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Infrastructure IaaS cloud deployment strategies

• Are you using your cloud broker to its full potential?

  As the role of a cloud broker remains muddy, enterprises aren't capitalizing on all they have to offer beyond helping to choose a cloud provider. Continue Reading

• Designing public cloud applications for a hybrid cloud future

  If you aim for a future in hybrid cloud, consider the four keys to success when designing public cloud applications. Continue Reading

• Cloud brokerage market potential grows, but long-term future questionable

  Third-party services are emerging to help businesses sort through the cloud decision-making process. But are cloud brokers worth the investment? Continue Reading

• The state of the enterprise cloud and prepping for AWS re:Invent 2013

  Enterprise cloud has seen plenty of movement since AWS re:Invent 2012, while many of the recurring security concerns continue to plague enterprises. Continue Reading

• shadow IT

  Shadow IT is hardware or software that is not supported by an organization's IT department.  The term often carries a negative connotation because it implies the IT department has not approved the technology or doesn’t even know that employees are ... Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances
  • hybrid cloud
  • multi-cloud strategy
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

  • public cloud
  • cloud computing
  • cloud management
  • IBM Cloud (formerly IBM Bluemix and IBM SoftLayer)

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• How much do you know about Infrastructure as a Service?

  Enterprises should know all they can about IaaS and its cloud service providers before making the jump. This quiz will get you up to speed on IaaS.Continue Reading

• G-cloud (government cloud)

  G-Cloud, or Government Cloud Computing, is a U.K. government program aiming for government-wide adoption of cloud computing.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing from A to Z

  From Amazon EC2 to Windows Azure, we define the terms you need to know in this cloud computing glossary.Continue Reading

• Quiz: Cloud computing basics

  How much do you know about cloud computing? Find out in this quiz on cloud providers, public and private cloud and other cloud computing basics.Continue Reading

• Infrastructure as a Service: How to maintain control

  Buying Infrastructure as a Service is a mouth-watering prospect for CIOs and IT departments eager to drive down costs and speed up provisioning. But once IT is outsourced, keeping control of it can be a major challenge.Continue Reading