The Enterprise Cloud

Archive: 10-2012

• How to set up an HP Cloud account

  Nick Hardiman introduces the new HP Cloud Service and shows you how to get started by opening an account.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | October 29, 2012, 11:02 AM PDT

• The Amazon Web Service outage: Step by step

  Major sites were knocked offline when Amazon’s Web Service suffered an outage on Monday. Thoran Rodrigues breaks down what it means to those using AWS and how they should proceed with...

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | October 25, 2012, 7:50 AM PDT

• Anatomy of an SLA: Compensation when things go wrong

  Cloud providers may provide compensation to a customer when downtime occurs, but how is it spelled out in the SLA? Thoran Rodrigues explains how it works and what to watch out for.

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | October 23, 2012, 12:33 PM PDT

• Anatomy of a cloud service SLA: Availability guarantees

  Thoran Rodrigues breaks down what the language in Service Level Agreements really means when it comes to cloud services. Here, he focuses on service guarantees.

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | October 18, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• How to get started with Amazon's Simple Storage Service

  Nick Hardiman shows you the step-by-step to creating buckets and objects in the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | October 17, 2012, 8:00 AM PDT

• Will the cloud be the end of the IT department?

  Thoran Rodrigues looks at the ways that the cloud is likely to change the nature of the IT department and the roles that it serves.

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | October 11, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• What small cloud players can offer to compete with the giants

  Nick Hardiman looks at the smaller players in the cloud space. What can small companies offer to compete with the likes of Amazon and Rackspace?

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | October 9, 2012, 10:48 AM PDT

• How to choose the right cloud mail provider

  Ian Hardenburgh offers some general advice for choosing a cloud-hosted email provider based on the model of service that you want.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | October 8, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• Infographic: A buyer's guide to cloud apps

  Veracode provides this infographic, illustrating the big-picture numbers for the cloud app market and the purchasing decisions that face potential buyers.

  Posted by Selena Frye | October 3, 2012, 11:38 AM PDT

• Getting cloud services to the little people: A dilemma for IT

  Nick Hardiman looks as the particular dilemma of IT staff in small organizations: cloud service options that help the bottom line vs. the pitfalls of ceding control.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | October 3, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT