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• Building a Citrix private cloud in six steps

  Are you ready to build a private cloud? Use Citrix’s cloud offerings and follow these six steps to get your cloud up and running. 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

• Resolving cloud application migration issues

  To construct increasingly portable cloud applications, more appropriate application architectures and open cloud standards are a necessity. Continue Reading

• Calculating the cost advantages of private cloud

  In the right situation, private cloud can save you money. This chapter excerpt explains the value in estimating the pricing benefits of an in-house cloud. Continue Reading

• Piecing together VMware's cloud strategy

  Can VMware's lead in server virtualization translate to cloud supremacy? A bevy of challengers will make VMware's goal of bringing cloud to the enterprise a difficult one. Continue Reading

• Comparing four cloud computing strategies

  It's important for prospective cloud adopters to know what the key vendors are planning. Our expert explains what to expect from four different offerings.Continue Reading

• Why is cloud computing so hard to understand?

  In this chapter excerpt, see why cloud computing can be considered both a tangible delivery model and a buzzword for advanced IT services.Continue Reading

• IBM’s cloud computing strategy: Flying blind?

  IBM seems like a natural to lead in the cloud computing market, but instead the industry pioneer struggles to redefine itself in a fast-changing services world.Continue Reading

• Salesforce.com legitimizes cloud strategy with Heroku purchase

  Salesforce.com acquires Ruby on Rails platform Heroku for $212 million, increasing its stake in the cloud development game and raising questions about the future of VMforce.Continue Reading

• Evaluating cloud computing services: Criteria to consider

  Not all clouds are created equal. When considering possible cloud computing providers, be sure to factor in differing criteria like performance levels, cost and reliability.Continue Reading

• Interacting with cloud services: A management perspective

  Discover how to limit and manage cloud computing services both inside the enterprise and in a public cloud environment in this cloud computing roundtable.Continue Reading

• Five tips for evaluating the TCO of a cloud application

  Before moving applications into a cloud computing environment, take a look at these five guidelines for calculating the total cost of ownership of your apps.Continue Reading

• Using CMDBs and service catalogs to build private clouds

  Companies leading the charge on building private clouds are making use of service catalogs and configuration management databases to support the rapid change enabled by cloud-based IT services.Continue Reading

• VMware's fortunes hinge on cloud strategy success

  VMware has locked up the hypervisor lead in the data center and now wants to dominate cloud services. Enterprise IT shops must weigh its expertise against Microsoft in the enterprise and Google in the cloud.Continue Reading

• Salesforce.com and CVM do supply-chain management in the cloud

  Salesforce.com rolled out the red carpet for its collaboration with CVM Technology when it put the company's supply-chain management tool on Force.com.Continue Reading

• Deciphering Red Hat's cloud computing strategy

  Red Hat's cloud strategy seems aimed at providing consistent open source cloud service for data centers and public clouds using tools like Deltacloud and Linux -- an approach our expert thoroughly examines.Continue Reading

• Five open source tools for building and managing clouds

  Cloud computing is poised to reap the benefits of open source tools. Our expert describes five tools, including KVM, Eucalyptus and Deltacloud, to keep an eye on.Continue Reading

• Why cloud computing is here to stay

  Some industry experts expect the cloud business model to fail. What they're ignoring, however, is that cloud computing can solve real world problems at a reasonable cost.Continue Reading

• Wanted: New skills for cloud computing success

  As IT departments adapt to the cloud, managers may need new skill sets to make cloud computing architectures work.Continue Reading

• The building blocks of private cloud

  Before building a private cloud, make sure that you understand its virtualization underpinnings and the essential characteristics of cloud computing in general.Continue Reading

• The top 20 SaaS and cloud computing buzzwords

  Learn the top 20 SaaS and cloud computing buzzwords. Get information on on-demand CRM, hosted CRM and cloud-based computing.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing licensing: Buyer beware

  One of the major issues with moving applications to the cloud is the effect it has on licensing. It's a complex problem that the vendors have not yet answered. This article digs into the details on what IT pros should be aware of when considering ...Continue Reading

• Cloud management tools guide for beginners

  Get a better understanding of the major players in cloud infrastructure management and provisioning, including RightScale, Kaavo, Zeus and Scalr.Continue Reading

• How to build an application for the cloud

  The CTO and founder of email archiving service provider Sonian discusses how he designed his Software as a Service application specifically for the cloud.Continue Reading

• Want to build a private cloud?

  Where should IT pros start when it comes to building a private cloud? This tip digs into the requirements for private cloud, including IT automation, security and standards.Continue Reading

• How cloud computing will change capacity management

  Capacity management in IT departments has been informed by the limitations of traditional data centers. Cloud computing will change the ball-game, allowing IT managers to deal with the new rivers of data that would overflow the traditional data ...Continue Reading

• Does cloud computing reduce IT staffing and costs?

  The given wisdom is that cloud computing decreases IT costs and improves employee productivity. But evidence suggests that the benefits of the cloud aren't so clear-cut.Continue Reading