Cloud computing tips and tricks — by the numbers

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Caitlin White.

Whether it’s for the grocery store or for your cloud computing project, a list will keep you focused. Fortunately, SearchCloudComputing.com has done some legwork for you and created a countdown of our most helpful cloud adoption lists.

So whether you’re migrating virtual machines to the cloud, trying to avoid common cloud computing mistakes or shifting to the next stage of your private cloud build, you can consult these lists for quick answers. We can’t remind you to pick up milk on the way home from work, but we can remind you what not to do in the cloud…

1. Five steps to determining the best cloud candidates

In "Selecting the right virtual machine for your private cloud," expert Greg Shields outlines five ways to determine if a workload or service is appropriate to cloud-enable. A cloud-happy enterprise caught up in the idea of cost savings and high availability could actually end up losing money and efficiency if it doesn’t carefully consider which services are a fit for cloud. This list, which includes steps to measure network bandwidth and to understand security issues, is a must-read for any enterprise considering cloud adoption…

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