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• Cloud computing facts may unclench server huggers' hold

  Some IT pros have white-knuckle grips on servers and traditional on-premises IT. But that may be because of misinformation on cloud. Continue Reading

• Sizing, pricing Amazon Web Services EC2 instance types

  Bill Claybrook compares complex sizing and pricing issues when choosing EC2 instance types. Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery a gateway drug to public clouds

  Enterprises have a bevy of options for disaster recovery, but cloud backup can be a conservative path away from in-house infrastructure all together. Continue Reading

• Three market signs that a cloud revolution is brewing

  A cloud revolution is coming, changing the user landscape. Major IaaS price cuts and other provider moves give hints on where cloud is heading. Continue Reading

• Setting the record straight on crazy cloud computing ideas

  From confusing cloud with virtualization to starting a 'crime cloud,' you wouldn't believe some companies' misconceptions on cloud. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

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• Untangle cloud billing knots across multiple providers

  Tracking your spending while using multiple cloud accounts can be a budgeting nightmare, but services are available to simplify the process.Continue Reading

• Get comfortable designing cloud apps in Red Hat OpenShift

  OpenShift will make cloud developers using Git and Jenkins feel right at home. But for others, there are a few things to know.Continue Reading

• Seven deadly DevOps strategy sins and how to avoid them

  Like all transformational ideas, DevOps requires a real investment. Don't fall prey to these seven common failures.Continue Reading

• New cloud service uses big data sources to improve emergency response

  A new cloud service from Swan Island Networks allows cities to tie information together from multiple big data sources to improve emergency response.Continue Reading

• A better SLA: Get a cloud contract that meets compliance requirements

  Businesses need a strong SLA for a cloud solution that satisfies compliance needs. Want a solid cloud contract? Start by asking the right questions.Continue Reading

• Stanford, Facebook get others on board with green IT movement

  Stanford engineers and Facebook are both hoping to influence others into thinking about their data center power use, even in the cloud.Continue Reading

• Open source options in cloud grow -- will customer confusion follow?

  With OpenStack, Cloud Foundry and CloudStack each making open source market moves, the waters muddy when it comes to differentiating.Continue Reading

• IaaS cloud computing exchange could clear the path to true multi-cloud

  Imagine a world where you trade IaaS resources in a stock-market setting, full of options to suit your enterprise. It's closer than you'd imagine.Continue Reading

• IBM's Watson supercomputer gives developers access to cognitive cloud

  IBM makes the Watson supercomputer available to developers and brings the cognitive cloud to Internet applications.Continue Reading

• Migrating to Office 365 requires planning, pilot-testing

  Contributor Tom Nolle explains why companies migrating to Office 365 need to plan, pilot-test and verify at every step.Continue Reading

• Look beyond the bottom line when choosing a cloud storage system

  When choosing a cloud storage system, price is only the beginning. Inappropriate technical features could cost you more.Continue Reading

• Cloud capacity planning takes shape -- but slowly

  Many companies have little to no cloud capacity planning, but as they see cost overruns in their cloud environment, they may change their minds.Continue Reading

• Eclipse Scout: Open source framework offers enterprise cloud support

  Three Eclipse Scout experts offer advice to business application developers, providing strategies and practices for making the leap to cloud services.Continue Reading

• cloud spanning

  Cloud spanning is a cloud delivery model in which an application requiring a large pool of computing resources is deployed over multiple cloud environments (private cloud, public cloud and/or hybrid cloud).Continue Reading

• Know enough to deploy smart process apps? Find out with this quiz

  Try this quick test to find out just how much you know about smart process apps.Continue Reading

• FAQ: Use smart process apps to boost process-management benefits

  Associate site editor Caroline de Lacvivier answers frequently asked questions about using smart process apps for business process management.Continue Reading

• 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

• Expect the unexpected with a solid cloud DR strategy

  Failures such as natural disasters and outages are bound to affect your IT environment. A strong cloud DR strategy can ease these calamities.Continue Reading

• cloud application performance management (CAPM)

  Cloud application performance management (CAPM or cloud APM) is the process of monitoring resources that support application program performance in private and hybrid cloud environments.Continue Reading

• Is Amazon CloudSearch superior to do-it-yourself search tools?

