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Cloud management provides the ability to operate and monitor single or multiple cloud instance(s), including IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS, as well as underlying server or application instances. It’s about keeping things working and under control while leveraging cloud-based resources, as well as monitoring core subsystems. Read more »

What’s disturbing about these mistakes is that most are avoidable with a bit of work and planning, as well as a better understanding of the technology. Here are the top 3 cloud computing mistakes that I’m seeing, and, more importantly, how to avoid them in the forthcoming year. Read more »

If cloud computing is to make sense, it must provide cost efficiencies that we typically can’t find within enterprise data centers. In order for this to occur, we have to put some thinking behind how we define, design, and deploy these cloud-based systems. A bit of planning results in some huge cost savings down the road. Read more »

No matter if you were for or against the new healthcare regulatory changes, the end result is that more people will be tossed into a system that is already at capacity. You can either ration the capacity you have, which is unacceptable, or, increase capacity quickly, which is unlikely. Or, you can get better at delivering healthcare services with the resources that exist. Read more »

The use of the database provided the campaign workers with information required to target voters, including focusing and re-focusing marketing resources. For example, they could understand the effectiveness of certain ads on polling and donations, and step up or step down the ads to reach the desired outcome. Read more »

The core problem is around architectural limitations that are built into the core products, which are largely on-premise software systems that are decades old. Read more »

So, how are enterprises to compete for cloud computing talent? Are there enough cloud computing experts to go around? Will this limit our ability to move enterprises into the cloud? Here are some answers to those questions. Read more »

It's clear that most any business can benefit from faster, real-time results from their big data platforms. But real-time analysis requires a significant investment in technology and resources, which is beyond the reach of most businesses. There is hope, however: Big data and the cloud now go hand in hand, at least for the small and medium enterprise markets, which have been able to get into the big data game using cloud services. Now the cloud is beginning to bring even more capability to those looking to leverage big data. Read more »

Today, big data and analytics are most widely used in the large enterprise space, where companies have both an abundance of data and the budgets to deploy associated infrastructure. But 80 percent of businesses fall into the SMB category, and there are multiple ways in which companies without the infrastructure or budgets of big players can benefit from big data. Read more »

The PaaS market is a slow grower, but it's shaping up to be a battle between a few giants. This report explains the trends driving the PaaS market and which companies are best positioned to take advantage of those trends. Read more »