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Don't repeat the mistakes of the outsourcing debacle
Cloud service is less nebulous than outsourcing says Savvis. A detailed breakdown of cloud services makes them more likely to succeed. At Data Centre 2011 in Nice Neil Cresswell (Left) MD for Savvis EMEA, outlined why cloud computing won't repeat the... Opinion
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Cloud testing services could make NHS IT disasters a thing of the past
Here's Fred Beringer, who could save the British tax payer millions of pounds, with a new improved cloud service for testing IT systems. The NHS's terrible record of offensively expensive IT failures could be ended by new efficient testing systems m... Opinion
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Cloud computing will fail unless you have the people skills to lead technical staff, says Colt
MarkLeonard, Colt's executive VP for infrastructure, says internal resistance willbe the biggest barrier to cloud acceptance. He explains how they it be overcome You have to recognise that for most people inyour organisation, cloud computing presents... Opinion
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Co-location? I was so unimpressed I bought a company
For ten years Alex Rabbetts, as MD of consultancy Migration Solutions, has advised clients on designing and building data centres. So he's seen many a co-location outfit and frankly, he was so unimpressed, he decided to buy a company and do it himsel... Opinion
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There's more to IT projects than cutting costs
Interesting to see that cost-cutting has slipped down the agenda when it comes to investing in IT, at least according to the Pearlfinders Q1 Technology Index. The Index, which monitors trends and opinions in the IT world, says cost-cutting is now the... Opinion
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Security and Cloud Computing are strange bedfellows. Cloud security is too immature
Her'e's Mateen (or Marteen - they've spelt it both ways) Greenway, HP Fellow, on the immaturity of the cloud computing model. As sightings of the Face of Jesus in the Cloudbecome more frequent, we thought it was time someone carried out a maturi... Opinion
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Revealed: the shameful secrets of the Social Media Guru
Social Media Gurus are ripping off gullible clients Opinion
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Is the IT industry clouding over? Two big Cloud Computing bodies merge
The Cloud Industry Forum says it is to partner with the Cloud Security Alliance. Is that the same as merging? The two bodies say they are to align activity in order to drive best practice in cloud service provision. How effective will this be? ... Opinion
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Communications breakdowns could nix Cloud Computing if DHL's service is anything to go by
There's a weird looking man at our door. My wife answers it. Then man mumbles something through his motorcycle visor What? "Free Monkeys!" he shouts. "Free monkeys!" There's a man at the door shouting Free Monke... Opinion
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Top ten rainmakers in Cloud Computing
The sun's been out for two consecutive days now. So it can't be long before there's a hosepipe ban. In recognition of this coming water crisis, here's a list of the top ten rainmakers in cloud computing. Benguela- Which is entering The Cloud in ... Opinion