  Big data can be incredibly valuable for enterprise business intelligence. But to extract that value, you must choose the most appropriate search tool.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

• Emphasize ease of use to win buy-in for Microsoft Office 365 suite

  In this answer, expert Chris Moyer discusses ways to earn management and user buy-in to ensure a smooth transition to the Microsoft Office 365 suite.Continue Reading

• Users order up their own IT resources via self-service cloud portals

  In this answer, expert Chris Moyer offers tips for building a self-service cloud portal that lets employees obtain their own IT services.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

• SnapLogic

  SnapLogic is a software company that offers cloud integration products to allow customers to connect cloud-based data and applications with on-premise business systems.Continue Reading

• In cloud planning, make room for storage

  This handbook explores cloud-based storage in terms of cost, manageability, scalability, flexibility, latency/availability and more. It also looks at cloud-based backup and disaster recovery options in the cloud.Continue Reading

• Private PaaS offerings: Benefits, challenges, best practices and more

  Learn how to evaluate, select and deploy the best private Platform as a Service (PaaS) offerings to improve overall cloud experience.Continue Reading

• The future of cloud apps: Key trends lead the way to real benefits

  Contributor Tom Nolle provides an insightful analysis into important trends driving the future of cloud apps.Continue Reading

• This year's best advice on building, managing the hybrid cloud model

  There was no shortage of talk in 2013 about getting to a hybrid cloud model. And we have the best advice to help you reach that goal in the next year.Continue Reading

• Pop cloud quiz: Were you paying attention to cloud news in 2013?

  Do you know what company IBM acquired in June, or which major provider supports Pivotal's open source PaaS? Test your knowledge with this cloud quiz.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing timeline illustrates cloud's past, predicts its future

  To know where cloud is going, you have to know where it's from. This timeline illustrates cloud's bumpy history and what that means for its future.Continue Reading

• Considering migration to the cloud? Answer five key questions first

  In this Q&A, Todd DeCapua of Shunra Software Ltd. discusses considerations for minimizing risk and maximizing benefits in a migration to cloud.Continue Reading

• Vendors offer variety of options for building corporate app stores

  This feature, part of a series on how to create, govern and maintain an in-house corporate app store, offers a broad overview of vendors in the space.Continue Reading

• IT professional services can bend the cloud computing learning curve

  Shelling out cash for an outside cloud consultant can save an enterprise time, money and effort -- plus ease the learning curve for IT pros.Continue Reading

• Who will be AWS competition when everyone wants to be Amazon's friend?

  As Amazon widens its partner ecosystem, David Linthicum explores its competition, as well as PaaS' place in the debate.Continue Reading

• A corporate app store can boost reuse of enterprise data and processes

  In this report from the WSO2Con 2013 conference, contributor George Lawton describes how corporate app stores promote data and process reuse.Continue Reading

• Change agents: Leaders in enterprise application architecture

  In this guide, we examine various transformative projects and the agents of change who made them possible through their creativity and determination.Continue Reading

• Appcelerator's corporate app store lets developers share knowledge

  Appcelerator's Open Mobile Marketplace lets developers buy and share software components in a corporate app-store environment.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

• What is object storage and why do cloud providers rely heavily on it?

  Object storage may not look like block and file storage devices often used in enterprises, but one key feature has cloud providers in love.Continue Reading

• Deploying a corporate app store? These steps can streamline the job

  In this expert tip, contributor Tom Nolle describes steps for planning and launching a corporate app store.Continue Reading

• Cloud integration platforms help users build an integration process

  Learn how running a cloud integration platform can add value to your integration process.Continue Reading

• 'Failure by design': Advice for surviving disaster in the public cloud

  In this expert answer, contributor Chris Moyer offers advice on taking a 'failure by design' approach to prevent public-cloud catastrophe.Continue Reading

• Streamlining key IaaS operations with SaaS cloud management

  Cloud management services let companies focus on business issues rather than technical ones. And third-party tools can be particularly helpful in AWS.Continue Reading

• Virtualization to cloud: Planning, executing a private cloud migration

  Moving from virtualization to the cloud requires careful planning and execution, but with the proper tools, enterprise IT can make the switch.Continue Reading

• Platform as a Service: Expert advice for selecting a PaaS vendor

  Seeking a PaaS vendor? Browse this collection of articles, tips, expert answers and other content to help you make the right choice.Continue Reading

• Maximize cloud benefits with five keys to private cloud automation

  Public cloud-wary companies often turn to private cloud, but added overhead could outweigh its benefits without key automation tools and processes.Continue Reading

• NSA scandal serves as mother of invention for cloud privacy industry

  Because necessity is the mother of invention, the NSA scandal accelerated the market for cloud privacy, meaning data is safer than ever in the cloud.Continue Reading

• Cloud process management quiz: Test what you know about cloud BPM

  How well do you understand cloud process management? Test your knowledge with this six-question quiz.Continue Reading

• Do you know everything about Anything as a Service?

