Opinion

Opinion

• Shrouded costs could be death knell of traditional IT

  As SaaS and IaaS offer services for pricing transparency in monthly bills, shrouded costs may be the death of traditional IT.  Continue Reading

• Simple, cheap IaaS helps cloud ecosystem grow

  A stripped-down version of IaaS is beneficial to both cloud providers and customers, removing lock-in and making way for a partner ecosystem.  Continue Reading

• Make your enterprise invaluable to an IaaS provider

  When it comes to choosing an IaaS provider, don't be enticed by price drops. Your choice should be focused on partnering ability, not the lowest cost.  Continue Reading

• Letter from the SearchCloudComputing editor

  With the new SearchAWS site coming, Site Editor Caitlin White expresses her views on the future of SearchCloudComputing.  Continue Reading

• Can the cloud brand live up to its original promises?

  Cloud computing has long battled with the IT market to prove its ROI. As PaaS climbs into the ring, can the cloud brand keep its original promises?  Continue Reading

• Brave new IT world: Cloud revolution centers on people, not technology

  IT people fear public cloud computing will replace their jobs, but there could be a brave new world even after cloud adoption.  Continue Reading

• Could the end of Nirvanix storage mean the end of cloud nirvana?

  Nirvanix's collapse along with recent data privacy news should make enterprise IT wary of going all-in with cloud computing services.  Continue Reading

• Public, private and hybrid clouds: Beware of cloud washing

  Private cloud is no different from public or hybrid cloud. But it is different from a virtual data center. Have you been the victim of cloud washing?  Continue Reading

• Clouds are more secure than traditional IT systems -- and here's why

  A strong-held belief in traditional IT security over cloud is faltering as studies find that data location matters less than accessibility.  Continue Reading

• Finding the true value of cloud means not focusing on infrastructure

  The cloud market seems stuck on the infrastructure in Infrastructure as a Service, which could squander the real benefits of cloud computing.  Continue Reading

• In the rush to cloud, enterprise IT can't forget traditional IT best practices

  The collapse of Nirvanix has IT experts worried about cloud failures, but IT pros should remember old school IT best practices to avoid trouble.  Continue Reading

• Why most enterprise companies can't afford to ignore the cloud

  Although cloud benefits vary from one company to the next, a few across-the-board advantages make it difficult for enterprise companies to ignore.  Continue Reading

• Has Microsoft lost sight of its original Windows Azure PaaS vision?

  At its core, Windows Azure isn't too different from AWS. But Microsoft's fuzzy focus has made non-Microsoft technologies second-class citizens.  Continue Reading

• With cloud technologies, pay attention to the man behind the curtain

  Enterprise IT ventures toward cloud like Dorothy toward Oz -- full of hope. But to unveil cloud's true benefits, we can't believe all the hype.  Continue Reading

• AWS cloud security compliance beats on-premises

  Despite continuing concerns about cloud security, AWS proves its cloud security compliance with FedRAMP is better and easier than on-premises.  Continue Reading