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4 hidden risks of your enterprise cloud strategy

CIO Business Intelligence

As enterprise CIOs seek to find the ideal balance between the cloud and on-prem for their IT workloads, they may find themselves dealing with surprises they did not anticipate — ones where the promise of the cloud, and cloud vendors, fall short versus the realities of enterprise IT. That’s where the contract comes into play.

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Big Data, Agile, CIO - 2012 in Review

Social, Agile and Transformation

Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Big Data, Agile, CIO - 2012 in Review. Speaking on Big Data in 2012. For my last post of 2012, I thought Id review some of the major themes that I covered this year. For those wanting to read about architecture or technology, I posted my top five tools for big data analytics. about me.

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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

Data Center Knowledge

Cloud Computing » Storage. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate. In deploying a cloud computing model, organizations have many options. With flexible “pay-as-you-grow” models, cloud computing can evolve with the needs of your business.

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Hybrid Cloud Means Slower Sales Growth for Equinix » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

Hybrid Cloud Means Slower Sales Growth for Equinix. Hybrid Cloud Means Slower Sales Growth for Equinix. Colocation facilities like this Equinix data center are key components of many hybrid cloud infrastructures. But customers are taking their time in analyzing the best way to deploy hybrid clouds, Equinix said this week.

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Virtustream a Visionary in Gartner 2012 IaaS Magic Quadrant

Cloud Musings

Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Saturday, October 27, 2012. Cloud Computing Presentations.

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Department of Veterans Affairs Cancels $36 Million Cloud Contract

Data Center Knowledge

Cloud Computing » Government. Department of Veterans Affairs Cancels $36 Million Cloud Contract. Department of Veterans Affairs Cancels $36 Million Cloud Contract. Remember that “Cloud First” mandate? Is the government starting to question the cloud? By: Jason Verge July 18th, 2013. RELATED POSTS: U.S.

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Liveblog: Hybrid Architectures, Bridging the Gap to the Cloud

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the AWS re:Invent session titled “Hybrid Architectures: Bridging the Gap to the Cloud” (ARC208). The speaker for the session is Jamie Butler, Manager of Solutions Architecture at AWS (focused on state/local government). This session will not focus on the VMware announcement regarding VMware Cloud on AWS.