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Microsoft Continues to Expand Its Industry Cloud
Note: Vendor Management
Industry cloud could be the next growth boom in the IaaS space, and Microsoft is well positioned to lead the competition.
The industry cloud market represents one of the largest vertical growth opportunities for technology suppliers. More than 500 industry clouds have already been created globally, and revenue is this space is expected to exceed $20 billion by 2023..
Design Your Cloud Operations
Blueprint: Infrastructure & Operations
Assess your current cloud maturity and your readiness and fit for new ways of working involved in cloud operations. Design a cloud operations organizational framework that aligns cloud work to the right work areas. Communicate your cloud operations design to key stakeholders to...
It’s “day two” in the cloud. Now what?
Assess your current cloud maturity and your readiness and fit for new ways of working involved in cloud operations. Design a cloud operations organizational framework that aligns cloud work to the right work areas. Communicate your cloud operations design to key stakeholders to gain buy-in. . It’s “day two” in the cloud. Now what? .
Cloud Maturity Assessment
Tool: Infrastructure & Operations
Assess the intensity and cloud maturity of your IT operations for each of the key cloud workstreams: Consume, Host, and Build.
AWS Expands Efforts on Industry Cloud
Note: Vendor Management
Yesterday you ran sub-four-minute miles with common cloud solutions. Today, with the emergence of industry-specific cloud offerings, you could be 1.4 seconds faster without breaking a sweat. But at what cost?
Amazon Web Services financial services sectors machine learning perspectives industry-specific products tactical clouds greater profitability vertical expertise gaming healthcare education consideration efficiency integration time. Yesterday you ran sub-four-minute miles with common cloud solutions.
Oracle’s Cloud Business Grows
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Oracle’s Cloud Business Grows
Oracle’s Cloud Business Grows. in-the-news. Principal Research Director Scott Bickley Wall Street Journal Article quarterly earnings recent years Oracle perspective strategy wsj cloud-busines. Oracle’s Cloud Business Grows. As Oracle released its quarterly earnings, Principal Research Director Scott Bickley gives his perspective on Oracle's strategy in recent years in this Wall Street Journal Article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/oracles-cloud-busines....
Cloud requires critical mass to achieve cost-savings:Info-Tech
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(28-Sep-11) Many companies find once they're into cloud computing, they keep getting pulled deeper as they try to achieve the critical mass necessary to reach the promised cost savings vendors have assured the cloud could deliver. That was among the messages delivered by the London,...
Most organizations dip their toes into the cloud strategically, moving certain processes or functions, but that's often not enough to allow them to start retiring on-premise servers. “In a way, cloud encourages us to commit to more cloud,” said Dreyer. “You need to commit to more cloud to get that infrastructure critical mass savings.”.
Create a Cloud-Enabled IT Organization
Blueprint: CIO
The cloud is currently the greatest disruptor of in-house IT organizations. It demands a new IT model to restore IT's relevance and prevent it from being completely disenfranchised.
Cloud Organizational Impact Assessment
Tool: CIO
A tool to help determine how your organization might be affected by cloud technology should you choose to move your services there.
FEDTECH Magazine - The Many Faces of Cloud
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(30-Jul-10) It takes the defense industry years to design and build a new tank or jet fighter. But when it comes to cloud computing, the Defense Information Systems Agency has rolled out services faster than most of its civilian counterparts and with a speed that rivals the private sector....
DISA, which provides IT support for the Defense Department, built its own private cloud called Rapid Access Computing Environment in 2008. RACE lets Defense agencies rent servers and storage space so they can test and deploy new applications quickly and affordably without having to buy and install their own hardware.
Identify the Components of Your Cloud Security Architecture
Blueprint: Security
Info-Tech has developed an approach to cloud security that is built on the strong foundations of our security strategy model that has been successfully implemented across dozens of organizations.
Cloud Security Architecture Workbook
Tool: Security
Use the Cloud Security Architecture Workbook to understand the risks, effort and mitigating services that you can use when moving your workloads to the cloud. The process is customized to your environment and is completely dynamic.
Accounting Cloud Computing Report
Industry: Industry Coverage
Accounting Cloud Computing Report
Accounting Cloud Computing Report. industry. Industry Coverage. industry accounting software vendors cloud infrastructure cloud computing cloud accounting big data requirements client data advisory services. Cloud computing accounting functions accounting firms cloud solutions cloud trend expert assistance IT security digitization collaboration clients concern organization challenges opportunities. Accounting Cloud Computing Report. Cloud computing facilitates digitization of accounting functions as well as collaboration between accounting firms and their clients.IT security is always a concern when using cloud solutions.Learn about how the cloud trend affects both your organization and IT specifically, including challenges and opportunities, with expert assistance..
