The Enterprise Cloud

Archive: 02-2012

• Chrome for Android furthers Google's goal to grow in the enterprise

  Ian Hardenburgh offers his take on what the Chrome browser coming to Android devices means to Google’s overarching goal of furthering Google Apps adoption in the enterprise.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | February 29, 2012, 8:38 AM PST

• A true cloud model vs. 'cloudwashing' by vendors

  Thoran Rodrigues says that while true cloud software is necessarily SaaS, not all software sold as a service really fits into the true cloud model. What are the distinguishing characteristics?

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | February 24, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office vs. Office 365

  Ian Hardenburgh sees the Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office as a temporary fix. It will eventually come down to choosing between Google’s Cloud and Microsoft’s.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | February 22, 2012, 12:00 PM PST

• How to create a new AMI from a snapshot and launch a new VM

  Nick Hardiman shows you the steps to taking a snapshot of your Amazon Machine Image and launching a new VM from it to build in redundancy for your service.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | February 22, 2012, 7:29 AM PST

• Barriers to cloud adoption for healthcare practitioners

  Aditi Roy Ghatak discusses the primary issues that complicate cloud technology use in the healthcare industry and the compelling reasons to overcome these obstacles.

  Posted by Aditi Roy Ghatak | February 17, 2012, 9:00 AM PST

• In the cloud, power shifts from providers to consumers

  Thoran Rodrigues explains how the shift to cloud services gives power back to consumers by eliminating a lot of the disadvantages of vendor lock-in.

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | February 16, 2012, 10:26 AM PST

• Google Sites as an enterprise intranet platform

  Ian Hardenburgh considers the advantages and disadvantages of Google Sites for use as an enterprise intranet.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | February 15, 2012, 6:30 AM PST

• Removing a single point of failure: Creating a second EC2 machine on AWS

  Nick Hardiman addresses the single point of failure with his lone Amazon EC2 machine. He creates a second VM by cloning the AMI.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | February 14, 2012, 6:00 AM PST

• Cloud federation with RightScale

  As cloud technologies mature, enterprises continue to look for ways to reduce risk. One way is distributing applications across different cloud providers, which is where RightScale comes in.

  Posted by John Joyner | February 9, 2012, 9:00 AM PST

• How does Google intend to compete with Microsoft in the cloud?

  Ian Hardenburgh looks more closely at how Microsoft and Google will compete with each other in the cloud space.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | February 9, 2012, 6:00 AM PST