Cloud Computing

Utility Computing: How Practical?

On demand, outsourced, etc. are a few terms used synonymously with utility computing. Basically, it is a way to just consume central computing infrastructure and pay for the use. How practical is this approach and are companies, adopting this paradigm, reaping any incremental benefits?

Cloud Computing: beyond research projects...

Cloud computing is a new technology that promises virtually unlimited processing bandwidth, with access to data from anywhere on any device. Is it ready for commercial adoption? What are the key user needs driving this initiative? What are the advantages and what are the gotchas?

Is your Email/Data secure in the cloud?

In the interest of achieving scalability, are we moving too quickly to cloud computing? What about data/email security issues? Once Cloud Computing becomes the de facto standard, there will be no turning back. Is our act together?

Cloud Governance: Is NOW the time?

Cloud computing is being increasingly embraced by the enterprises for even mission critical applications, infrastructure, and operational needs. So, isn't it time that we put an overarching governance model in place, that spans planning/designing phase, production phase, and how we execute change management within the cloud? Are there any other governance models out there, to provide inspiration? Are there any best practices based governance models available yet?

Cloud and Data Integration: An unsolved problem?

Most organizations use some form of SaaS. In the brave new world of cloud computing, what are the solutions and challenges to integrating two disparate data sets? How do we marry "data from somewhere else" with "our data here"?