Choosing a cloud application backup provider is like any technology decision: there is no one-size-fits-all solution. You must determine which provider offers the best cost/benefit for your organization’s unique needs. This guide will highlight the most important features and policies associated with cloud-to-cloud...
Published: Jul 15, 2013
These IDG survey results echo the findings and predictions in the February 2012 paper by Gartner analysts David W. Cearley and David Mitchell Smith, “Five Cloud Computing Trends That Will Affect Your Cloud Strategy Through 2015.”
In this report, the analysts state that “over time, hybrid cloud computing...
Published: Jan 16, 2014
This book gives you some insights into what it means to leverage both IaaS and PaaS in both public and private cloud environments and how these environments work with data center services. Companies leveraging these foundational cloud services need to keep all the models in context with business requirements for performance,...
Published: Aug 23, 2013
Enterprise customers require cloud computing solutions that allow them to quickly scale and flex deployments of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and software-as-a-service (SaaS) service models.
As part of HP’s Converged Cloud, HP CloudSystem enables enterprises and service providers...
Published: Jul 26, 2013
In today’s competitive marketplace—where world-class computing power is more affordable than ever, and self-service, personalization and instant access to technology have become the norm—we are seeing a shift in expectations regarding cloud computing.
Yesterday, the cloud was about running IT more...
Published: Nov 12, 2013
The beauty of the cloud is that you can get up and running fast. oracle Fusion HcM cloud Applications offer many powerful features and capabilities to accelerate your time to value.
Published: Aug 15, 2013
As clinicians go about their day, their IT needs to keep pace. By dramatically reducing the number of necessary credentials, enabling hassle-free swipe card logins and delivering consistent experiences across devices and workstations, you can help ensure IT enhances, not hinders, care delivery.
Published: Aug 29, 2014
Star’s virtual desktop provides a platform for the delivery of a working, personal desktop for different user groups, regardless of location or device. Utilising the latest technologies, the service delivers significant efficiencies and productivity gains, while reducing the burden of hardware management and security...
Published: Mar 01, 2015
Cloud-enabled services are the next wave transforming how businesses capitalize on information technology, and that in turn drives the next evolution in the processes, roles, skills, and structure of IT organizations—the evolution to IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS). Today’s CIOs must exercise extraordinary leadership...
Published: Sep 23, 2013
As service providers move into the cloud market, they are in need of new infrastructure strategies to support their new cloud-based services.
In this case study, hear how Digital Plant, a leading managed service provider, leveraged a cutting-edge converged infrastructure platform to meet their cloud demands.
Published: Nov 13, 2013
Jerry Gregoire, the CIO of Dell Computers, said it best “Customer Service is the next competitive battleground.” We have entered the era of the customer. Today, providing customers with outstanding customer service is essential to building loyal customers and a long lasting brand.
Social media, and other...
Published: Jul 25, 2013
In “Hybrid IT: The Best of All Worlds”, you’ll see why colocation is an essential first step in moving your core infrastructure toward a hybrid model. And the benefits go beyond greater cost containment.
Colocation allows you to be more responsive to changing business needs and ultimately help drive...
Published: Sep 05, 2014
One of the oft-stated promises of cloud-based applications is more up-time, more application availability than those deployed via on-premises servers. Some might take the statement at face value; others may question it. I’d like to make the argument that both sides are right.
Published: Apr 29, 2013
As this document highlights, when firms move to reference architecture or integrated infrastructure system strategies, they gain material cost and time-to-market advantages over traditional IT. Reference architecture and integrated infrastructure system strategies offer advantages over a "build your own" approach. ...
Published: Feb 25, 2014