The appeal of the cloud is obvious: low and predictable costs, robust feature sets, rapid deployment, and no in-house IT support. No wonder more and more growing companies are putting their IT in the cloud.
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1 Midsize Organization Busts 5 Cloud Computing Myths
Anthony Hill, CIO of Golden Gate University, debunks the conventional wisdom on cloud computing security, capital expenses, risk management, switching vendors, and service level agreements. -- Oct 23, 2008
Integrating Your Cloud And On-Premises Applications
Software as a service levels the playing field for small and midsize businesses, but what about all of those on-premises apps you're not ready to ditch? Can they play together? Companies including Boomi, Cast Iron, and SnapLogic are working to bring the cloud down to earth. -- Oct 13, 2008
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Running Your IT Infrastructure In The Cloud
Software-as-a-service applications are bringing enterprise-level functionality to small and midsize businesses, often with greater reliability and at lower cost than packaged alternatives. Could on-demand IT infrastructure, procured via the cloud, be next? -- Oct 6, 2008
Prediction: Cloud Computing Haze Will Clear
You have to love the IT industry; it recycles computing concepts more often than clothes designers in Manhattan's garment district. Meet today's latest fashion: cloud computing. You also may know it as application service providers, grid computing, or time-sharing. -- Sep 30, 2008
Running Your Business In The Cloud
The lure of cloud computing is obvious: freedom from managing applications, platforms, and infrastructure -- abstracting IT complexity to the point where it just works and, often, at a much lower price than running or hosting it yourself. That appeal has spawned a growing, vocal contingent of cloud computing "completists" who are more than happy to surrender their IT concerns to the cloud. -- Sep 29, 2008
Cloud Computing's Strengths Play To Smaller Companies' Needs
For small and midsize companies, cloud computing offers enterprise-class or, even better, consumer class -- applications for far less than enterprises pay to do it themselves. -- Jun 24, 2008
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