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Is My Public Cloud Too Public? Part 3

cloudtweaks — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:51:37 +0000

Is My Public Cloud Too Public? Part 3 Continued From Part 2 Backup and Recovery The backup and recovery policies and procedures of a cloud service may be superior to those of the organization and, if copies are maintained in diverse geographic locations, may be more robust. In many circumstances, data maintained within a cloud [...]

Forget The Time 100: Here’s The Coolest In Cloud

Jeff Norman — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:33:16 +0000

Forget the Time 100: Here’s the Coolest in Cloud Cloud computing always seems to progress at a rapid pace. Over just the past few years, the cloud as an industry model has matured from a promising yet passable curiosity enjoying fifteen minutes of fame into an indelible and mushrooming contributor to the contemporary technology community. [...]

The NVIDIA Game Changer: Cloud-Hosted GPUs And Gaming-As-A-Service

Humayun — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:07:13 +0000

The NVIDIA Game Changer: Cloud-Hosted GPUs And Gaming-As-A-Service NVIDIA is all buckled up to redefine the dynamics of gaming. The company has spilled the beans over three novel cloud technologies aimed at accelerating the available remote computational power by endorsing the number-crunching potential of its very own (and redesigned) graphical processing units. At the heart [...]

Cloud Infographic: Google Drive And The Battle For The Cloud

cloudtweaks — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:06:23 +0000

Cloud Infographic: Google Drive And The Battle For The Cloud Source: Firmex Tags: blog, Cloud, document, Google, Google Drive, Infographic, the cloud, virtual data

The State Of SaaS Adoption

Rick — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:04:42 +0000

The State Of SaaS Adoption The most common problems with the adoption of SaaS and how to overcome them. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is not just a cloud-based delivery model, but also a service that allows organizations to meet their IT service management needs. Without a doubt, SaaS applications have a lot of benefits: saving money and time, focusing [...]

The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – New Jargon

cloudtweaks — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:14:55 +0000

The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – New Jargon By David Fletcher Tags: cloud comic, Cloud Computing, cloud computing comic, comic archive, David Fletcher, the cloud

Is Your Company Ready For A Cloud Service Outage?

Balaji — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:33:50 +0000

Is Your Company Ready For A Cloud Service Outage? If you are using one of the major CSPs (cloud service providers) you may already be used to major service outages. Amazon EC2, Rackspace, Google Apps and Microsoft Azure have all had their fair share of outages in the past 18 months, and some of them [...]

Nicira Virtualizes The Network For Offshore Cloud Specialist Calligo

cloudtweaks — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:41:06 +0000

Nicira Virtualizes The Network For Offshore Cloud Specialist Calligo UK Channel Islands Cloud Provider Achieves a World First by Creating a Single Virtual Data Center Across Two Island Facilities Palo Alto, Calif., May 16, 2012 – Nicira, the network virtualization company, today announced that Calligo, a full-service cloud service provider based in the Channel Islands, [...]

Accounting Software As Software-As-A-Service: Advantages And Disadvantages

Florence — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:14:22 +0000

Accounting Software As Software-As-A-Service In the mid-80s, accounting software became very popular with midmarket companies. Personalized accounting became an indispensable tool for businesses as personal computers became cheaper. Users took advantage of computer technology because financial report preparation was easier with the help of accounting software. Automated accounting also began to attract users who had [...]

The Top Five Threats To Cloud Computing

Balaji — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:55:41 +0000

The Top Five Threats To Cloud Computing With hundreds of enterprises migrating to cloud services every day, it looks like the march to cloud everything is inevitable and unstoppable. However, cloud computing is not without its risks, and in this post, I will cover the top five issues that pose a threat to increased cloud [...]