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Cloud integration tools and platforms
Learn about the decisions IT managers must make when it comes to cloud integration tools, platforms and architectures. Continue Reading
PaaS selection starts at the programming language
The PaaS market is growing without a single leader or approach. Picking a model should involve more than just saying, ‘Eeney, meeney, miney, moe.’ Continue Reading
The basics of cloud-based data storage
Public cloud can offer near-limitless storage, though it’s not always the right choice. Storing the wrong type of data there has its consequences. Continue Reading
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Big data buzz gets louder with Apache Hadoop and Hive
Apache Hive gives SQL-savvy developers the power to add up complex queries against big data in Windows Azure blobs. Continue Reading
Primary factors for migrating VMs to the cloud
Cloud may seem to change everything, but the issues aren't new. Looking closely at virtual-to-cloud migration, it's more like a throwback to P2V days. Continue Reading
Pros and cons of a non-VM-based IaaS model
Building an IaaS cloud without using VMs has some limits. The ability to progress to a mixed-service cloud can help IT teams ignore potential issues.Continue Reading
Why big data, testing make good Amazon EC2 spot instance candidates
Amazon EC2 spot instances are ideal for use with some cloud apps. Running tasks like big data analysis there can even reduce your bottom line.Continue Reading
Rules for deploying virtual machine images in the cloud
Choosing a method for deploying VMs in the cloud forces you to reckon with your priorities. Weigh advantages of assembly on demand vs. golden images.Continue Reading
Examining the state of PaaS in the year of ‘big data’
Either more vendors are offering ‘big data’ capabilities or they have creative marketing teams. Which PaaS provider’s big data cloud is the real deal?Continue Reading
Using OpenStack as the building block for a do-it-yourself cloud
While building a private cloud on open source software may not be for all companies, OpenStack has features that make it worth it to develop in-house.Continue Reading
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Planning and testing cloud-based disaster recovery
Cloud-based disaster recovery can be less expensive and faster than traditional DR -- and it could protect your enterprise when all hell breaks loose.Continue Reading
Open source cloud platforms: Moving from hype to production
Success of several open source cloud providers hinges on whether OpenStack cloud is production-ready. How do Eucalyptus, Red Hat and others stack up?Continue Reading
Selecting the right virtual machine for your private cloud
So you’re ready to get into private cloud? Pace yourself. Choosing to cloud-enable the wrong VM could negatively affect performance.Continue Reading
Keys to integrated cloud application management
Seamless cloud application management isn’t a pipe dream. By following a few steps, cloud admins can monitor cloud app performance from one interface.Continue Reading
Hybrid cloud management tools and strategies
Determining how to manage hybrid clouds can seem daunting. The trick is to identify what you need to manage and the best types of tools for the job.Continue Reading
Six principles of HP Cloud Services
Lining up cloud platforms from major vendors can cause vertigo. What’s the difference among private cloud products? Take a look at HP Cloud Services.Continue Reading
Four cloud computing myths debunked
Misinformation and misconceptions surround the cloud market, and falling for these four myths can ruin your cloud project.Continue Reading
The rise of the non-Amazon IaaS cloud provider
Amazon isn’t the only vendor in the IaaS universe. With other large vendors out there and niche providers cropping up, enterprises have choices.Continue Reading
Microsoft cloud service lets citizen developers crunch big data
Microsoft’s "Data Explorer" cloud service puts coding power into the hands citizen developers. It remains to be seen how deep into big data users get.Continue Reading
Load balancing servers in a private cloud
Overloaded servers can crush performance and ruin end users’ computing experiences. Load balancing is key to maintaining healthy, robust clouds.Continue Reading
Self-service, security and storage tools for the private cloud
To manage a private cloud, you’ll need third-party tools that can help create self-service portals, maintain security and control storage.Continue Reading
Performing due diligence before signing a cloud SLA
Cloud computing isn’t without risks. But companies can cover their assets by performing some due diligence before signing a service-level agreement.Continue Reading
Checklist: Managing applications in the cloud
Moving applications to the cloud goes beyond selecting the right apps. Next steps include configuring apps, migrating data and monitoring.Continue Reading
Hybrid cloud: The best of public and private clouds
Hybrid clouds are gaining acceptance in the enterprise. With three ways to build a hybrid cloud, you need to know which integration method is best.Continue Reading
Cloud security concerns persist over multi-tenancy environments
Since Oracle announced its cloud plans, multi-tenancy has again become a concern. Should users be worried? Cloud expert Jeff Kaplan pulls the truth about cloud security out of the fog.Continue Reading
Monitoring cloud workload activities
Do you know what your cloud is doing? Monitoring cloud workloads can help spot performance problems that might be lurking behind the scenes.Continue Reading
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
Google, IBM, Oracle want piece of big data in the cloud
Public cloud giants hop onto big data in the cloud with Hadoop/MapReduce integrations.Continue Reading
Enterprise cloud licensing basics
Managing software licenses is challenging, and cloud only increases that complexity. Start early; keep licensing models in mind when building clouds.Continue Reading
Cloud computing breathes life into test and development
Test and dev departments often draw the short straw when it comes to hardware and resources. In some cases, performing test and dev in the cloud makes more sense than keeping it internal.Continue Reading
