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Mini-glossary: Cloud computing terms you should know
A familiarity with cloud computing terminology will help you follow the industry's developments. This glossary offers a rundown of more than 40 cloud terms.
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Using the cloud to reduce your global risk
Companies are seeking new solutions for managing risk as they link in worldwide suppliers. Cloud can help when internal systems cannot.
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Mastodon C: Cloud IaaS and big data software
New ways that cloud IaaS and big data software can be applied by analysts to help customers.
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SMB strategies for the cloud and the home front
There are strategies that SMBs can use to make the most of cloud solutions. Here are three assumptions that SMBs often make, and how to overcome the potential for problems.
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Get savvy on the latest cloud terminology
As with all technology, some lingo stays popular, while other phrases decline in use. Use this list to find out the newest terminology for all things cloud.
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Cloud computing: Not nearly hyped enough
Sometimes it seems as if cloud is old news, but the truth is we've barely scratched the surface on cloud adoption, even in established categories such as SaaS.
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Collaboration between vendors key to unlocking cloud
Some believe that collaboration between SaaS vendors will be the key to unlocking the cloud.
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Verizon's new cloud platform
Verizon has been building a new cloud platform, the Verizon Cloud. This next generation cloud will offer additional cloud services to enterprise customers.
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SaaS vendors should stick with their strengths
A cloud provider can't be all things to all customers, and it shouldn't try to be. Add value through collaboration and partnership.
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Business video: Navigating deployment in the cloud
As videoconferencing becomes more prevalent in the enterprise environment, how does the cloud expand deployment options?
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What you get with Elastichosts IaaS
When choosing an infrastructure cloud provider, there is no shortage of possibilities. Check out this UK-based IaaS provider.
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Four scenarios where hybrid cloud makes sense
The route to hybrid cloud is not certain, but it's a journey that all businesses will have to undertake if they want to make the most efficient use of their tech resources.
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Building a network monitoring solution: How Cloudant did it and why
Buy, rent, or build: these are the options for acquiring a network monitoring system that fits enterprise needs. Here is one company that decided to build its own.
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Best use cases for champions of the public cloud
Despite ongoing concerns about compliance and governance, the public cloud offers tempting benefits for some use cases. Here are the ones worth serious consideration.
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BeyondTrust launches a cloud-based vulnerability assessment platform
BeyondTrust announced BeyondSaaS, a simple, cost-effective cloud-based vulnerability assessment scanning tool.
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Google's Zopfli Compression Algorithm: Extract higher performance from your compressed files
Google's Zopfli compression algorithm offers significant benefits for cloud applications, mobile performance, and app development.
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Service Management Automation (SMA): Management from the cloud
A new paradigm for achieving automation in a Microsoft network is emerging. Service Management Automation (SMA) is fundamentally PowerShell behind Windows Azure Pack (WAP).
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Cloud computing: Not nearly hyped enough
Sometimes it seems as if cloud is old news, but the truth is we've barely scratched the surface on cloud adoption, even in established categories such as SaaS.
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Best use cases for champions of the public cloud
Despite ongoing concerns about compliance and governance, the public cloud offers tempting benefits for some use cases. Here are the ones worth serious consideration.
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Try SafeGDocs to encrypt your stored Google documents
For those storing lots of documents in the Google cloud, a little extra protection is available with add-ons that encrypt and decrypt docs.
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Service will be the next SaaS differentiator
Where most of the focus on SaaS has been on the software side of things previously, as the industry matures, service will be the deciding factor for many.
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Infographic: Cloud apps and knowledge workers
This infographic breaks down a recent survey of workers, executives, and IT about the adequacy of their tools for remote access and the role of cloud apps.
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SaaS vendors should stick with their strengths
A cloud provider can't be all things to all customers, and it shouldn't try to be. Add value through collaboration and partnership.
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How far are we from 'In Cloud We Trust?'
Latest surveys indicate a growing number of enterprises are getting more comfortable with the idea of the cloud. Here is a sample of the feedback.
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Four scenarios where hybrid cloud makes sense
The route to hybrid cloud is not certain, but it's a journey that all businesses will have to undertake if they want to make the most efficient use of their tech resources.
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What you get with Elastichosts IaaS
When choosing an infrastructure cloud provider, there is no shortage of possibilities. Check out this UK-based IaaS provider.
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Replicate backups to the cloud with StorageCraft ShadowProtect
Derek Schauland reviews the ShadowProtect backup application and Image Manager that allows you to replicate your data to the cloud.
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Stop obsessing about applications, think about events
Focusing on event management, rather than applications, is a more effective strategy as data centers become a complex mix of physical and virtual machines and multiple hosting providers.
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Tough questions to ask your cloud provider, part 2
Here are questions about risk and cost that you need to ask potential cloud providers.
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The CIO as driver of a cloud-based business
Spinning off a cloud-based business from the core business is becoming a more likely scenario. CIOs may be well-placed to drive such an initiative.