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Why The Cloud Adds Value To Business
When there is a major paradigm shift in technology one has to question -”yes clever - but how does it help me and my business?” However when a major paradigm shift, such as the Cloud, occurs, the question that needs to be asked is “ will my business suffer if I don’t adopt the Cloud?” read more
What Is The Current State Of Cloud Adoption Within The Business Landscape?
In May last year, I wrote a blog entitled “Crossing the Chasm - does it require A Bridge Too Far” when I referred to an article in Wikipedia on Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers a marketing book by Geoffrey A. Moore that focuses on the specifics of marketing high tech products during the early start up period. read more
The Cloud Needs Some Standards
One of the big issues for a buyer is - how do you choose a good Cloud provider from a bad one? Who do you trust? Maybe Cloud Computing needs some standards? read more
The Cloud Focus Needs To Shift Away From Infrastructure
Less than 2 months ago I was chairing some of the presentation streams and panels of the Cloud Computing World Forum, Europe's best attended Cloud event of 2011, held this year at Olympia in London. The conference sessions were generally good quality, but walking around the exhibition stands of the event I was struck by three things: read more
The Impact of Open VoIP Services in the Cloud
When Mark Spencer, the founder of Digium and the creator of the Asterisk open source communications framework, first conceived of a PBX written entirely in software he was attempting to avoid the closed-market expense of a business phone system. He couldn’t have foreseen that Asterisk and its open source brethren like OpenSIPS/Kamailio, FreeSWITCH and Yate would open the competitive door to a wave of new and unique cloud services that fly in the face of conventional telecommunications business models. read more
Cloud Adoption For Small Companies
I recently wrote a blog commenting about a particularly great blog that I’d read about the issues that there are or will be within the SME community for the wholesale adoption of Cloud based services. read more
Top Ten Benefits of SharePoint in the Cloud
Is Cloud computing just another hot buzzword? If you are within the IT space, you will have done exceptionally well to avoid the term cloud computing. Organizations that use SharePoint have very mixed views as to whether SharePoint in the cloud will provide them benefits. Therefore, lets discuss some of the top ten benefits for cloud computing with SharePoint. read more
Go Understand Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a term used to describe the Internet as a method of delivering information, software and other services. Cloud computing allows individuals and companies to use software applications that reside on a specialist company's servers. This can be accessed via the Internet. So instead of the software being physically located on a company's PC or an individual's PC, access is gained via the web. read more
The Future of Corporate IT is Private Cloud Computing
Cloud computing has become a short hand for the complex process of virtualisation and application delivery. On the whole, most users of cloud computing use Public Cloud services such as Google Apps, Microsoft BPOS or SalesForce.com, all names that have become synonymous with cloud. read more
An Overview of the Cloud: Most Common Uses of Cloud Computing For SMEs
Cloud computing has become a bit of a buzzword within the IT community. Often being used as a description for all types of utility based computing accessed over the internet; cloud computing, as a term, groups a whole host of different services and offerings... read more
