The Enterprise Cloud

Archive: 01-2012

• Functional testing of a cloud service

  Nick Hardiman discusses some of the options when it comes time to test your new cloud application or service.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | January 31, 2012, 9:00 AM PST

• How Windows Azure will change vendor and reseller relationships

  In the new world of the public cloud and Windows Azure in particular, how will vendors, resellers, and system integrators fit into the picture? Ian Hardenburgh takes a look at the changing landscape.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | January 26, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• 11 cloud IaaS providers compared

  Thoran Rodrigues does a thorough comparison of 11 IaaS cloud providers based on the same group of criteria. See how the major players fared in his scoring comparison.

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | January 24, 2012, 8:22 AM PST

• Cloud enterprise applications: 12 principles of operational readiness

  Nick Hardiman lists his 12 principles of operational readiness for an enterprise application built on the public cloud.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | January 23, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• LogicMonitor: SaaS network monitoring

  Steven Trippe provides a detailed overview of the cloud-based LogicMonitor for network monitoring.

  Posted by Steven Trippe | January 19, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• CloudSleuth independently monitors cloud service providers' performance

  Tajudeen Abubakr points out a helpful resource for those choosing cloud service providers. Before signing that SLA, see how they are rated with cloud performance monitor, CloudSleuth.

  Posted by Tajudeen Abubakr | January 18, 2012, 1:17 PM PST

• Why choose Drupal for an enterprise CMS in the cloud?

  Nick Hardiman explains his thinking behind creating a Drupal CMS installation on his Amazon Web Service. Here is why he likes Drupal.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | January 17, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• A letter of regret to Google Cloud (My)SQL?

  Ian Hardenburgh shares his thoughts on Google’s decision to choose MySQL as its new cloud computing relational database of choice.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | January 16, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• Deploy an Azure VM Role Service Package

  John Joyner demonstrates the final steps to building a working VM role in the Azure public cloud — deploying the service package using the Windows Azure Platform Management Portal.

  Posted by John Joyner | January 12, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• What to expect from the cloud in 2012: Experimentation

  Thoran Rodrigues says that the cloud trends for 2012 can be summed up in one word — experimentation. He breaks downs some of the areas to watch.

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | January 11, 2012, 9:00 AM PST