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Learning to Be Cloud Wary

Recently I talked to several corporate executives who claimed last month's Amazon cloud service outage gave them pause. While none were threatening to build in-house infrastructure, the blinders were off regarding the halo that had been wrapped

9 May 2011 2 mins
Cloud Computing
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Drenched By the Cloud

Thursday, April 21, is a day that Michael Downing, the CEO and CFO of social media start-up Tout, won't soon forget. In the wee hours of the morning, Downing learned a harsh lesson: cloud computing is not bulletproof.

9 May 2011 5 mins
Cloud Computing
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Buying SaaS: 3 Ways to Ensure Cloud Benefits Meet Enterprise Needs

Before you purchase those increasingly popular and cost-effective SaaS apps for CRM, collaboration or business intelligence, make sure you understand the long-term benefits and usage metrics and plan an exit strategy, writes research firm Forrester.

6 May 2011 4 mins
Microsoft Office Office Suites SaaS
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How We Moved Almost Everything to the Cloud: 5 Lessons

In 2010, creative services firm Aquent moved even its custom ERP system to the cloud -- where most other key business apps such as e-mail were already running. The result: Better agility and IT spend slashed by 50 percent.

4 May 2011 6 mins
Cloud Computing
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Cloud CIO: Lessons from the OpenStack Design Summit

The recent OpenStack Design Summit delivered some interesting insight on cost and infrastructure -- whether you're working with this open source technology, or other cloud platforms, says CIO.com's Bernard Golden. Check out two lessons lear

4 May 2011 6 mins
Cloud Computing Virtualization
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How to Plan Now for Hybrid Cloud Management

How will the hybrid cloud fit into your future infrastructure architecture? Forrester Research's Galen Schreck explains why he envisions three possible scenarios and shares advice on how to prepare.

3 May 2011 4 mins
Cloud Computing Data Center
opinion

The Trouble With Coding Across the Clouds: Part 1

What do you do when your Cloud doesn't have the language, library, or computational resources sufficient to handle your requirement? Grab what you need from another cloud, right? It's not always that simple.

2 May 2011 5 mins
Cloud Computing Data Center
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How We’re Using SharePoint 2010 to Connect Our People

Commercial real estate firm Colliers implemented SharePoint 2010 to help its global workforce collaborate. So far it has been a huge success, but the firm had to customize SharePoint's search tools and user interface design before getting all it

28 Apr 2011
Collaboration Software Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business
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Forrester: Public Cloud Growth to Surge, Especially SaaS

Long after the buzz about Amazon's two-day cloud outage dies down, the public cloud will be a growth trajectory. Here's Forrester Research's take on how the IaaS, PaaS and SaaS cloud models will shake out over the next 10 years and who

26 Apr 2011
Developer Social Networking Apps Virtualization
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Mitigating the Risk of Cloud Services Failure: How to Avoid Getting Amazon-ed

The two-day outage at one of Amazon's data centers has everyone questioning the reliability of infrastructure as a service offerings. Here are seven tips for limiting your risk in the event of cloud services failure.

25 Apr 2011
Cloud Computing Outsourcing