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Listen, learn, question, and think before you consult
June 3, 2011 5:43pm PDT
Chip Camden believes consulting is a five-stage process, and the consult is the final stage. Read how being a listener, student, interrogator, and thinker helps to inform your consulting decisions.
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Questions independents should consider before joining a consulting firm
May 27, 2011 9:27pm PDT
Before signing on with a consulting firm during difficult economic times, Chip Camden advises you to ask yourself four tough questions and get thorough answers.
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White Papers
EVE: Verifying Correct Execution of Cloud-Hosted Web Applications
May 18, 2011 12:00am PDT
The authors present a new approach to verifying that a completely untrusted, Platform-as-a-Service cloud is correctly executing an outsourced web application. Web applications such as blogs,...
Provided by: University of Texas
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Hierarchical Attribute-Based Encryption and Scalable User Revocation for Sharing Data in Cloud Servers
May 14, 2011 12:00am PDT
With rapid development of cloud computing, more and more enterprises will outsource their sensitive data for sharing in a cloud. To keep the shared data confidential against untrusted Cloud...
Provided by: Reed Elsevier
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Harnessing the Cloud for Securely Solving Large-Scale Systems of Linear Equations
May 12, 2011 12:00am PDT
Cloud computing economically enables customers with limited computational resources to outsource large-scale computations to the cloud. However, how to protect customers' confidential data...
Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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A Secured Cost-Effective Multi-Cloud Storage in Cloud Computing
May 1, 2011 12:00am PDT
The end of this decade is marked by a paradigm shift of the industrial information technology towards a pay-per-use service business model known as cloud computing. Cloud data storage redefines...
Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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SDSM: A Secure Data Service Mechanism in Mobile Cloud Computing
May 1, 2011 12:00am PDT
To enhance the security of mobile cloud users, a few proposals have been presented recently. However the authors argue that most of them are not suitable for mobile cloud where mobile users might...
Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Assured Deletion of Digital Files on Cloud
April 21, 2011 12:00am PDT
Cloud storage (e.g., Amazon S3) offers an abstraction of infinite storage space for clients to outsource data storage in a pay-as-you-go manner. For example, SmugMug, a photo sharing website,...
Provided by: Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Managing the Extended Enterprise for Profitable Growth
April 19, 2011 12:00am PDT
Find out how to build a sustainable extended enterprise, one that extends business processes beyond the firewall by outsourcing, enabling subsidiaries and business partners to share information...
Provided by: SAP
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Blog Post
Tips on vetting prospective clients
April 8, 2011 7:30pm PDT
Chip Camden discusses three areas in which consultants might be able to do more homework about prospective clients before accepting an engagement.
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Blog Post
Set (and get) a reasonable hourly consulting fee
April 7, 2011 12:00pm PDT
One of the trickier aspects of the consulting business is trying to determine a fee that will attract clients but still keep the wolves from your door. Susan Harkins offers some practical advice.
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Five tips for setting (and getting) a reasonable hourly consulting fee
April 1, 2011 7:16am PDT
One of the trickier aspects of the consulting business is trying to determine a fee that will attract clients but still keep the wolves from your door. Susan Harkins offers some practical advice.
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Data Security in the Cloud
April 1, 2011 12:00am PDT
Cloud computing is an emerging trend in the provision of computing resources. For economical reasons users are outsourcing applications and data storage to the cloud, a managed hardware...
Provided by: University of Minnesota
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Accelerating and Democratizing Science Through Cloud-Based Services
March 21, 2011 12:00am PDT
Many businesses today save time and money, and increase their agility, by outsourcing mundane IT tasks to cloud providers. The author argues that similar methods can be used to overcome the...
Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Harnessing the Cloud for Securely Outsourcing Large-Scale Systems of Linear Equations
March 19, 2011 12:00am PDT
Cloud computing economically enables customers with limited computational resources to outsource large-scale computations to the cloud. However, how to protect customers' confidential data...
Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Seven reasons prospects don't want to hire IT consultants
March 8, 2011 10:46am PST
Chip Camden discusses why a prospect may resist the idea of engaging an IT consultant. He says the challenge is to convince prospects that all consultants aren't the same.
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Equity Sales And Manager Efficiency Across Firms And The Business Cycle
March 1, 2011 12:00am PST
Smaller firms sell more equity in response to expansions than do larger firms. Also, consumption is more pro-cyclical for high income groups than others. In this paper, the authors present a model...
Provided by: Bank of Japan
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Query Processing in Private Data Outsourcing Using Anonymization
March 1, 2011 12:00am PST
The authors present a scheme for query processing in a private data outsourcing model. They assume that data is divided into identifying and sensitive data using an anatomy approach; only the...
Provided by: Purdue University
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Relocating The Value Chain: Off-Shoring And Agglomeration In The Global Economy
March 1, 2011 12:00am PST
Fragmentation of stages of the production process is determined by international cost differences and by the benefits of co-location of related stages. The interaction between these forces depends...
Provided by: University of Oxford
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What it takes to be a consulting expert
February 25, 2011 4:53pm PST
IT consultants who want to be considered experts should stop worrying about their shortcomings and start talking about their experiences, insights, and aptitudes.
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