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The Inevitability of Private Cloud
February 15, 2012 09:46 AM
Private cloud may be inevitable, but diving into cloud without a plan is a terrible idea. And even with a technology plan, there are also two massive cultural problems to overcome: the buy-big syndrome and the belief that servers are not software.
Don't Let Broadband Scrooges Ruin the Gift Of Cloud Backup
December 19, 2011 13:04 PM
It's the time of year for giving gifts. If you're the go-to techie in your family (like me), my shopping advice is this: Give some cloud this holiday season--specifically, cloud backup. It's good for you and good for the recipient. But there are challenges, largely because of the FCC's spectacularly unambitious broadband plan.
Will Expense Tracking Speed Cloud Adoption?
November 04, 2011 11:41 AM
When it comes to cloud adoption, the elephant in the room (apart from security) is the fear that a service could scale up so quickly that it blows out a cloud budget. While there are many cloud management platforms available to address this issue, they tend to be designed for organizations that have fully adopted cloud services. They aren't so great for companies taking initial, tentative steps toward online services. Cloudability's open beta announcement about its freemium cloud spend management tool is therefore welcome news.
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