The Enterprise Cloud

Archive: 12-2011

• Pros and cons of procuring your own IT in the cloud

  Nick Hardiman is ready to add content on his newly created Amazon EC2 machine, but he pauses to consider some important factors before continuing on the public cloud path.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | December 27, 2011, 9:00 AM PST

• SAP buys its way into the cloud with SuccessFactors

  Ian Hardenburgh considers SAP’s acquisition of SuccessFactors, a human capital management online service, and what it might mean to SAP’s cloud strategy.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | December 22, 2011, 6:00 AM PST

• Has public cloud computing changed your software buying habits?

  Tajudeen Abubakr considers the changing software-buying habits of users who are beginning to dip into the cloud. Have yours changed? Take the poll.

  Posted by Tajudeen Abubakr | December 20, 2011, 9:00 AM PST

• Infographic: Small businesses and the cloud

  This infographic offers a quick snapshot of small businesses and their use of cloud software, as well as the top three cloud-friendly cities in the U.S.

  Posted by Selena Frye | December 19, 2011, 9:44 AM PST

• 2011: The year the cloud went mainstream

  Thoran Rodrigues looks back over the year in cloud technology and makes a case for 2011 bringing the cloud out of the mists and into the IT mainstream.

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | December 19, 2011, 6:00 AM PST

• Windows Azure pricing demystified

  Ian Hardenburgh explains the structure of Microsoft’s Azure offerings, and more importantly, how they are priced, so that you can consider all the associated costs.

  Posted by Selena Frye | December 15, 2011, 2:08 PM PST

• Holiday gifts likely to increase BYOD, interest in cloud at work

  Steven Trippe discusses the potential of holiday gift-giving resulting in a glut of new tablets and devices in the workplace — and along with them, greater interest in cloud options.

  Posted by Steven Trippe | December 15, 2011, 8:36 AM PST

• Small business? The cloud is the only way to go

  Thoran Rodrigues makes his case for small businesses taking full advantage of the cloud. From pay-as-you-go models to making sense of your data, the cloud is your best bet.

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | December 14, 2011, 6:00 AM PST

• Building an enterprise application on Amazon EC2

  Nick Hardiman begins the process of building an application on the Amazon EC2 machine.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | December 12, 2011, 9:00 AM PST

• Where are all the cloud-based Hadoop services?

  Ian Hardenburgh looks at Apache Hadoop’s software framework as the best possibility for harnessing the amorphous data collected by social media marketing efforts.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | December 8, 2011, 9:00 AM PST