Just curious if ITKE users have a set of criteria for what you'd want before switching over critical services to a cloud provider? As a recent article noted, IBM's Lotus iNotes and Cisco's WebEx Mail are going cloud, and Google's dropping rates in response. What are you moving over, and does data's...
My organization is looking to offload some of our calculation intensive applications to the cloud. We are concerned about security. Between Amazon, Google, and Microsoft (or another vendor), which seems to have the most complete security / data security reputation. Does anyone have any...
Recently, Gartner outlined 5 trends changing CRM architectures: Cloud Computing, Business intelligence and CRM, The shift from operational CRM to social CRM, Web-oriented architecture and its effect on CRM systems, Unified communications While most of this makes sense in theory, I'm wondering if...
Customer Relationship Management, Open IT Forum, Unified Communications
What software you trust to outource to a cloud computing platform, and what software/services you would rather keep in house? Would you let Google or another provider host your e-mail? Is your sales team on SalesForce? Do you have some guidelines on when you'll look to cloud hosted software vs....
Bridget Botelho, a news writer for SearchServerVirtualization.com, recently investigated Microsoft's prospects in cloud computing and virtualization against VMware. What do you think -- how does Microsoft stack up against VMware's offerings, and do you think the future holds any significant change?
In addition to providing free sample chapters from the latest enterprise IT and development books for our members - the IT Bookworm Blog invites authors of IT books to submit guest posts. I'm pleased to offer this guest post from Jonathan Sapir, author of Power in the Cloud. Enjoy this article on...
Another free chapter download is available on the IT Bookworm Blog. Written by: Jonathan Sapir Book: Power in the Cloud Overview: "This book is a guide to building information systems at the "edge of chaos" – that sweet spot for productive change, where front line workers have the capability...
Our featured IT blogger this week, Andrew Hay, recently discussed the notion that it really depends on the situation when deciding which is more secure: physical premises or the cloud. He mentions that many want to be able to walk down the aisles of their data center and physically see the locale,...
What tools does Microsoft offer for cloud computing? This question is from the 5/14 Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com
Microsoft virtualization, Cloud computing, Microsoft Cloud Computing
In addition to providing free sample chapters from the latest enterprise IT and development books - the IT Bookworm Blog invites authors of IT books to submit guest posts. I’m pleased to present our first guest post from Peter Fingar, author of Dot Cloud: The 21st Century Business Platform. ...
Another free chapter download is available on the IT Bookworm Blog. Written by: Peter Fingar Book: Dot Cloud: The 21st Century Business Platform Overview: “In Dot.Cloud: The 21st Century Business Platform, business strategy expert and former CIO Peter Fingar explains the main ideas of Cloud...
Is there any information available about creating an 'internal cloud' based on Hyper-V? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com
How will Microsoft's upcoming cloud computing technology benefit hyper-v users? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com
What is the future of Cloud Computing? How is it going to affect IT Industry? Is it a boon or a bane?
How do you think Cloud Computing solutions (Amazon Web Services, Google App Engine) will change the life of software developers?


