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The challenges of competing with Cloud computing providers

In discussions about cloud computing and in comments readers leave on my blog posts, I commonly get statements along the lines of "Yeah, this cloud computing stuff sounds great, but at the end of the day, you have to have an IT guy solving problems like they've always done." In personal interactions, I often hear this sentiment portrayed as, "Public cloud computing is fine for the SMB and startup market, but enterprises aren't ready to move to that model." The tone of much of this feedback is that anyone who advocates cloud computing is at best naive or at worst incapable of understanding the real details of IT.

By Bernard Golden | 27 August, 2011 03:32

Tags: cloud computing, internet

Ubuntu's marketing kick: Is Canonical the next Apple?

Another six months has passed and another version of Ubuntu Linux has been released, right? Wrong. Ubuntu 11.04 ‘Natty Narwhal’ arrived today and so did a new marketing direction from its parent company and principle sponsor, Canonical. And its flavour has a hint of Apple.

By Rodney Gedda | 29 April, 2011 14:20

Tags: Apple, app stores, canonical, cloud computing, desktop linux, Linux, music, ubuntu, unity

Cloud computing: A sustaining or disruptive innovation?

If you've read this blog over the past couple of years, it should be no surprise that I am a huge advocate of the theories of Clayton Christensen, author of "The Innovator's Dilemma." Christensen and his book were brought to mind this week by the cover story in Forbes about his severe health problems, his experience with the U..S healthcare system, and his prescriptions for how to fix it.

By Bernard Golden | 17 March, 2011 05:28

Tags: cloud computing, internet

The cloud issue you really can't ignore

Maybe it's time to rethink the cloud. Yeah, I know -- at this point, most IT shops haven't thought through the cloud the first time. But Microsoft's recent troubles keeping its cloud services available to users shine a harsh light on the issue of cloud availability and reliability.

By Frank Hayes | 27 September, 2010 20:08

Tags: cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Google, hardware systems, internet, Microsoft, rackspace

A primer on cloudbursting

The term "cloudbursting" was coined by Amazon Web Services evangelist Jeff Barr to describe the use of cloud computing to deal with overflow requests, such as those that occur during seasonal rushes to online retail sites.

By Lori MacVittie | 18 December, 2008 09:07

Tags: cloudbursting

Why Microsoft won't dominate the cloud

It's no surprise that Microsoft has its eye on the cloud. Cloud computing, that is.

By Bill Snyder | 28 November, 2008 10:30

Tags: cloud computing, Microsoft

Cloud computing. More than blue sky thinking

Looming on the horizon are the nimbus, cirrus, stratus and cumulus that threaten to deliver us cloud computing imminently. Promising an end to most of the challenges and frustrations of IT systems as we know them, the concept of cloud computing is thundering through the business community to become one of the most talked about and revered subjects of the day.

By Paul Harapin | 28 November, 2008 10:23

Tags: cloud computing

Storing your data in their cloud

Although it may seem like your computing life is all e-mail and browsing, computer users still create files, documents, spreadsheets, boring presentations and all manner of other stored information. Which brings me to the question: Where do you store your data? And are you ready to store your data online in a service hosted by a third party provider?

By James E. Gaskin | 07 November, 2008 09:34

Tags: cloud computing

Google has gone and redefined 'beta'

The question of why so many Google products are classified "beta" -- and classified thusly for so long -- has knocked around the tech press for some time. However, no one really seemed to know the answer, at least no one outside of Google.

By Paul McNamara | 30 September, 2008 10:56

Tags: Google

Next-generation mobile is all about the cloud

"Cloud" has a special place in my hit parade of despised neo-techno-vernacular. Unlike Web 2.0, my all-time favorite, at least "cloud" is somewhat self-descriptive: Formless, vaporous, and a semi-reliable indicator of climatic conditions. If you point at a round, puffy cloud and declare that it looks like a pitchfork, and someone with you nods and says, "Cool, I can see that," the forecast is mostly patronizing with zero vision and periodic sucking up. You're in trustworthy company if that person says, "Are you blind?" If someone in a meeting refers to a cloud, or worse still, the cloud, don't nod just to keep the conversation going. Consider it your duty to ask them to define the term.

By Tom Yager | 22 September, 2008 11:06

Tags: cloud computing, mobile phones

Red Hat Outlook: Clouds and Virtualization Everywhere

At a conference for UK press this week, Red Hat added some detail to its plans for virtualization, cloud computing and application messaging.

By Martin Veitch | 11 September, 2008 10:56

Tags: Red Hat

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