Grazed from TechTerrain.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Due to the enormous amount of data stored on company servers today, owners who want to transition to the cloud computing server environment must understand how the threats to cloud computing security impacts their business.

Even though there are many attractive advantages to making this move, it is important that the business owner understands the potential for financial loss or ruin if the inevitable does occur. When the owner reviews the pros and the cons of cloud computing, they may find the disadvantages outweigh the advantages to this investment. Also, once the move has been made, they may not feel comfortable with going back since a third party will already have access to all of the company’s confidential information…

Grazed from Business2Community.  Author: Lindsey Nelson.

As the demand for access to information anytime and anywhere only continues to grow within businesses, many are turning to not one, but rather two solutions, to fulfill their needs: mobile and cloud. Mobile cloud platforms provide the tools, technologies, and infrastructure businesses require to be successful in today’s world.

Both cloud and mobility, alongside big data, and social networks are forming a powerful business and computing model says an Oxford Economics white paper, Unleashing the Cloud – Putting Mobility to Work. This blend is the driving force behind the transformation in how we communicate with colleagues and also make business decisions…

Grazed from SpiceWorks.  Author: Savvis.

IT professionals have been reluctant for years to embrace cloud computing, but they’re starting to not have a choice. CIOs, IT directors and business users are demanding that their IT departments use cloud computing solutions. In fact, many business users are simply circumnavigating the IT department and using cloud apps for different business functions.

IT professionals don’t want to lose control over their designated arena, but using cloud computing solutions doesn’t mean that you have to give up all control. There are many different ways to use cloud computing to your advantage, which also benefits your company…

Grazed from SiliconRepublic.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Cloud computing isn’t going anywhere soon, with IT research and advisory company Gartner Inc forecasting that nearly half of large enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments by the end of 2017. A new infographic, in the meantime, takes a closer look at just how the cloud is disrupting the business landscape.

‘From Cloud to Thunderstorm’ by ClickSoftware, begins by highlighting the growth of the public cloud services market, revealing that by the end of 2013 public cloud is expected to grow by US$131bn.  The infographic proceeds by illustrating how the cloud has changed the workforce and how we do business. Just look at the advent of BYOD (bring your own device), for example, where are employees are using their own mobile devices for work purposes.  The infographic wraps up by taking a quick look at IT jobs of the future…

Grazed from TalkinCloud.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Grazed from The Var Guy.  Author: Editorial Staff.

Satya Nadella, head of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise business and CEO Steve Ballmer’s potential successor, seems receptive to media questions. So, here are 10 of them from The VAR Guy.

Dear Satya: The VAR Guy heard a rumor that you’re receptive to media questions about Microsoft‘s (MSFT) cloud and enterprise business. (Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.) Rather than use the proper channels (does The VAR Guy ever?), our resident blogger figured he’d simply share his questions with the broader world. So what #MSFTCloud questions are on The VAR Guy’s mind? Here are 10 of them.  Before we get to public cloud stuff, let’s start with on-premises and enterprise questions.

1. Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V: It sounds like Microsoft has good momentum. But rivals like VMware (VMW) are pushing beyond server virtualization to the left (software defined storage) and to the right (software defined networking). Add it all up and you get the software defined data center (at least in VMware’s mind). What’s Microsoft’s take on software-defined everything?…

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Karen Goulart.

Simplifying IT service delivery doesn’t mean going on autopilot Offering services should be intuitive and easily self-served, yes, but there must also be established mechanisms to fix problems or improve upon services, stresses Ian Clayton, senior vice president of operations at U.K.-based G2G3.

A common method for improvement is something IT organizations generally lack, he said — in part, because they do not regularly engage the business. "IT brokers need an engagement mechanism, so they can listen to changing needs and they can convert them into [the technology]," Clayton said…

Grazed from PRWeb. Author: PR Announcement.

Growing realization of the fact that optimum leveraging of cloud computing requires adoption of multiple approaches to cloud is resulting in healthy demand for cloud infrastructure services ranging from public, private to hybrid cloud infrastructure services. Public cloud infrastructure service, also known as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), is emerging into a critical business model crucial to survival of enterprises in the 21st century.

IaaS provides the prefect platform to cost-effectively optimize enterprise work processes by allowing essential IT resources such as storage, processing power, security and network bandwidth to be hired and/or rented as a service over the internet. In addition to benefits such as flexibility, scalability, low costs, reduced investments and increased security, improvements in SLAs are playing instrumental roles in driving adoption by improving customer satisfaction. Currently, over 90% of enterprises express satisfaction with the ability of IaaS to deliver expected benefits and meet business goals…

Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: CJ Arlotta.

With all of the hype surrounding hybrid cloud computing, we may need to take a step back to take a look at the market’s growth from another angle — a more philosophical approach. Rackspace Strategy Director Scott Sanchez aimed to redirect our focus in a blog post on how hybrid cloud computing is like happiness, which may be a stretch in some minds, but maybe he’s onto something.

"Everything you do, every emotion that enters your mind, every interaction you have, you have a choice to make – to be happy, or not," Sanchez said. "It’s quite simple once you realize that. At first, it is work, and you’ll make the wrong choices. But eventually it just clicks and starts to feel right."…

Grazed from Business2Community. Author: Nathan Roberson.

With so much of our personal lives “on the cloud,” so to speak, it seems there is a slow shuffle toward this ethereal space in the business world. But why? Why would we trust the Google+ images cloud to be in charge of storing precious pictures of our newborns, puppies, wedding days, and first days of kindergarten but not trust them with an excel spreadsheet?

It seems the fear is based more in irrational thinking than in good business sense. In the work world, we tend to stick with what works, even years after it’s been outdated. Take a look around—is there a fax machine in your office? Exactly. There are at least ten other better ways to get information back and forth to people than a fax machine, yet they still sell, and we’re still using them. “Faxes” can now be sent via smart phone, and for phablets (phone-tablets) like the Samsung Note II, notes can be written, documents can be signed, and more, making the facsimile totally obsolete. But even those of us with a Note II in hand are still guilty of faxing the old fashioned way at least once in a while…