Actionable Analytics Emerging as a Corporate Cloud Computing Trend The major premise of cloud actionable analytics is having a budget-worthy processor and dedicated staff. The agility of businesses lies in the way they analyze their operations in and out. They have to strategize on ways to improve their productivity while cutting costs. In the past, it took data outsourcing to get a candid view of where the company stood and how it was likely to perform in coming years. This was costly: besides, the equipment was not as minimalist or set for big data projects like they are now. More
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New Open Data Center Alliance White Paper Highlights Adoption of ODCA Cloud Usage Models Organization Delivers New Requirements for Cloud Licensing and Data Security PORTLAND, Ore. and PARIS, France – March 13, 2013 – The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA), a global organization where hundreds of enterprise IT organizations are working together to drive broad scale requirements for the enterprise ready cloud, today announced the release of a new white paper focused on how one of its board members has adopted ODCA requirements as the foundation for its cloud implementation and the release of two new usage models focused on
Does The Cloud Actually Exist? Cloud Myths Recently we have come across an alarming trend amongst cloud computing clients. The problem stems from irresponsible behavior on the part of some Cloud Service providers in their blogs and on-line writings. This is perpetuating the dangerous myth that the Cloud actually exists. That any web based service would maintain a blog of some sort, is not a surprise. Blogging is an accepted and effective marketing tool, part of the arsenal that marketers use to distinguish their websites, and their products from one another. It is also a way to disguise the fact that it
Cloud Infographic: Cloud Storage 2013 Future Trends And Prospects In Cloud Technology – Year 2013 Many technology experts think that cloud technology has not reached its maturity yet; it may take it about five or more years to mature if the present pace of growth remains consistent. It is being anticipated that the growth will be even more in the field of cloud technology in the year 2013 and beyond. One of the major trends will be: The exponential increase in the development of the cloud storage ecosystem and data center hubs. Below is an excellent infographic courtesy of the
Future Trends And Prospects In Cloud Technology – Year 2013 In the domain of technology, the saying is, “the technology changes, the industry survives,” but predicting how the particular technology will progress within a given time-frame is a bit tricky. It is only the projection, based on certain researches and studies, that can provide meaningful trends or clues about the progress of that particular technology. The trend of usage and adaptability of cloud technology has been increasing for many years and is expected to keep increasing for many years to come. Many technology experts think that cloud technology has not reached its
Cloud Velocity: Automate Critical Infrastructure Processes Cloud integration into a hybrid cloud has always been a hotly debated topic between the IT professional proposing the move and the executive, who has his hide on the line, tasked to evaluate and approve it. There are definitely a lot of pitfalls and drawbacks if the plan is not very well thought of. But even then, some services and functions that would have made those cloud integration plans work may not have been available at the time of planning. According to Greg Ness, VP Marketing, Cloud Velocity http://www.cloudvelocity.com/high-velocity-cloud, the biggest barrier to a true hybrid cloud
The Journey to Private Cloud Based on a recent Enterprise Management Associates® (EMA™) research study, the main reasons for adopting cloud computing, mentioned by 52%-62% of respondents, were as follows: a) Agility: Accelerating service creation and provisioning b) Performance and resiliency: Improving the performance and resiliency of business services c) Resource optimization: Reducing operational and capital expense Respondents mentioned a vast variety of enterprise applications – e-mail, CRM, VDI, custom applications, ERP, accounting, HR, telephony, and even mainframe-based application services – when asked what they were planning to host in the cloud. This response illustrates the importance that most companies
Cloud Computing and Its Effects on Network Management The delivery of computing as a service, or cloud computing, over a network is becoming more and more mainstream and is allowing businesses of all sizes to get their applications up and running faster, with easier manageability and less maintenance. Cloud computing allows enterprises, and enables IT, to more rapidly adjust IT resources (apps, servers, storage, and networking) to meet fluctuating and unpredictable business demand. Cloud computing forces us to change our traditional approach to application and network management. No longer do we have a fixed number of assets that must remain
