Articles tagged with cloud

1. LinkedIn: What is the Cloud?

   Posted on August 01, 2011 in IT Management

   A really interesting discussion has been going on in the LinkedIn IT Architect group. If you aren't a member of the group, I highly recommend you join. The question that fired off the discussion was, "Is 'the cloud' just another name for a hosted / out-sourced (web application) service? If not …

2. IT Staff Reduction Isn't Happening

   Posted on June 24, 2011 in IT Management

   ReadWriteWeb is highlighting the recent hubbub around the fact that IT staffs aren't shrinking despite the rapid adoption of cloud computing. It's always been assumed that outsourcing IT infrastructure would result in reductions in IT staffing. Although that is still generally assumed to be the future, recent studies have shown …

3. How Big is the World of Cloud Computing?

   Posted on May 02, 2011 in System Administration

   

   Via: Wikibon

4. The Influences Driving Virtualization

   Posted on May 02, 2011 in IT Management

   The Influences Driving Virtualization is a new white paper from the guys at ReadWriteWeb. I recently downloaded and read through it. If you're curious about virtualization, but aren't sure about giving up your contact info to ReadWriteWeb, here are some notes about what you'll find after you download.

   "Organizations that …

5. Are You Getting Started with VMware vCenter Chargeback Pricing Matrices?

   Posted on April 19, 2011 in Software

   In vCenter Chargeback version 1.6, VMware added the ability to define a pricing matrix for virtual machines in a virtual data center (vDC). A pricing matrix associates a fixed cost with the virtual machine based on the number of allocated vCPUs and RAM. If you're implementing a bundle-based pricing …