Federal Government Cloud Services Report
Industry: Industry Coverage
Federal Government Cloud Services Report
Federal Governments have worked closely with public cloud vendors to ensure security, privacy and data sovereignty risks are mitigated.Federal Governments set strict rules around what data and backups can be stored and where they must reside.
ITBusiness.ca - The return of Michael Capellas
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(3-Mar-11) New Orleans, La. - The last time Michael Capellis was in the high tech spotlight he was trying to save MCI Worldcom. That did not go well for the 30-year veteran of the IT industry. Today, the last CEO of Compaq took the main stage at Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) Partner Summit, held...
“The take away here is that the cloud is not a buzzword but an identification of seven to 10 years of development; stage by stage, piece by piece and that's a trend that can't be reversed. It will dominate 100 per cent. However, I have been right only 60 per cent of the time,” Capellas joked.. (3-Mar-11) New Orleans, La.
Small Business Computing - 10 Cloud Computing Security Tips for Small Businesses
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(8-Mar-11) Cloud computing can represent a net gain in data security and system reliability – especially for small businesses with aging computers and data stored on hard drives that rarely -- if ever -- experience a back up. But that doesn’t mean you can take security and reliability for...
(8-Mar-11) Cloud computing can represent a net gain in data security and system reliability – especially for small businesses with aging computers and data stored on hard drives that rarely -- if ever -- experience a back up.
Smart Computing: Sky's the Limit
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Don't make the mistake of thinking that "the cloud" is only for large companies; these days, even small businesses are heading for the cloud. In fact, if you're using Office 365, Google Docs, or other Web-based services, you're already relying on the cloud.
For our purposes, and to keep things relevant even to your (possibly very small) business, let’s define it this way: The cloud is an amorphous group of servers whose size, type, and location may in fact be unknown to you, and on which you either store data or from which you receive some sort of software service.
The Cloud Puts Your Castle in the Sky – Now Secure It!
Note: Security
The cloud offers an opportunity to expand or move your operating environment to a hosted platform managed by someone else. While the cloud can have many benefits, it can also introduce security concerns that you need to consider.
The cloud offers an opportunity to expand or move your operating environment to a hosted platform managed by someone else. While the cloud can have many benefits, it can also introduce security concerns that you need to consider.. The cloud offers a myriad of benefits to organizations of all types.
Document Your Cloud Strategy
Blueprint: Infrastructure & Operations
The cloud is a multifaceted concept with lots of upside, but lots of potential downside as well, if used improperly. This blueprint will help you bring stakeholders together to discuss and decide on the people, technology, and governance steps that you must take to successfully deploy cloud...
Get ready for the cloudy future with a consistent, proven strategy.
The cloud is a multifaceted concept with lots of upside, but lots of potential downside as well, if used improperly. This blueprint will help you bring stakeholders together to discuss and decide on the people, technology, and governance steps that you must take to successfully deploy cloud solutions..
Cloud Strategy Document Template
Templates And Policies: Infrastructure & Operations
Use this template to document your cloud strategy. Follow along with the sections of the Document Your Cloud Strategy storyboard and complete the template as you go.
ITWorld Canada - Enterprises are embracing private, not public, clouds
In The News:
(11-Feb-10) Eighty-three per cent of organizations gearing up for cloud computing are planning to start with private clouds, according to a recent survey from Platform Computing Corp. Forty-five per cent are already committed to the idea and in the process of deploying private cloud...
Click here for full article. (11-Feb-10) Eighty-three per cent of organizations gearing up for cloud computing are planning to start with private clouds, according to a recent survey from Platform Computing Corp. Forty-five per cent are already committed to the idea and in the process of deploying private cloud initiatives.
Take Control of Cloud Costs on Microsoft Azure
Blueprint: Infrastructure & Operations
Develop processes, procedures, and policies to effectively manage cloud costs.
Take Control of Cloud Costs on Microsoft Azure – Executive Brief
Note: Infrastructure & Operations
Get a handle on cloud costs.
Define Your Cloud Vision for the Utilities Industry
Blueprint: Industry Coverage
Moving to the cloud can be a daunting and risky decision and may not always be cheaper, better, or even available for every use case. To develop your cloud vision, you must first answer some key questions in a broader contextual strategy discussion.
Define your cloud vision before it defines you.
Define Your Cloud Vision for the Utilities Industry. Solution Set. blueprint. Industry Coverage. cloud strategy cloud infrastructure as a service platform as a service migration AWS Azure GCP SaaS PaaS IaaS colocation cloud DR disaster recovery elasticity flexibility DevOps cloud vision LFBP.
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