Practically Speaking About Cloud Computing: Email in the Cloud. Email communication is taking a heavy beating, both in our personal life and in work, as alternate real time Web2.0 communication methods have started occupying the space. Though Email is not dead yet, the prominence of Email communication is diminishing in both worlds. In this scenario, as long as Email is used as one of the prime communication tools in corporate, there is no doubt that IT operations are concerned about it. Not only SMBs (Small and Medium Businesses), but also some large enterprises, including Government organizations in the USA are
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National Survey of Corporate Financial Executives Reveals Accelerating Adoption Among Smaller Companies SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – September 16, 2010) – Proformative, The Resource for corporate finance, accounting, and treasury professionals, today announced the results of an extensive survey of CFOs, Controllers, and other financial professionals regarding the use and understanding of Cloud computing and ‘software as a service,’ or ‘SaaS.’ The survey was designed to elicit critical information on what could be the largest change in technology platforms since the emergence of the Internet. Proformative received 432 responses from executives and directors around the country, with responders representing companies of
Here is an article we came across the morning by Dan Kusnetzky of ZDnet that points out the difference between Cloud Computing and Virtualization. I came across an interesting post, Is Virtualization the Same as Cloud Computing?, published by Rajan Chandras. He, in turn, was commenting on an article that equated cloud computing and virtualization. He’s arguing that it is incorrect to equate virtualization to cloud computing. I believe that both Rojan and I would agree that virtualization is abstracting computing functions into a logical environment that appears ideal for that function that may be very different than the actual
