your organization with the expertise, high-level support, and knowledge transfer to rapidly build, manage, and optimize a cloud solution tailored to your unique technology environment. The Cloud Quickstart consulting engagement, aided by a Red Hat consultant, leverages Red Hat’s Cloud Foundations Reference Architecture Edition One to assess the viability of a cloud environment for your enterprise and, if chosen, can demonstrate a tangible implementation of a private cloud for testing purposes. This is a valuable step in cloud
CloudTweaks Update Many companies looking to move to the cloud are faced with many key decisions that are not always easy. As there are a growing number of choices in terms of services to choose from. Such as: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Force etc…etc… The good news is that CloudTweaks is now offering a service that helps take the guess work out of the equation. View our short tour for more information on how our consultants can help. You may contact our consulting department to begin your free evaluation.
LONDON–(Marketwire – June 21, 2010) – Bluewolf (www.bluewolf.com) announced its sponsorship of the Cloud Computing World Forum (www.cloudwf.com), held from June 29-July 1 in London at the Olympia Conference Center. An agile business consulting firm, Bluewolf (www.bluewolf.com) has more than a decade of success in Cloud computing and SaaS solutions, such as Salesforce CRM. “For over a decade, we have brought the vision of cloud computing to life for thousands of clients worldwide, through our agile business transformation methodology,” said Penny O’Rourke, Managing Director, Bluewolf International. “We are a leader in putting cloud computing to work for businesses worldwide, to make
