Cloud Computing – Explicitly Redefined For Enterprises Companies are moving quickly to leverage the cloud for the services that most readily bring the greatest business value in the short term. And not surprisingly, the greatest growth in the cloud is in the CRM and collaboration tools sector. Specifically, in the enterprise segment, the major focus is being put on complex engagements. Strictly speaking, complex engagements involve cutting-edge enterprises that are migrating to the cloud, and when these enterprises move to the cloud, there are facets of different technology and infrastructure that need to be handled. Such facets usually include large
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A Storm Brewing…The Cloud (Storage) Wars By now you’ve probably heard the term, “Cloud Wars”, though with so many fronts sometimes it’s difficult to ascertain which Cloud battles are being referenced. In The Battle for the Enterprise the reference is to cloud computing leaders making their way into the enterprise segment taking market share from the legacy IT providers. Others may be referring to the Oracle and SAP acquisition shootout or the CRM Cloud Wars. For our purposes, the “Cloud War” discussion will revolve around storage. There has been a lot of news coverage around the battle being played out between Microsoft SkyDrive and iCloud, and