  In the enterprise, almost everything is available through the cloud 'as a Service.' Do you know the ins and outs of your many cloud service options?Continue Reading

• European Cloud Computing Strategy (ECCS)

  The European Cloud Computing Strategy (ECCS) is an initiative established by the European Commission to promote the adoption of cloud computing services.Continue Reading

• Enterprises see clear advantage of cloud computing and BYOD combo

  The BYOD trend puts enterprise IT in a sticky spot. Despite benefits, BYOD and cloud cause security pains. This FAQ helps you prep for what's coming.Continue Reading

• Host Analytics

  Host Analytics is a provider of cloud-based corporate performance management (CPM) software.Continue Reading

• Test your knowledge with our cloud applications quiz

  See how well you really understand cloud applications. If you need help, check out the news section of SearchCloudApplications.com.Continue Reading

• IBM SmartCloud

  IBM SmartCloud is a line of enterprise-class cloud computing technologies and services for building and using private, public and hybrid clouds.Continue Reading

• Dell Boomi

  Dell Boomi is a Software as a Service (SaaS) integration vendor that provides its AtomSphere technology to a host of industry giants, including Salesforce.com, NetSuite, SuccessFactors and SAP.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

• What keeps Amazon Web Services cloud on top?

  Amazon Web Services shows no sign of handing over the throne as cloud king. Better stay up-to-date on its services and role in the cloud market.Continue Reading

• Cloud Industry Forum

  The Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) is a cloud computing organization in the United Kingdom (UK) that seeks to promote transparency and security in cloud deployments by creating a Code of Practice for cloud service providers.Continue Reading

• 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

• Reining in SaaS chaos: Control shadow IT and identity management

  Businesses are hoping to benefit from the introduction of SaaS, but without a well-defined procedure it can quickly turn to chaos.Continue Reading

• Getting your bearings on the basics of cloud networking

  Cloud and networking are two complicated technologies that often leave IT admins asking tough questions. Here are a few common head scratchers.Continue Reading

• SaaS technology and strategy quiz

  See how well you really understand SaaS. If you need help, check out our SaaS Technology Guide.Continue Reading

• cloud-oriented architecture (COA)

  A cloud-oriented architecture (COA) is a conceptual model encompassing all elements in a cloud environment. In information technology, architecture refers to the overall structure of an information system and the interrelationships of entities that ...Continue Reading

• Developing for the cloud: Challenges and best practices

  The developer is in demand more than ever, and yet the role still alludes most in the IT world. With some insight into cloud computing, platforms and ecosystems, development processes can be more clearly defined, and the part of the developer will ...Continue Reading

• Racemi

  Racemi is a data center software vendor that specializes in cloud provisioning and cloud migration products. Racemi’s products enable physical-to-cloud (P2C), cloud-to-physical (C2P) and cloud-to-cloud (C2C) migration.Continue Reading

• autoscaling

  Auto-scaling, also spelled autoscaling, is a cloud computing service feature that automatically adds or removes compute resources depending upon actual usage.Continue Reading

• CloudSwitch

  CloudSwitch is a company that makes cloud migration software. The company’s products make it easier for users to move applications and workloads securely between their business premises and the cloud.Continue Reading

• Testing as a Service (TaaS)

  Testing as a Service (TaaS) is an outsourcing model in which testing activities associated with some of an organization’s business activities are performed by a service provider rather than employees.Continue Reading

• cloud OS

  Cloud OS is a marketing label used to describe a lightweight operating system (OS) intended for netbooks or tablet PCs that access Web-based applications and stored data from remote servers.Continue Reading

