June 2013

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  Canadian G-Cloud aims to stop country's tech innovation drought

  Along with security and cost worries, Canada must overcome a stagnant technology market on its path to G-Cloud -- but how high are the hurdles really?  Continue Reading

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  Cloud computing news and technical advice RSS feed is moving!

  As of July 1, the Cloud computing news and technical advice RSS feed will be moving off of the Pheedo platform. Instead, please bookmark the following URL to make sure you continue to receive our content: http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/...  Continue Reading

• June 26, 2013 26 Jun'13

  High-tech leaders call for Canadian G-Cloud First policy

  Canadian tech leaders make a play for government adoption of cloud services, hoping it can kick-start innovation and communication in the country.  Continue Reading

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  Understanding IT's role in cloud security and compliance

  Cloud security and compliance concerns linger for enterprise IT, but not all responsibility falls on them. Vendors must carry some of the load.  Continue Reading

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  The pros and cons of Analytics as a Service

  Analytics as a Service can reduce time and cost of data analysis for enterprises. However, relying on black-box analysis can be a risky proposition.  Continue Reading

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  Put on your tinfoil hats, the government is looking at your cloud data

  The current NSA scandal has potential public cloud adopters running scared of Big Brother, but how much should this change cloud security practices?  Continue Reading

• June 21, 2013 21 Jun'13

  Negating network latency's effects without bending law of physics

  Moving apps to the cloud for flexibility sounds great in theory, but latency creates its own problems unless you know how to counter its effects.  Continue Reading

• June 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  PaaS market heats up with Red Hat OpenShift, Savvis AppFog buy

  PaaS made headlines last week, but it's still difficult to gauge the true level of interest in Platform as a Service in the enterprise world.  Continue Reading

• June 17, 2013 17 Jun'13

  IBM, Salesforce deals usher in cloud consolidation era

  IBM's SoftLayer buy is getting mixed reviews from IT pros, but everyone agrees that it's an example of the consolidation phase of the cloud bubble.  Continue Reading

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  U.S. defense agencies' cloud transition yields better intelligence

  A cloud migration seems daunting but the effort is worthwhile; U.S. defense agencies say their cloud move led to better military intelligence.  Continue Reading

• June 13, 2013 13 Jun'13

  Migrating applications to the cloud

  Putting the cloud to work can mean migrating existing applications into the cloud, a process that requires careful planning and evaluation. This handbook considers best practices for the migration of applications to be sure that an organization can ...  Continue Reading

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  New HP cloud platforms come with training wheels

  New HP cloud products include an OpenStack-based Cloud OS and a number of platforms designed for rookie cloud users.  Continue Reading

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  Proposed IaaS marketplace leaves IT pros scratching heads

  A proposed marketplace for IaaS left some IT pros wondering about its practicality and just how one would achieve alignment from vendors.  Continue Reading

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  Cloud computing market innovation cannibalized by large IT providers

  While the cloud computing market is in no immediate danger of saturation, the lack of innovation among the big cloud players is troubling.  Continue Reading

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  Pharma company sings praises of its public cloud migration

  AMAG Pharmaceuticals eliminated its data center in 2008 for public cloud, and now enjoys the ability to hire and fire cloud vendors at will.  Continue Reading

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  IBM BlueMix a daunting combo of DevOps and IaaS

  IBM touts a grand vision for unifying DevOps with automated IaaS, but the concept is still in early beta and the market is nowhere near ready for it.  Continue Reading

• June 07, 2013 07 Jun'13

  Can government overcome the roadblocks to standardized cloud adoption?

  Australia launches a cloud strategy while the U.S. still lags behind. How can governments overcome compliance and security woes on the path to cloud?  Continue Reading

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  Open source projects roll into cloud market under AWS' shadow

  Open source projects haven't yet taken over the cloud market, but their innovations and cost benefits would be foolish for vendors to ignore.  Continue Reading

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  Private PaaS eases enterprise governance, cloud security concerns

  Enterprise IT is seeing the value of private PaaS on the path to true public PaaS. But don't ditch your existing IaaS architecture.  Continue Reading

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  IaaS infringes on acceptance of true PaaS cloud architecture

  Despite the many benefits of a true PaaS cloud architecture, IaaS vendors are marking their territory by offering pseudo PaaS.  Continue Reading