Public cloud services have put huge pressures on enterprise IT to compete in a more agile way. When it can take days or even weeks for IT departments to procure and manually set-up necessary ...

The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take ...

Data privacy laws are tightening, meaning businesses and global organisations need to be vigilant when choosing appropriate cloud provision for the workloads and storage needs. Certain regulations in ...

These days, small businesses increasingly need access to their data on the go, with no overhead for storage maintenance and ...

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The Amazon S3 and Nirvanix cloud storage services promise easy data storage for Web companies, but perils can’t be overlooked. Michael Witz, founder of online file-sharing site FreeDrive, knows the ...

The end of NetEase’s public cloud service has important lessons for how enterprises can mitigate risks and prepare for unexpected cloud provider closures. It’s not every day we witness a cloud ...

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One of the main points of my last book was that cloud computing never was and never would be cheap despite being marketed as a less expensive alternative to traditional on-premises deployments. It ...

The pitch from providers of hosted storage services sounds enticing. Instead of what these provider call the inherent risks in using hard drives or DVDs to store data, users are better off paying pay ...

When we talk about “the cloud,” our language betrays a fundamental misunderstanding. At its core, cloud computing is the ...