Putting Private Clouds on Public IT Infrastructure
When people talk about private cloud computing there is a natural assumption that a variant of cloud computing is going to be deployed by an internal IT organization using IT infrastructure on their premises that is protected by a firewall.
Managing Clouds Within Clouds
Cloud Computing Customers Say Channel Partners Aren’t Prepared
Nearly two-thirds of enterprises feel their channel partners aren’t adequately prepared to support their cloud computing endeavors, a recent survey by research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey (CMB) has found.
In its recent CMB Tech Pulse survey, the firm asked 247 IT decision makers from companies of various sizes to share their thoughts on cloud computing.
HyperOffice Waging Cloud Computing Channel War With Google, Microsoft
Cloud computing messaging and collaboration player HyperOffice is looking to amass a strong stable of channel partners to battle cloud computing foes Google Apps and Microsoft Office 365.
Business Consultants: MIA in the Cloud
With the rise of cloud computing it will become more practical to execute any number of business processes. The problem is that most businesses today are not exactly sure what those business processes might be.
Data quality failures ‘lead to business problems’
A failure to meet data quality requirements can lead to difficulties for organisations further down the line, it has been asserted.
Writing for B-Eye Network, David Loshin, president of consultancy company Knowledge Integrity, said business problems can be "directly related" to poor data quality.
He stated the use of flawed information makes it more difficult to achieve critical business objectives.
But Mr Loshin added data quality improvements can help to tackle any problems in this area.
Datapipe Looks To Cloud With Amazon Web Services Management
Global managed service provider Datapipe this week is looking skyward with the launch of a new set of management servers around Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN)’s popular cloud computing infrastructure, Amazon Web Services.
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Europe’s top 25 cloud start-ups battle it out in VC beauty contest
Twenty five of Europe’s most innovative cloud computing companies will be pitching to an audience of elite venture capital firms and tech industry executives for the next two days at the European Tech Tour Association (ETT) Cloud and ICT 2.0 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Summit aims to be a catalyst for the cloud computing industry in Europe, and aims to assist high-growth start-ups to expand globally by introducing them to potential investors and partners.
The 25 companies presenting were whittled down from an initial list of 234 rapidly growing cloud computing companies across Europe.
Effective data management ‘requires several strategies’
Companies looking to improve their data management standards in terms of business intelligence need to pursue several different strategies, it has been advised.
According to IT Business Edge blogger Loraine Lawson, organisations are gradually beginning to realise that they will not be able to make use of clean and integrated data without putting in some hard work first.
She said the messages that have been put across by data management experts appear to be getting through to businesses.