Cloud to cannibalise managed services?
Once cloud computing reaches the stage of maturity, it will probably eat into managed services revenues.
So says Julian Liebenberg, Business Connexion’s GM for services, who, however, notes that despite the advent of cloud computing, traditional methods of installing and customising software on an organisation’s own data centre are still popular among local businesses.
What Cloud Computing can do for Startup America
With President Obama recently having to report dismal job creation stats, it’s clear just how important it is that programs like Startup America are supported to succeed. As this article reports the bulk of net new job growth comes from new startups.
So our key question is what role can Cloud Computing play in supporting the initiative?
Small Businesses Not Yet Swayed By Cloud’s Benefits
Nearly half of small businesses say they don’t believe cloud computing will reduce their IT costs, a recent survey by Newtek Business Services found.
According to Newtek’s SB Authority Market Sentiment Survey, 48 percent of small-business owners do not believe cloud computing will shrink their IT costs. The survey polled 1,000 respondents in June. Meanwhile, 20 percent believe cloud computing solutions will reduce their IT costs, while 32 percent are undecided or uncertain.
Has Dropbox set the stage for a privacy revolution?
How to set up an international company in the public cloud
I blogged last week about how corporates are beginning to look at using applications in the public cloud.
Improving the Mobile Cloud Experience
Although most agree that mobile cloud computing holds a great promise for delivering cloud solutions to individuals and even critical corporate applications to employees by enabling access from anywhere, there are still several barriers that need to be addressed to elevate its usefulness and capabilities. For mobile cloud computing to reach its full potential, the following three critical challenges need to be addressed, as detailed in a recent article by Bryan Betts:
CloudFuzion Accelerates EWEB NERC Study
Axceleon, a leader in high performance cloud computing solutions for computational grids and cloud environments announced today that Eugene Water & Electric Board, (EWEB) participated in a study using CloudFuzion to significantly accelerate transient stability studies for compliance of NERC regulations.
Cloud Lessons & LeMans Racing
Putting the Cloud Cart Before the IT Management Horse
There’s a lot of talk these days about how cloud computing represents the next great leap forward for enterprise IT. While there is a lot of truth to that, the simple fact of the matter is that the complexity of cloud computing makes it difficult to manage, which, in turn, slows adoption.
ISE Launches the First Cloud Computing ETF
The International Securities Exchange said it launched the first ETF that tracks companies actively involved in the emerging cloud computing industry.