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• 2010
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• “Cloudy” Standards - How Important are Industry Standards for your Data Center Transformation and Cloud Projects?
  The topic of cloud standards has been discussed for the last year with little progress.It is becoming much more important as more enterprises are getting into the cloud.In this post, I will focus on why industry standards are so important for enterprises, ...
• Three Key Cloud Trends in 2010
  I predict that in 2010 those once-reluctant users will clearly see the reasons why cloud computing is the answer for challenges ranging from managing the enterprise IT infrastructure economically to improving their employees’ productivity – ...
• Moving Virtual Infrastructure to an “Automated” Environment
  Automation is a process which combines the use of specific control systems, along with various other IT systems, to manage enterprise processes and machinery, with little or no human intervention. Now, here is a question I have often heard CIOs ask ...
• Cloud Computing Interest Continues to Grow
  There was a definite buzz in the crowd about all of the potential for cloud computing.Common discussion topics included all types of cloud supporting or enabling technology (of course), security (can a public cloud be secure or not?), private clouds ...
• Is a Private Cloud Right for You?
  A private cloud is an enterprise data center which uses technologies similar to the public cloud infrastructure, but behind the protection of a firewall to deliver the agility and economic benefits of cloud computing inside your enterprise. A private ...
• How Secure is Your Cloud?
  The benefits of moving to the cloud are irrefutable, especially at a time when the cloud is infiltrating virtually every corner of technology. A recent survey conducted by Unisys, more than half of the respondents cited security as their topmost concern, ...
• Desktop Virtualization: A Complex Landscape
  Desktop virtualization encompasses a rapidly changing set of technologies, and according to Forrester, it’s an area that’s moving to the forefront of computing. Analysts also predict that desktop virtualization will grow a hundred-fold in a ...
• Virtualization: A Snapshot from North American IT Executives
  The results from my discussions over the last few weeks in Australia as well as with North American IT executives supports the phenomenal rise in the use of virtualization in recent years.The benefits of virtualization are now well-known and widely ...
• Virtualization: A Reality Check from “Down Under”
  Despite the widely-reported benefits of virtualization, many companies still struggle with the technical, process, and organizational changes that virtualization brings. Read more...
• The Journey to a Secure Cloud – Beyond Virtualization and Automation
  How do you go from virtualization and automation to the cloud? The cloud and its many definitions is one of the hottest topics of discussion in technology today.It is expected to have a tremendous and “game-changing...