3 Keys to Using IaaS Public Clouds Wisely
It seems as if every CIO comes back from a conference cocktail party demanding IT move to the cloud. While this can mean many things, including using software-as-a-service (SaaS), managed hosting, or...
View ArticleWhere is Your Cloud? Four Compliance Best Practices
If you think the phrase "It's in the cloud" means that your data resides on the Internet and is thus accessible everywhere equally, think again. Most infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud services...
View ArticlePre-Packaged Private Cloud: 4 Questions to Ask
IT professionals have the basic ingredients to cook up their own cloud-like infrastructure-but there's no recipe, and many ingredients don't combine well. Especially as infrastructure innovation...
View ArticlePractices for test and development Cloud projects
The testing and development of new applications in the cloud becomes an ideal way to provide a business justification and to ensure the right fit between the applications, the IaaS solutions, and the...
View ArticleIs your private cloud defensive or responsive?
A strong minority of enterprise IT shops are prioritizing the development of a private cloud, but Forrester surveys suggest these moves will fail. The reason lies in the motivation behind these efforts...
View ArticleFive best practices for test and development projects in the Cloud
Application test and development projects are a natural starting place for companies moving to use cloud computing services. Forrester Research's James Staten discusses how to tell if your project is a...
View ArticleHow CIOs can get more from the Cloud
Forrester surveys show that many enterprise IT leaders are embracing cloud services -- especially SaaS -- but tend to see cloud services as inferior to their own internal deployments. Sadly, this view...
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