• turnkey cloud

  A turnkey cloud is a product that includes pre-tested and certified packages of software and/or hardware and storage that a cloud provider or enterprise can deploy quickly.Continue Reading

• cloud IDE

  A cloud IDE is a web-based integrated development platform (IDE) that is accessed through a browser.Continue Reading

• cloud service migration

  Cloud service migration is the process of transitioning an organization’s data and perhaps other business elements from one cloud service provider to another.Continue Reading

• mobile cloud

  The mobile cloud is Internet-based data, applications and related services accessed through smartphones, laptop computers, tablets and other portable devices.Continue Reading

• Cloud application development and cloud API FAQs

  Cloud APIs are changing the way cloud application development is done, and many consider them to be an integral part of cloud computing.Continue Reading

• portable app

  A portable application (portable app) is a software product designed to be easily moved from one computing environment to another.Continue Reading

• Kapow

  Kapow is a company that provides an API (application program interface) called Katalyst to migrate digital content in the cloud between diverse applications or databases.Continue Reading

• consumption-based pricing model

  A consumption-based pricing model is a service provision and payment scheme in which the customer pays according to the resources used.Continue Reading

• Test your Windows Azure IQ

  Windows Azure will be an integral part of Microsoft’s cloud strategy going forward. How high is your IQ on the product? Find out by taking our quiz.Continue Reading

• Jitterbit

  Jitterbit is a commercial software integration product that facilitates transport between legacy, enterprise, and on-demand computing applications.Continue Reading

• data portability

  Data portability is the ability to move data among different application programs, computing environments or cloud services.Continue Reading

• Hyper-V Cloud

  Hyper-V Cloud is a combination of Microsoft virtualization and virtualization management software that makes it easier for businesses to virtualize their existing server hardware assets and either consolidate them or move them to the cloud.Continue Reading

• Windows Azure Fabric Controller (FC)

  The Azure Fabric Controller (FC) is the part of the Windows Azure platform that monitors and manages virtual and physical servers and coordinates resources for software applications.Continue Reading

• community cloud

  A community cloud is a multi-tenant infrastructure that is shared among several organizations from a specific group with common computing concerns.Continue Reading

• Managing and monitoring cloud computing services

  Keep your cloud services operating at optimal performance levels with advice from this collection of cloud management and monitoring resources.Continue Reading

• How providers affect cloud applications migration

  Migrating applications from one cloud to another isn’t quite as simple as picking up and transitioning. A lot depends on choosing the right provider.Continue Reading

• What converged infrastructure brings to private cloud

  Next-gen hardware, designed with virtualization and cloud computing in mind, aims to solve the scalability problems that come with do-it-yourself virtual infrastructures.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing development for beginners

  Cloud newbies that find themselves navigating unfamiliar terrain should check out this collection of tips, tutorials and news for a cloud development orientation.Continue Reading

• cloud-in-a-can (cloud in a box)

  A cloud-in-a-can, also called a cloud in a box, is a marketing term used to describe a turnkey product for private cloud deployments.Continue Reading

• cloud cartography

  Cloud cartography is a scheme for pinpointing the physical locations of Web servers hosted on a third-party cloud computing service. The goal of cloud cartography is to map the service provider's infrastructure in order to identify where a ...Continue Reading

• Cloud computing performance FAQ: What makes the cloud go?

  Cloud computing offers many benefits, but performance issues can complicate matters. Find out how to combat service-level agreement concerns, deal with varying performance levels and solve other frequently asked cloud performance questions.Continue Reading

• Open source's role in cloud computing

  The open source market for cloud computing already features a well-formed batch of tools and services. As open source evolves, our guide can help you keep up with the latest news and advice on Red Hat, Eucalyptus and all the major open source ...Continue Reading

• Software as a Service: Working with Web-based apps

  The emergence of Software as a Service has enabled organizations to get new applications up and running quickly and cheaply, saving resources for mission-critical tasks. But several old questions about security and integration, along with new ...Continue Reading

• What constitutes Software as a Service?

  As the Software as a Service market expands, more and more Web-based applications are offered to the public. But are these really SaaS or just marketing fluff?Continue Reading

• Tackling Software as a Service integration issues

  More Web-friendly designs and tools are available for companies adopting Software as a Service, making it easier for them to handle the transition in areas like human resource databases and inventory tracking.Continue Reading