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What characterizes good customer service in the cloud?
Thoran Rodrigues looks at two different approaches to customer service among IaaS providers -- one is support-focused and the other technology-focused. Is there a clear winner?
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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 char...
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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.
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Cloud spot markets: What they are and why you should care
Thoran Rodrigues explains how cloud spot markets work to potentially provide cost optimizations for those purchasing computing power.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Stop complexity from killing your cloud: Monitoring and alert options
Thoran Rodrigues discusses the complexity that could overwhelm the benefits of moving to the public cloud. Automated tools for monitoring and alerts are a must.
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Testing performance of Amazon SimpleDB vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage
Cloud blogger Thoran Rodrigues compared Amazon and Microsoft Azure storage offerings and ran some simple tests to gauge their performance. Find out if he found a clear winner.