451 Report on Cloud Computing
Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Cloud Computing | No Comments »William Fellows, a Principal Analyst, at 451 Group has just published a report on Cloud Computing. It's one of the better reports I've seen and well worth a read (you can purchase it here). William defines clouds as having the following ...
Barriers to cloud computing adoption
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Cloud Computing, Skytap | No Comments »Despite all the benefits of cloud computing, there are some barriers to adoption. A recent panel on cloud computing at Interop 08 in Las Vegas, highlighted security and interoperability with in-house systems as key concerns for enterprises considering cloud computing. ...
Behind the buzz – what is cloud computing?
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Cloud Computing, Skytap, Virtual Lab | No Comments »Why the buzz? There is an incredible buzz around cloud computing recently, with major articles in Business Week, InfoWorld, CIO.com and numerous other publications, blogs and analyst reports. Nicholas Carr has written a bestselling book on the topic called “The Big ...
On-Site vs. Cloud Blog Discussion
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Cloud Computing, News | No Comments »Dan Kusnetzky from ZDNet recently posted an article on his blog listing various vendors that provide test lab and IT prototyping functionality. It's an interesting debate and we're obviously big advocates of using a cloud-based service for a number of ...