Results for ‘Cloud computing’

The Economics of Cloud Hosting
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE One of the primary reasons a company might turn to cloud hosting is the perception that it will save money. With rising energy costs, the demands for faster and more powerful hardware, and the cost of maintaining in-house servers, cloud...

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Evaluating Public Cloud Performance
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Your decision to use cloud hosting for your business or other organization is not the end of the decision-making process. In many ways, it is a beginning. The next phases of the process involves deciding the type of cloud computing...

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How Secure Is Cloud Hosting?
Monday, October 24th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE Cloud computing and other cloud-related words are the talk of the IT world right now. Businesses frequently flirt with the concept, but some shy away from the cloud when they consider the perceived security weaknesses. According to a CSO survey,...

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Open Platform as a Service (PaaS) Solutions
Saturday, September 24th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE VMWare has been providing the IT world with virtualization solutions for several years, but it is not surprising that the company has now branched out into cloud computing. Through this natural progression, VMWare developed Cloud Foundry, a cloud platform as...

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What is a Hybrid Cloud Environment?
Friday, July 29th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE There is a ton of new terminology associated with cloud computing and cloud hosting.  Some view the term “cloud” itself as little more than a catch phrase.  As one tech expert once said, “There is no cloud.  It’s just a...

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The Five Benefits of Managed Cloud Computing
Friday, July 29th, 2011THN News  
ARTICLE (The Hosting News) – In previous blogs I wrote about the benefits of private cloud computing and the benefits of public cloud computing based on the unique models of each. Sitting between secure, dedicated private cloud computing and open, low cost public...

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4 Cloud Hosting Options to Consider
Thursday, July 7th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE It is difficult to read any technology news or visit a web hosting news website and not see articles about cloud computing, cloud hosting, or simply “the cloud”.  All are essentially referring to the same phenomenon, and all highlight the...

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Amazon Cloud Downtime Raises Questions
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Last week’s server downtime of Amazon Web Services has raised questions into the overall reliability of the usually exceptional stable cloud computing. The incident has also lead to more calls for transparency from cloud-based providers. Amazon...

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Former Microsoft Data Tech Moves To Apple
Friday, April 15th, 2011THN News  
NEWS (The Hosting News) – Microsoft recently confirmed that Kevin Timmons, the company’s general manager for Data Center services has left the company to pursue other business opportunities. While Microsoft would not confirm which company Timmons left for, the former data...

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iomart Hosting Making Continued Headway In The Cloud
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011THN News  
PRESS RELEASE (The Hosting News) – iomart Group, the cloud computing and managed hosting services company, continues to see strong demand through its iomart Hosting business, for the outsourcing of IT services to the cloud. iomart Hosting is now closing between 30...

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