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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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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 cloud is a revolution-enabler for SMBs
Small businesses and startups may have the most to gain from cloud technology. Thoran Rodrigues explains how this leveling of the playing field works to the advantage of the SMB.
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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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The curse of cloudwashing lives on
Dressing up products with the latest buzzwords isn't unusual in the tech industry, but consumers shouldn't be misled about what makes for a true cloud service.
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Infographic: It's a SaaS world
Get a quick look at the history of SaaS, how it's growing, and what makes it different from other software delivery methods.
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Choosing a cloud provider: Bringing business and IT together
As the public cloud industry matures, more companies will face the challenge of choosing the right cloud provider. It's not a decision to be made in isolation.
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Microsoft TechEd NA 2013: New products and staking claim to the enterprise cloud
The keynote from TechEd 2013 in New Orleans was full of new products, features, and pricing -- as well as a claim to be the enterprise's "best cloud partner" on the strength of Windows Azure.
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Cloud computing and IT obsolescence: Reinventing the role of IT
Will the cloud spell the end of the IT department? Thoran Rodrigues explains how IT will need to reinvent itself to avoid obsolescence.
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Cloud computing and the dangers of shadow IT
Business users who engage cloud providers without the proper vetting that would normally come from IT pose a serious risk.
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How to use the command line with Amazon's EC2 API tools
Nick Hardiman runs through the steps of installing Java, creating security credentials, and setting up some variables so that you can play with the EC2 API tools from the command line on your local ma...
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Service Level Dashboard 2.0 is available for SCOM 2007
Ensuring performance levels for critical applications is a difficult task. Rick Vanover outlines Microsoft's solution to monitor service levels with a System Center add-on.
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Windows Server 2008 iSCSI multiple connected session modes
For administrators using Windows Server 2008's iSCSI initiator, selecting the right connection policy is critical. Rick Vanover explains the options for the ease-of-entry storage protocol.
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The five big myths of cloud computing
Thoran Rodrigues deconstructs the five biggest myths about cloud computing, driven by the cloud "hype" wave.
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Cisco, EMC, VMware announce joint integrated datacenter venture
Cisco, EMC, and VMware have announced a joint venture to sell a new integrated data center product called V-Block. ZDNet's Andrew Nusca provides additional details.
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Take a look inside a Microsoft data center
CNET's Ina Fried recently toured the new Microsoft data center in Chicago. In this video, she talks to two of the designers of the massive facility.