CIO Perspective: Why Cloud Projects Fail
Cloud computing gives enterprise users more flexibility than ever before while putting more pressure on the enterprise IT. End users want better applications, high performance and absolutely intolerable to downtime,…
Is the Hybrid Cloud Right for Your Business?
Hybrid clouds combine your data center with the public cloud resources. Hybrid clouds are seen by an intermediate step from the data center to the public cloud migration by some…
Are Cloud Providers Pushing Clients Back to Colocation?
When it comes to networking capabilities, knowledge truly is power. Those companies that rely heavily on their networks for the storing and sharing of business information know that without a…
Is One Worldwide Cloud Storage a Dream or a Nightmare?
Although the concept of cloud computing first gained traction in 1996, the actual design developed in 1994, and the precursors to computing as a service rather than as a product…
Is Cloud Storage the Pinnacle of Technology? What’s Next, if Anything?
When it was first introduced into public servers, the cloud was a mysterious entity that confused the general public, but it did not take long for people to see its…
Can You Be Required by Law Where to Host Your Website?
The Russian Duma passed an amendment regarding the regulation of personal data. The law will likely require all domestic and foreign companies to store data on servers physically located in…
How to Run Your Own Private Cloud
In business, IT has gone from being an expense column in the budget, to a real answer for improving efficiency and increasing the bottom line. Private clouds are becoming increasingly…
How Secure Is the Cloud? Will It Rain Personal Information Everywhere?
Businesses want to believe in Cloud computing. For those who decide to use the Cloud, the benefits are overwhelming. As modern businesses farm out such overhead activities as human resources…
The Effect of Cloud Computing on the Data Center
In May of 2012, I have published a blog post and discussed the types and the evolution of the data center. In this article, I will take the discussion further…
The spread of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, their connection with all types of computing devices from personal computers to mobile phones and their ability to save data directly to the…
3 Steps to Cloud SLA: #3 Compensation
If we quickly review the first two articles, I have discussed that in the Service Level Agreement (SLA) the service and its availability is defined as well as the clauses…
3 Steps to Cloud SLA: #2 Exceptions and Limitations
The section that the cloud customers should very carefully analyze is the service level agreement’s (SLA) “exceptions” or “limitations” section. The title may vary from one contract to the other;…