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Breakdown of Federal Cloud Computing

By Thu Pham on August 25, 2011

The problem with the old IT infrastructure, according to Federal CIO Vivek Kundra…

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Added by OnlineTech on August 25, 2011 at 9:16am — No Comments

Disaster Recovery in Cloud Computing

There are a lot of benefits with cloud computing – cost-effective resource use, rapid provisioning, scalability and elasticity. One of the most significant advantages to cloud computing is how it changes disaster recovery, making it more cost-effective and lowering the bar for enterprises to deploy comprehensive DR plans for their entire IT infrastructure. Cloud Computing delivers faster recovery times and multi-site availability at a fraction of the cost of conventional disaster…

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Added by OnlineTech on August 4, 2011 at 11:34am — No Comments

HIPAA Compliance in the Cloud & in the Data Center

This webinar gives an overview of the state of HIPAA compliant hosting today, the effect of the HITECH act on data security, the implications of cloud hosting on HIPAA, and will give various recommendations on how to safely host your data in the cloud and…

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Added by OnlineTech on August 4, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Top 5 Reasons Why Your Company Should Transition to Private Cloud Computing

One of the biggest IT buzz words of the few years, ‘cloud computing’ has brought incredible promise to the world of information technology. Cloud computing interest has lead to widespread curiosity and awareness of public cloud services. Pooled computing resources, divided and allocated to different users, have been proven in the development and testing realm of IT to have tremendous benefits. Those benefits however have been overshadowed by concerns of a lack of security and uptime assurances… Continue

Added by OnlineTech on February 7, 2011 at 9:10am — No Comments

Michigan Colocation: Making Long Distance Colocation Easy

A company’s IT infrastructure can be considered the glue that holds a company together, which is why it is crucial to the success of a business that it runs smoothly. A managed colocation data center can deliver a distinct advantage because of the immense benefits that go along with outsourcing part, or all, of a company’s IT infrastructure.

By choosing the right colocation data center partner,… Continue

Added by OnlineTech on February 7, 2011 at 9:09am — No Comments

2 Good Example of Moving to the Cloud

Two good examples of moving to the cloud at 6 minutes in.…

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Added by Scott Simko on September 17, 2010 at 1:17pm — No Comments

VMworld vCloud Datacenter

VMworld vCloud Datacenter from Rodney Haywood on…

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Added by Scott Simko on September 1, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

James Watters Discusses VMware's vCloud pt 2

Points discussed: Amazon and Eli Lilly, Quality Infrastructure, Tiered Infrastructure Services, VMworld…

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Added by Scott Simko on August 23, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

James Watters Discusses VMware's vCloud

Very interesting discussion concerning virtualization and the trends of cloud…

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Added by Scott Simko on August 23, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Gmail is now Offline. Now you can work on your email without the Interwebs.

You are usually out of luck when your Internet is down when it comes to Gmail. Not anymore. The cloud can now be… Continue

Added by Doug Pollei on January 30, 2009 at 1:24pm — No Comments

AlwaysOn Discussions on Enterprise 2.0

Added by Doug Pollei on December 4, 2008 at 10:01pm — No Comments

Google Invests in Satellite Internet Service - $60M

One way to bring people to the cloud is to invest in two items, Internet connectivity and the browser. Google now has one in place and plans to enable the other through an investment into 03B Networks.

"Start-up Seeks to Link Three Billion to Net – Google and Others Invest $60 Million in Satellite Plan O3B Networks Ltd. Greg Wyler – founder. Launch of 16 satellites in low orbit to parts of Africa, South America, and the middle east.… Continue

Added by Doug Pollei on September 16, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Cloud Computing Gets a Black Eye

The recent Amazon S3 outage, and more recent Gmail outage, have given the whole Cloud Computing concept a reality-check. At best, it's going to temper enthusiasm for the current offerings' readiness, and at worst, will scare people off altogether. On the other hand, might it be… Continue

Added by David Adams on August 13, 2008 at 3:24pm — No Comments

Cloud vs Utility Computing

I ran across an interesting article on the difference between Cloud Computing and Utility Computing (two terms which are often used interchangably). In essence, seeing cloud computing as just pay-as-you-go computing services short-changes the concept.

Added by David Adams on August 13, 2008 at 3:14pm — No Comments