Features

• How to Plan Your Cloud Computing Mix

  By Chris Curran | 20 October, 2009 09:32

  Experienced CIOs have learned the hard way that achieving tangible benefits early in the technology lifecycle is no easy matter--whether its OO, CMMI, ITIL or SOA. Cloud computing shows promise and demands attention, but the related hoopla needs to be tempered with a good dose of business sense. The cloud, regardless of its variety, should never be considered an all-or-nothing proposition.

• 3 Keys to Using IaaS Public Clouds Wisely

  By James Staten | 20 October, 2009 08:37

  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 application service providers (ASP), the demand often centers on moving applications out of your own budget-sucking data center and up to an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud platform.

• Verizon's public cloud aimed at enterprise

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 04 June, 2009 04:40

  Verizon has rolled out its first cloud-computing service aimed at giving enterprise customers a secure way to host applications not only on virtual resources but also on physical, dedicated network servers.