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• Mitigating the top three Software as a Service security concerns

  While Software as a Service users rely on the service's provider for general security needs, issues such as insecure credentials can still threaten a system's privacy. Continue Reading

• Five requirements for deploying an application in a public cloud

  Thinking about deploying an application in a public cloud? Investigate these five requirements to ensure success. Continue Reading

• Running a Web service on Google App Engine

  Google's App Engine for building Web applications in the cloud is beginning to support Java servlet-based Web services. It's still under development, but you can experiment using Eclipse support or command-line utilities in the SDK. Continue Reading

• Identifying applications for public and private clouds

  Before leaping head first into cloud services, figure which applications are best suited to a public versus private cloud. This article will help you define target apps for the cloud. Continue Reading

• Making sense of cloud-based SLAs

  Service-level agreements have become the master link in the chain that connects IT departments to cloud service providers, making it essential for IT managers to understand how SLAs can make or break a services relationship. Continue Reading

• Network considerations in cloud computing

  The impact of networking on cloud computing is best understood by considering public and private cloud applications in one dimension and cloud access versus intra-cloud networking in the other.Continue Reading

• Meeting performance standards and SLAs in the cloud

  There are six critical elements of cloud behavior that should be considered to meet performance levels in a cloud computing environment.Continue Reading

• The IT clouds: IBM, Microsoft and Sun

  Find out how cloud computing solutions from major IT vendors, such as IBM Computing on Demand, can offer increased compatibility to enterprises already working closely with the vendor's products.Continue Reading

• Introducing the key cloud computing platforms

  Discover the current leaders in cloud computing, including Amazon's EC2 and IBM Computing on Demand, and find out whether a public or private cloud is appropriate for your enterprise.Continue Reading

• Platform as a Service: Google and Force.com

  Discover how the Force.com cloud, Google's App Engine and other structured cloud computing solutions use cloud middleware and database tools to integrate applications into their platforms.Continue Reading

• Amazon's EC2 and the open source cloud projects

  Discover the benefits of the open cloud computing solution, such as Amazon's EC2, and how open source cloud environments like Eucalyptus can provide support for EC2 web services and applications.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing skepticism: IT security and compliance

  Although cloud computing has many potential benefits, IT pros remain skeptical about the cloud's viability. An expert explores whether security and compliance concerns in the cloud could hinder the viability of cloud computing.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing standards: Deploying and scaling services without lock-in

  Once the hurdle of having software enabled as a service is crossed, application interoperability becomes a non-issue, but what happens once a software service is incapable of handling demand with its initial hardware provisions? This inevitably ...Continue Reading

• Backup to the compute cloud

  William Brogden discusses the essential trends involved in the wide range of distributed computing configurations that cloud computing can accomplish.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing challenges: What do they mean for vCloud, Cloud Center?

  Cloud computing is fraught with challenges, including proper definition, interoperability and common standards and security. An expert examines these challenges and how their impact on initiatives like VMware's vCloud.Continue Reading