Software to ensure users store files in a central location only
Is there an application that limits where users can store files? I’d like to ensure that users save only to our shared cloud storage rather than to the local drive or My Documents. Is there anything like this?

Answer Question   |  March 3, 2011  6:00 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud storage, Storage, storage as a service, Storage Managment, Storage products and equipment

Energy metrics for X-as-a-Service and cloud offerings?
What, if any, metrics are software-as-a-service and storage-as-a-service vendors providing when it comes to electrical consumption? My company’s “green” policies have some guidelines about our vendors, but outsourced IT seems to be a black box right now. Some companies, particularly storage providers, have been more forthcoming than others, but I’m wondering if others have run [...]

Answer Question   |  February 12, 2010  5:25 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing in 2010, Knowledge Point Challenge, SaaS, Storage, storage as a service

Monitoring *aaS deployments for SLA requirements
What are you using to monitor cloud/*aaS deployments to make sure vendors meet their SLA? Right now, we have a few SaaS applications deployed, and while uptime is somewhat easier to check, how do we determine latency fault and under-performance? Also, if we move into storage as a service, any monitoring tips there? Thanks.

Answer Question   |  February 10, 2010  3:30 PM
Cloud Computing in 2010, Knowledge Point Challenge, Performance indicators, SLA, software as a service (SaaS), storage as a service