Many organizations are still undecided whether to venture into cloud computing! Few weeks ago, moving to the cloud meant the outsourcing of the IT infrastructure to third-parties as the main players were the online or managed service providers. If an organization is bound with regulatory compliance or is concerned about security and no provider can...
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Do your research carefully before outsourcing your internal IT services. Many companies function more efficiently and profitability by outsourcing certain business tasks or functions to other organizations that have the required personnel, expertise, equipment, or technology to accomplish these tasks. Whether it’s an IaaS, SaaS or PaaS implementation the service provider’s underlying platform will...
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Is Microsoft into cloud computing? It may be considered as a relatively late comer in the cloud computing market but it’s doing big steps! The recent long-term deal with The State of Minnesota is a big win for Microsoft (over Google Apps), it’s not just a business deal but a proof that Microsoft’s infrastructure...
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Cloud computing can be anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. Cloud services are categorized as, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service or Software as a Service. While, the name cloud, is the symbol used to represent the Internet in various technical and non-technical documents. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)...
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Every solution has its two sides of the coin. We come across various marketing techniques that somehow define cloud computing in relation to the services they provide! In order to jump on to the cloud bandwagon and attract customers, some companies advertise their services as cloud services when in fact these are not! Therefore,...
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