Public cloud is more secure than private cloud, many specialists will tell you, and they are probably right. But that’s not the point as most companies going for hybrid environments. Let’s take a look at the predictions from Industry analysts:IDC predicts that more than 80% of Enterprise IT Organizations Will Commit to Hybrid Cloud Architectures... Continue Reading →
The business aspects of cloud: Part 12 – My little cloud cheat sheet
This entry was originally published on the CloudSource blog in March 2012. As this series slowly draws to an end, I’d like to share with you the key points to look at when thinking about moving a workload to the public cloud. Over the last year I kept collecting them in a little cheat sheet.... Continue Reading →
The business aspects of cloud: Part 7 – A cloud computing case study from ACME Corp.
This entry was originally posted on the CloudSource blog in February 2012. In part 4 we looked at criteria to decide which application to locate where, in part 5 we discussed single-tenancy versus multi-tenancy, and in part 6 we looked at different types of clouds we could use to host specific services. Let’s now try... Continue Reading →
The business aspects of Cloud: Part 6 – One Size cloud does not fit all
In part 4 of this series I described how to assess applications and decide whether they should be hosted in a private or a public cloud. Does that mean there fundamentally are two types of cloud and we should choose one of the two? My answer is no and no. And let me explain what... Continue Reading →
The business aspects of Cloud: Part 5 – Do you need multi-tenancy?
This entry was originally published in January 2012 on the CloudSource blog. In part 4 of this series I described how to assess applications and decide whether they should be hosted in a private cloud or a public cloud. One aspect I did not address was the one of multi-tenancy. Let me take a sidestep... Continue Reading →
10 ways to sell your CEO on cloud computing…. And lose face
This post was originally published on the CloudSource blog in January 2012 As stated, Raf Los and I teamed up for this blog post. When we spotted an article titled 10 ways to sell your CEO on Cloud Computing, we could not believe what was being said in the slideshow. If your CEO is a... Continue Reading →
The business aspects of cloud: Part 4 – Core versus context services
This entry was originally published on the CloudSource blog in January 2012 In part 3, I talked about the importance for the CIO to become a strategic service broker. I mentioned the CIO will have to decide whether a service resides within the enterprise or is sourced from a public cloud. Let’s take a moment... Continue Reading →
My little cloud cheat sheet
This blog was originally published on the CloudSource blog in March 2012 I’d like to share with you the key points to look at when thinking about moving a workload to the public cloud. Over the last year I kept collecting them in a little cheat sheet. It’s probably a good way to finish this... Continue Reading →
Cloud, data and your peace of mind
This blog was originally published on the CloudSource blog in April 2013 Over time I’ve seen a number of contradictory blog entries on the future or lack of future of private clouds. Joe McKendrick enumerates 12 reasons why public clouds are better than private clouds, and Jonathan Gershater responds with 12 reasons why private clouds... Continue Reading →
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