Cloud Can Do Anything – But Can It Do Better? Forbes Magazine, typically an exponent of the cloud computing movement, recently questioned the trend in an article whose title goes straight for the jugular. Such a critical consideration of cloud and its import is in due order. As the piece points out, the geeks and [...]
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Why Simple Solutions Are Better For The Cloud
Why Simple Solutions are Better for the Cloud I came across this article from TechCrunch How To Scale A $1 Billion Startup: A Guide From Instagram Co-Founder Mike Krieger and it reminded me of one thing I have been evangelizing about cloud and IT overall is that simple solutions with less parts are better. Here is Instagram [...]
Research: New Requirements For Security And Compliance Auditing In The Cloud
Whitepaper Research: New Requirements for Security and Compliance Auditing in the Cloud “New Requirements for Security and Compliance Auditing in the Cloud“ Learn how to prepare for cloud computing and how to manage IT security and compliance within the cloud. With the proliferation of cloud computing, how does an organization manage IT security, compliance, [...]
Basic Checklist For Cloud Computing Customers
Basic Checklist For Cloud Computing Customers Transition to the cloud could be one of the most important decisions you make in your IT infrastructure management. Thus, it is important that you do it the right way. I have collected a list of the basic things you should consider, before signing a contract with your cloud [...]
Is Cloud Computing A Lunch Break Creation?
Is Cloud Computing a Lunch Break Creation? There have been allegations that “cloud computing” is just a marketing term, with the underlying principles and technologies having long existed. Personally speaking, while I do believe that a lot of cloud computing as it exists today did exist before Ramnath Chellappa used the term in a 1997 [...]
The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – The Answers?
The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – The Answers? By David Fletcher
The LG Cloud Service: LG’s Take On Cloud Storage Come Streaming
The LG Cloud Service: LG’s Take On Cloud Storage Come Streaming South Korean giant LG electronics has just spilled the beans over its native Cloud-based streaming service bearing the simplistic (and rather unimaginative) name LG Cloud. The service, still in its beta mode of operation, is set to empower users with the provision to share [...]
Customers And The Cloud: What Has It Done For Them Lately?
Customers and the Cloud: What Has It Done for Them Lately? Too often, in my opinion, does the conversation on cloud computing circle around the gurus on the top and the fanboys that chase their coattails. Cloud is no different than any other technological revolution in that it provides a nurturing forum for otherwise outcast [...]
Who Can Access Your data, And Where Does Your Data Live? Legal Aspects Of Cloud Computing
Who can access your data, and where does your data live? Legal aspects of Cloud computing Lawmakers are often way behind technologists and engineers, and it is no surprise that there has been little legislation specifically relating to Cloud computing. Often a major lawsuit gets filed before they wake up to the implications of the technology. [...]
Adobe And Sears Aim For Cloud Prominence
Adobe and Sears Aim for Cloud Prominence When it rains, it pours. On the coattails of Google’s Drive cloud announcement rides word that two other companies, one predictable and the other mildly surprisingly, have made up their minds to clear their own cloud computing pathways. Is this sudden urge to jump on cloud’s bandwagon indicative [...]
Xerox Exclaims Its Cloud Pride
Xerox Exclaims Its Cloud Pride On the cusp of big news from Google per its new Drive cloud offering, Xerox is following hot the big G’s heels with some vital cloud news of its very own today. “We’re ready to start talking about it,” Xerox Cloud Services’ vice president Rob Schilperoort said bemusedly to IT [...]
A Round Of Applause For Google Drive
A Round of Applause for Google Drive Just as iCloud is cresting in popularity and trending well with its users, Google has flown in, to upstage Apple, to steal its thunder, to stop the show — insert your own “oh no they didn’t” cliché here. Bottom line: Google has taken quite the inviting Drive into [...]
Cloud Auditing – Making Sure That Your Cloud Works Per Your Expectations
Cloud Auditing – Making sure that your cloud works per your expectations As cloud computing get increasingly complex and finds use in core enterprise applications, it it time to pay more attention to auditing. Auditing ensures that your cloud installations works per your expecations. The auditing could be done either internally by your IT or [...]
On The Verge: 100% Cloud-fueled Ventures
On the verge: 100% Cloud-fueled ventures The majority of ventures view cloud technology as nothing more than a significant leap towards expenditure cutbacks and superior flexibility. While this remains unequivocally true, cloud technology offers a whole lot more in store for businesses – startups in particular. Almost certainly, the most promising facet of cloud computing [...]
Healthcare In The Cloud: Good And Bad And Around The World
Healthcare in the Cloud: Good and Bad and Around the World What field isn’t the cloud revolutionizing right now? From music to entrepreneurship, virtually every relevant sector is capitalizing on some aspect of the cloud in order to improve efficiency and — one hopes as a byproduct — creativity as well. Healthcare is not immune [...]
The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – Recovery Backup
The Lighter Side Of The Cloud - Recovery Backup By David Fletcher
