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  Cloud prices: How low can they go?

  Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud providers are battling in a price war that has seen 29 price reductions by the four major providers during the past 14 months, a trend industry analysts expect to continue.

  By Brandon Butler | 28 March, 2013 21:58

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, Azure cloud, Amazon cloud prices, cloud prices, iaas, cloud computing, RightScale, internet, Rackspace cloud, Amazon Cloud, Google, Microsoft, WD, Cloud, OpenStack, rackspace

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  Why VMware's hybrid Cloud announcement could be a big deal

  Perhaps the biggest selling point for VMware's newly announced hybrid cloud strategy -- and the reason it could be a game changer in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market -- is because of the common platform VMware customers will now have between their private Cloud internal systems and this new VMware-operated public Cloud.

  By Brandon Butler | 14 March, 2013 20:04

  Tags: hybrid cloud, Microsoft, VMware hybrid cloud, Cloud, iaas, VMware cloud, private cloud, cloud computing, internet, VMware, public cloud

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  VMware confirms public Cloud plans via Twitter - then backtracks

  Industry scuttlebutt is that VMware is preparing a public cloud offering that it would run itself, a rumor that VMware officials have refused to comment on -- sort of.

  By Brandon Butler | 11 March, 2013 21:14

  Tags: WD, Cloud, iaas, VMware cloud, twitter, cloud computing, internet, VMware, cloud storage, public cloud

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  Security standards council cuts through PCI cloud confusion

  Can you hold Payment Card Information (PCI) data in a cloud-based service? Yes, but doing so isn't straightforward, so the PCI Security Standards Council has published a guideline that clarifies what approaches compliance-minded businesses can take.

  By Ellen Messmer | 07 February, 2013 17:01

  Tags: PCI cloud security, paas, SaaS, PCI compliance, cloud security, iaas, cloud computing, Software as a service, internet, PCI DSS, PCI Security Standards Council, security, Cloud

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  Analyzing costs in cloud business models

  IT leaders know cloud is here to stay, but many are still trying to calculate the potential return on investment. Based on our experience, companies that outsource their infrastructure as a service (IaaS) can expect to achieve 18% cost savings over three years compared to in-house IT.

  By James Parker, senior vice president of sales, Savvis | 07 December, 2012 16:09

  Tags: cloud cost, hybrid cloud, Cloud, cloud cost savings, iaas, private cloud, cloud computing, internet, Infrastructure as a Service, public cloud

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  Free Amazon Web Services -- and how to make the most of them

  If you avoid some gotchas and keep a close eye on resource usage, you can have a handy server in the Amazon cloud for free

  By Serdar Yegulalp | 10 April, 2013 10:16

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, iaas, cloud computing, internet

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  How-to: Get started with Amazon EC2

  Amazon cloud skills are in high demand. This easy, step-by-step guide will help start you on your path to cloud mastery

  By Sean Hull | 24 October, 2012 10:15

  Tags: amazon.com, iaas, cloud computing, internet

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  2012: The year Cloud computing took a bite out of IT

  As new public cloud plays leap in and the private cloud slowly evolves, we're on the brink of a shift to cloud computing for critical business workloads

  By Eric Knorr | 24 December, 2012 11:17

  Tags: paas, SaaS, IDC, iaas, private cloud, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet

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  Nermertes Research: Clouds at the End of the Rainbow

  Nemertes research has found that IT organizations making use of a broad selection of systems sourcing options have the highest level of success in delivering services. If both IT and cloud service providers can meet the challenges of delivering a secure environment, more IT organisations will feel confident in expanding their sourcing spectrum. Click for more!

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  Reaching for the Clouds: Achieving the Business Benefi ts of Cloud Computing