cloud computing management

Data center energy questions spark heated debate

Ladies and gentlemen! Are you ready to rumble?! It's time for Data Center Energy Use Smackdown 2012! OK, so things have been a little more dignified than that, but the start of  The New York Times' series "

Chargeback process: An old model heralds changes in IT

The old chargeback process, revived by cloud computing, could have major ramifications for IT organizations as they revamp to become centralized service providers, experts say.

Traditional chargeback models divide the IT budget for a business unit, for example, by the number of users in it....

Success with cloud applications calls for a strong data-privacy policy

Public agency CIOs and IT executives are joining the move to cloud applications, while making sure their data privacy policy remains strong. As I've stated previously on this blog,

Up next: Cloud computing management

With the market saturated with cloud computing platforms and services, it was inevitable that another crop of vendors would emerge to help enterprises make sense of it all. I’m talking about the cloud management providers clamoring for market attention. Perhaps these cloud computing...