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Image by Luke Kilpatrick via Flickr Why you’re not ready to create a private cloud | Cloud Computing – InfoWorld. Despite IT’s bravado, most don’t have the skills or understanding to properly handle the task of building a private cloud According to James Staten at Forrester Research, those of you looking to implement private clouds may [...]

Data Center Dialog: Best lessons about Cloud Computing 101 are actually for the one teaching the class. I’ve noticed that I have a tendency to get a bit impatient with the pace of cloud computing adoption. Sure, there are lots of examples of leading-edge companies that are dabbling with it. And, I know some big [...]

Structure 2010: Lowering Barriers for Platform-as-a-Service. The idea of renting servers by the hour is one of the simpler cloud computing concepts to grasp, according to Lew Moorman, president and chief strategy officer for Rackspace. But providers of what’s called platform-as-a-service, or PaaS, face a problem: How do you make it easy for users to [...]

Cloud Computing Leaders: Ten to Watch — Datamation.com. Last month, in the first article about cloud computing leaders, we looked at a few of cloud computing’s usual suspects (Amazon, Google, Salesforce.com, Microsoft), a surprise entrant (CA), and some startups driving the cloud-adoption push, including Rackspace, Eucalyptus and GoGrid.This time around we investigate some additional big players, [...]

Head In the Clouds – The Great Value Question | The Bigger Truth. The clouds are just that, cloudy.  Hard to figure out what anyone is talking about, or why.  I’m here to help. There are big guys like EMC using “Journey to the private cloud….” as their moniker.  They can say nothing, because they are [...]

The Cloud in the Enterprise: Big Switch or Little Niche?. Cloud computing — where mega-data centers serve up webmail, search results, unified communications, or computing and storage for a fee — is top of mind for enterprise CIOs these days. Ultimately, however, the future of cloud adoption will depend less on the technology involved and [...]

Google and newspapers go way back. They’ve debated with the Associated Press over access to the AP’s content, created FastFlip in an effort to enhance the digital newspaper interface and brought articles to life with Living Stories thanks to pilots with national newspapers. Varian is concerned less with revenue and advertising, as he is with [...]

SaaS vs Hosted, Part 1: The Differences are in the Design « DAM-it!. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), also known as Cloud Computing, has been a buzzword around technology circles for a few years now. We’ve seen its ease and capability in many different forms, from the popular Salesforce.com CRM application to our own WebDAM solution. However, some confusion [...]

Cloud Computing: The New IT Paradigm « Thoughts on Information Technology. Much has been said about the new concept of Cloud Computing. There are a myriad of definitions and just as many companies claiming to have a Cloud Computing solution. What is really Cloud Computing, and which solutions will offer you what this new paradigm [...]

Cloud Computing Will Cause Three IT Revolutions – careers, cloud computing – CIO. Every revolution results in winners and losers — after the dust settles. During the revolution, chaos occurs as people attempt to discern if this is the real thing or just a minor rebellion. All parties put forward their positions, attempting to convince [...]