| Vordel CTO Outlines Strategic Role Brokers Will Play in the Cloud (PODCAST) Mark O'Neill explains why brokers are going to be the foundation for integrating dynamic sets of cloud computing services in a way that ultimately gives IT organizations maximum control over providers of cloud computing services. |
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| Is Cloud Computing Ready for Primetime? A Chat with Vic Morris Why is cloud computing such a compelling model and which verticals are adopting cloud computing most? |
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| Enabling Ecosystems in the Cloud While there’s general agreement that some level of cloud computing adoption in the enterprise is inevitable, there seems to be a fair amount of devil still in the details. |
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| Who Meters the Cloud? Cloud Computing is, by its very nature, nebulous. Users of Cloud Computing do not "touch" the Cloud, which is housed in data centers and server farms located in far-flung places. Because of this, Cloud Computing can be difficult to explain to a non-IT person. |
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| Cloud Computing Brokers: A Resource Guide Businesses are recognizing the benefits of cloud computing but are often wary of handing over their prized applications to public clouds for fear of insufficient security and lack of direct control, particularly with public clouds. This has spawned a host of cloud brokers to serve as intermediaries between end users and cloud providers. |
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| SaaS: integration in cloud The advantages of software-as-a-service (SaaS) products are well recognized by now: lower cost of entry, minimal demands on IT and easy upgrades, as well as more rigorous security than can be provided by many small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). |
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| Avoiding Cloud vendor lock in with Vordel Open has its limits - Cloud hopeful rejects Microsoft's interop patent |
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| Vordel to Manage Multiple Clouds Gartner predicted such things would turn up to negotiate relationships between providers of cloud services and service consumers |
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