“Office365” states it very clearly – it would appear that the Microsoft SLA doesn’t take into account leap years, as we discovered last Wednesday. Customers lost access to Azure at 1:45 a.m GMT, February 28 due to an outage that lasted for the following 36 hours, apparently caused by a bug that has been traced [...]
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IBM-DemandTec Merger is another Push towards the Big Data Cloud
IBM definitely falls under the category of a traditional vendor adapting to new trends in the IT world. Big data analytics is one of those trends; a rapidly-growing industry where the Big Blue is gradually growing thanks to, among other things, an aggressive M&A strategy. The company acquired Algorithmics and i2 this year alongside its [...]
Office 365: Microsoft’s Leap into the Cloud Continues
There has been a lot of buzz surrounding the cloud lately, and last month Microsoft made a milestone decision. The software giant rolled out a web-based version of its flagship Office productivity software in 40 countries, thus offering a very good combo of an already established product and the usual benefits that come with cloud [...]
Cloud Player and Cloud Drive Boost the Music Industry, Following a Trend
It’s official – we’ve established that the cloud is disruptive for just about every industry. Not every industry, but Amazon’s introduction of Cloud Playerand Cloud Drive has certainly added the multibillion dollar music segment to our list. The newly launched Cloud Player and Cloud drive are two directly integrated personal cloud offerings, which put a [...]
Where the as-a-Service Model Stands for the Enterprise
One of the major innovations the cloud brought with it is the as-a-service model. The combination of traditional IT infrastructure, platform, software and data as well a barrage of other sub-categories the cloud has a lot to offer to the enterprise – above all superior offerings almost always aligned with greater cost-efficiency. Each of the [...]
Why Cloud Reliability should become a Service
Cloud computing has a lot of benefits to offer the enterprise, and just like any other IT infrastructure, the main requirement expected from it is that it’ll work. Cloud reliably as a phrase encompasses a very broad spectrum of areas and considerations, and one of the most important ones is availability. Maximizing system uptime is [...]
Cloud Scalability from the Enterprise Perspective
Scalability is one of the cloud’s most prominent advantages for the enterprise, and there are several correlating elements composing this functionality. These can have a very profound effect on business operations from more aspects than one, and this article will look into the link between cloud scalability and business agility from the enterprise perspective. The [...]
The Cloud is cost effective, depending how you use it
Cloud spending is reaching new heights by the month, and this trend is expected to last for at least the next few years. Why? Because the cloud can be a very good investment, and cost efficient as well – especially for the enterprise. Many research firms have set a very high bar for the cloud [...]
Cloud Security in 2011: The Models and the Outlook
During his RSA keynote in late 2010, company chief Art Coviello noted “last year my keynote was about the promise. This year it’s about the proof.” His statement established, and on a podium, that cloud security is finally beginning to catch up with the of the rest cloud revolution taking on the enterprise today. This [...]
The Cloud from the Enterprise Angle: Introduction
In the past few years, cloud computing has been sweeping through traditional IT like a storm, reaching previously unheard-of levels of growth and spurring billion dollar industries along the way. This full-grown phenomenon accounted for10.2 percent of the spending on external IT services in 2009 and is expected to surpass $13BN in 2014.