Enterprises usher in mobile cloud computing
As mobile cloud computing infiltrates the enterprise, IT managers and developers still grapple with security and policy issues.Continue Reading
Mapping applications to the hybrid cloud
Moving the right application to a hybrid cloud can help enterprises eke out the most value from the public cloud.Continue Reading
Connecting cloud data sources with the OData API
The Open Data Protocol could be the key to linking on-premises enterprise data and cloud sources.Continue Reading
The importance of identity federation in the cloud
IT shops need to focus on uptime and stability in the cloud to keep a competitive advantage. Identity federation can help maintain technological efficiency and business competency.Continue Reading
Three questions to ask when considering Microsoft Azure
Is Microsoft Azure a no-brainer cloud choice or impossible to adopt? Ask these three questions to determine if the cloud platform is right for you.Continue Reading
Users cite problems with Dell Boomi SaaS integration suite
Dell this week released an update to its newly acquired Boomi SaaS integration suite, but at least two companies say you won't catch them using the product anymore.Continue Reading
Finalizing VMware vCloud Director configuration
In the final part of our three-part series on configuring vCloud Director, our expert explains how to prep VMware's cloud management service.Continue Reading
Securing virtual machines in the cloud
Finding protection for a virtual infrastructure may seem unnecessary, but it's increasingly important to ensure the security of virtual machines in cloud-based environments.Continue Reading
Defining and allocating vCloud Director resources
For IT shops configuring VMware vCloud Director, here are the first four steps needed to make the service aware of a vSphere environment.Continue Reading
VMware vCloud Director configuration: How to begin
Configuring VMware's new vCloud Director can seem a little intimidating, but our expert shows you how to start the process in the first of this three-part series.Continue Reading
Choosing from the major Platform as a Service providers
Many organizations prefer Platform as a Service offerings for their cloud needs. Our expert compares options from Google, Microsoft and Amazon.Continue Reading
Ten questions to ask when storing data in the cloud
Concerned about the security and privacy of your data in the cloud? Ask these 10 questions of every cloud provider to ensure that they'll keep your data safe and flexible.Continue Reading
How much are free cloud computing services worth?
Free trials from cloud computing providers like Microsoft and Google are one way to lead new users toward cloud adoption. Our expert breaks down the value of each offering.Continue Reading
Connecting to virtual servers in the cloud
For IT shops that must move content from an enterprise network or desktop to a cloud-based server, here's how to set up remote connections to virtual servers.Continue Reading
Defining the Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud
Microsoft's entry into the private cloud world, Hyper-V Cloud, aims to link virtualization and business processes. Our expert explains how it'll fit in your virtual environment.Continue Reading
OpSource Cloud: Under the hood
OpSource's VMware-based cloud offers an intuitive cloud computing environment, but how does it stack up to Amazon Web Services?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
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
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
From private cloud to hybrid cloud: Six things to consider
IT organizations with private clouds should soon see the value in a hybrid cloud expansion. Find out six things you'll need to know before taking the hybrid cloud plunge.Continue Reading
Intrusion detection in a cloud computing environment
Make sure that your cloud computing environment is equipped to detect and respond to attacks with the appropriate intrusion detection systems.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
Is PCI compliance attainable in a public cloud?
Can you reach PCI-DSS compliance in a public cloud? The answer is yes, with some gotchas. Find out the requirements to stay compliant.Continue Reading
Understanding cloud compliance issues
Concerns about compliance have made companies wary of storing their data in public cloud environments.Continue Reading
Securing data in the cloud
Ensure data security in the cloud by classifying and storing it under the proper protection requirements.Continue Reading
The most important threat facing an IaaS cloud service
The number one threat to using an Infrastructure as a Service offering is the vulnerabilities of the underlying operating system and services.Continue Reading
Top threats in a PaaS cloud service and how to avoid them
Platform as a Service offerings suffer from vulnerabilities, such as lax default application configurations and holes in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols, which should be monitored and mitigated.Continue Reading
VMware vCloud Express providers: Hosting.com, Logica and Melbourne IT
Hosting.com, Logica, and Melbourne IT may not fit the bill as as vCloud Express providers, mainly because they seemed to have missed the "express" part of vCloud Express. And according to our contributor, a product being in Beta doesn't mean it ...Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Code sample illustrates how to write Azure applications for the cloud
In a series of blog entries on MSDN, Microsoft's Maor David-Pur has given developers a concrete, step-by-step Azure tutorial geared to experienced .NET developers.Continue Reading
Cloud computing and application security: Issues and risks
Contrary to popular belief, moving applications to the cloud won't make your application security responsibilities disappear. Learn more about the misconceptions around app security in the cloud.Continue Reading
Implementation cost for a rollout of SaaS at 20 locations
One reader asks how to calculate projected costs for a rollout of Software as a Service (SaaS) CRM at more than twenty locations. Read Denis Pombriant's advice here.Continue Reading