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Economics of cloud computing


As CIOs and managers review their IT budgets and strive to cut costs, a cloud computing architecture can be attractive given zero up-front capital costs for hardware and software and multi-tenant, pooled-resources for flexible scaling up or down. Cloud providers claim it also lowers IT staffing requirements. Get news and resources on the cost-saving benefits of cloud computing but also the potential higher costs and risks of a cloud environment, including loss of control of your infrastructure and lack of in-house IT expertise when you need it. This topic also covers the economics of cloud computing and EC2 pricing.
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Major players form cloud coalition, challenge traditional hardware vendors
SearchCloudComputing.com | 06 Nov 2009
ARTICLE - This week: EMC, Cisco and VMware unite to push for transition to private cloud; IBM offers SOA test and dev for the cloud.
City of Angels is now City of Google
SearchCloudComputing.com | 30 Oct 2009
ARTICLE - This week: Los Angeles turns its email over to Google; Amazon offers a new database service in the cloud.
Oracle users balk at cloud computing
SearchCloudComputing.com | 13 Oct 2009
ARTICLE - Oracle shops fear running databases in the cloud cannot match the performance or costs they can get in-house.
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Tech Watch: Cloud computing services
Submitted By: SearchCloudComputing.com | 31 Oct 2008
FEATURE - Find out how to stay relevant in cloud computing's new world order.
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Comparing Microsoft Azure's pricing policies
SearchCloudComputing.com | 28 Aug 2009
TUTORIAL - Microsoft's reluctance to release Azure pricing details made users wary, and the numbers it finally released come up short against Google App Engine in several ways.
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Cloud computing 101, part 2
Published by: SearchCloudComputing.com | 13 Aug 2009
PODCAST - Learn about the advantages provided by cloud computing in part two of our podcast with Jeff Kaplan, managing director at THINKstrategies Inc.
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