Wednesday, September 14, 2011

How to Build a Turnkey Private and Hybrid Cloud - Three Essential Elements

CIOs and data center managers are hesitant to place important data and applications in the public cloud. As a result, turnkey, ready to go, cloud solutions have become very popular. Here are the three essential elements that should constitute any turnkey private and/or hybrid cloud solution.


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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Are The Value of the Cloud and Telecommuting Overstated?

In a recent survey of mid-market IT decision-makers, cloud computing adoption and support for telecommuting had surprisingly low scores. Both are still seen as an option and not an answer.

"SWC Technology Partners surveyed 210 mid-market IT and business leaders and found that cloud computing, at least for the mid-market and even more so in the enterprise, is still very early in its evolution. The survey also revealed a few surprises about the acceptance of telecommuting in the mid-market."

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

HP Launches Private Cloud Services

HP has announced that it has launched its HP Cloud Services private beta program. HP says it has made early access available for users to test and provide input on its two initial cloud services: HP Cloud Compute and HP Cloud Object Storage.


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Will Yahoo! Revise It's Hosting Operations Plans?

Carol Bartz is out as the CEO at Yahoo. Does that mean anything for the company's data center and hosting operations? In recent years Yahoo has been overhauling its infrastructure to run its IT infrastructure more efficiently, saving the company many millions of dollars in the process.


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