Monthly Archive: February 2009

Feb
18

Recasting Virtualization Initiatives as Cloud Initiatives

According to Forrester and Gartner, consolidating servers through virtualization can result in up to 50% savings on hardware costs¹ and a 15-20% reduction in total cost of ownership² once a project is complete and project costs have been included. I’d wager most IT managers would agree that virtualization has been a cost saving strategy for …

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Feb
10

Better Software with Crowdsourcing and Cloud Computing

Crowdsourcing and cloud computing are two exciting trends in the tech industry. We’ve teamed up with our friends at uTest to show how you can combine online communities and cloud-based infrastructure to build better software.  Join our 30 minute live Webcast tomorrow to learn: • How crowdsourcing and cloud computing can be used together to improve …

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Feb
04

Gartner Says Cloud Application Infrastructure Technologies Need Seven Years to Mature

Gartner issued a press release predicting the 3 phases of evolution for cloud computing. In the first phase, pioneers and trailblazers, Gartner predicts successful vendors will focus on rapid-application-development-oriented tools and solutions where return on investment can be acquired within 18 to 24 months. We agree that successful cloud providers will need to prove their …

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