Cloud Computing: Beyond Best Practices
"How resilient are the cloud computing solutions being sold today?" This appears to be a question not asked often enough by those who are immediately lured by the hyped positives of the concept before there is enough data to substantiate the claims made by the vendors as well as the documentation of failures of applications.
One concept that I have preached and that has held true for decades is "leading-edge organizations do not maintain their position with trailing-edge technologies." The need to constantly evaluate, assess, select and apply new technology-driven capabilities is a continual process. This holds true for cloud computing and our competitive global markets today.
That being said, according to experiences of executive reviews of procurement of Information Technology products and services, which include cloud computing, universal solutions are never universal. There are applications that work and applications that simply cannot be melded into the hyped "one-size-fits-all" solution for organizations that many vendors seem to sell…
ITpreneurs, the leading provider of competence development solutions for IT best practices, is now the first company in the world to offer cloud computing training materials for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials Certification. Both the eLearning and classroom courses are open for registration and have received the ProCert quality assurance as well as the CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum designation.
Maximizing its expertise in cloud computing, mobility, and voice and IP networking services, AT&T* is bringing the benefits of Unified Communications to businesses of all sizes as a simple, reliable, carrier-grade service. AT&T Unified Communications Services helps organizations control costs and eliminate unpredictable expenditures.
Today, ZapThink, a Dovèl Technologies Company, a global Enterprise Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture, and Cloud Computing advisory, training, and thought leadership firm, announced that it will be running a series of one and two-day training courses on Enterprise Cloud Computing.
GlobalOne, a leader in Software as a Service (SaaS), social collaboration and cloud computing professional services for the enterprise, announced today the acquisition of Weblinc, one of Australia’s most innovative providers of cloud computing applications. The acquisition deepens GlobalOne’s capabilities in the Asia Pacific region, while broadening the company’s expertise in building and deploying enterprise cloud applications across the globe.
Catbird, the pioneer in comprehensive security and compliance for virtual, cloud and physical networks, today announced the next generation of its award-winning vSecurity®. vSecurity 5.0 will empower IT managers with the control and assurance they need to capitalize on the benefits and cost-savings of virtualized and cloud computing.