To cloud, or not to cloud? That is the question many customers are asking, after the confusion created by vendors jumping on the “cloud washing” bandwagon. For those who are relatively new to the world of cloud computing, the “Cloud” is a remote service offering hardware and software accessible via the internet. It’s a great…
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Much has been said about the growth of the cloud, and with good reason: it is one of the areas of IT that is set to permanently change the way that companies today do business. If you are looking for ways that you can go about optimizing your business for the cloud, there are some…
Read More →Many service providers feel like the big guys (Amazon, Google and Microsoft) are a threat. The question is what can you do about it? Do you work with them or compete with them maybe using a Federation approach? One example in our industry of Cloud Federation is OnApp. OnApp has championed that service providers need…
Read More →Cloud computing has become the preferred model for how personal, business and enterprise users consume IT resources, and is being adopted either wholesale, in a private cloud or as a hybrid solution. Cost savings are not, however, a given, and while customers often know that they can achieve efficient IT operations with the cloud, they…
Read More →Cloud Price Reductions are on the cards next month by Google, AWS & Azure. Google & AWS have major conferences in November and Azure have announcements planned also. ProfitBricks has slashed its infrastructure prices by 30 percent, improving the price and performance proposition of its “unbound cloud” model, the company announced Wednesday. The price drop…
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