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May 22, 2012

james watson and 8 other people answered this question

Is Cloud Computing a technology driven wave or a business lead wave of change?

Cloud computing is the most advanced form of computing till date. It is based on the robust and fault-tolerant virtualization technology. Cloud computing technology offers tremendous benefits to businesses of all kinds, such as, fast and simultaneous accessibility for multiple users via Internet, high reliability, ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

May 16, 2012

james watson and 1 other person commented on a brief

Cloud Computing Models: Public vs. Private vs. Hybrid

Public clouds are those clouds that have been designed to be billed in a pay as you grow model. Public clouds are run by the third party or the external cloud service providers, which offers resources such as computing power, storage as a service, super ... more

Cloud Computing

Hybrid Cloud Computing

May 4, 2012

james watson and 3 other people answered this question

Benefits of deploying a "private" cloud computing environment?

Large enterprises prefer to move their applications in private cloud in order to keep their data secure. Private cloud (or corporate cloud) is a computing architecture that provides cloud hosting services to a limited number of people behind a firewall. Advances in virtualization and distributed ... more

Cloud Computing

Private Cloud Computing Servies

Private Cloud Service

April 20, 2012

james watson and 8 other people answered this question

Cloud computing models: What is best for a small company?

Best cloud computing model for a small company is Public cloud model. If an organization is of a small or medium size, then setting up and maintaining a private cloud do not appear to be a rational option as the costs involved will be extreme. ... more

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Cloud Computing

April 18, 2012

james watson and 3 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Applications and Cloud Computing: Trends, Issues, Strategies [6/29 @ 1 pm]

Do you think large enterprises will move their applications to cloud? Is the data privacy a concern

Large enterprises will move their applications in private cloud in order to keep their data secure. Private cloud (or corporate cloud) is a computing architecture that provides cloud hosting services to a limited number of people behind a firewall. Advances in virtualization and distributed computing ... more

April 4, 2012

james watson commented on a brief

Private Clouds? Can They Exist? Are They Necessary?

Private cloud (or corporate cloud) is a computing architecture that provides cloud hosting services to a limited number of people behind a firewall. Advances in virtualization and distributed computing have allowed corporate network and datacenter administrators to effectively become service providers that meet the needs ... more

Cloud Computing

March 30, 2012

james watson and 7 other people answered this question

Private vs Public Cloud: What's cheaper?

If an organization is of a small or medium size, then setting up and maintaining a private cloud will not be a rational option as the costs involved will be extreme. Also, highly skilled IT technicians and support staff will be needed on the premises. ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Private Cloud Computing

March 28, 2012

james watson and 3 other people answered this question

What is keeping you from making the leap to a private cloud?

Private cloud refers to deploying of cloud computing technology internally, that is, rather than running Web-based and rich client applications over the Internet, a private cloud employs cloud computing within a company's own local or wide area networks. The term implies that the same virtualization ... more

Cloud Computing

Private Cloud Computing

March 22, 2012

james watson and 6 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Defining Cloud Computing [2/23 @ 11 am]

Is cloud inherently a disruptive technology, or is it simply giving a new name to old processes?

Cloud computing technology can be considered do be disruptive only in a good way as the outcome of cloud computing is really constructive and beneficial for businesses. Cloud computing technology is not a new name to old processes but it is really a novel technology. ... more

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Cloud Computing

Enterprise Computing

Feb. 23, 2012

james watson and 27 other people answered this question

What is a good reason for NOT switching to a cloud computing system?

I do not find any specific reason for not switching to cloud as cloud computing is the most advanced form of computing. I think there is a lot of misconception regarding security of data in a cloud environment. Another misconception is that there is lack ... more

Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing Costs

Cloud Computing Implementation

Cloud Computing Regulations

Feb. 9, 2012

james watson and 2 other people answered this question

What are the benefits of a dedicated hosting vs. colocation centre vs. cloud hosting?

Dedicated hosting involves hosting of software or applications on dedicated servers. A dedicated server is a computer in a network reserved or dedicated for serving a specific need. For example, a network may require that one computer be set aside to manage communications between all ... more

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Cloud-based Storage

Colocation Centre

Feb. 8, 2012

james watson and 5 other people answered this question

Is web hosting considered a form of cloud computing?

Web hosting can be considered a form of cloud computing only when hosting is done on a cloud server and all the benefits of cloud computing technology are availed.
For more information, visit this link -
http://www.myrealdata.com/cloud-computing.html more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Jan. 30, 2012

james watson and 8 other people answered this question

Are IT departments sabotaging cloud computing solutions?

Some IT departments really don’t want to adopt cloud based solutions due to the fear of losing control over data or because of concerns regarding theft of data itself. Such people think cloud lacks in security, though on the contrary, it is highly secure. Some ... more

Cloud Computing

Jan. 4, 2012

james watson and 5 other people answered this question

What location considerations should be given with a cloud infrastructure?

If your Cloud computing service provider offers a high speed access and guarantees almost one hundred percent uptime, then the location of the Cloud computing service provider’s data center with respect to your company incites no concern. It is best that the cloud data center ... more

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Cloud Benchmarks

Cloud Computing

Dec. 23, 2011

james watson and 5 other people answered this question

What are the best hosting providers?

There are many hosting service providers but you can check with the services of http://www.myrealdata.com. It is one of the best hosting and cloud computing service provider in the market and gives full data back up with 24/7 unlimited and full tech support..
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James more

Ecommerce Web Solutions

Ecommerce Website Design

Dec. 22, 2011

james watson and 3 other people answered this question

Cloud Computing 2011 – Part 4: What technology had the biggest impact on the cloud computing market?

Virtualization had the biggest impact on the cloud computing market. Virtualization is a term that refers to the abstraction of computer resources. Virtualization can be applied to many types of computer resources: Storage, Network, and CPU / Memory, etc. Virtualization provides high-availability; distributed or dynamic ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Impact Assessment

Nov. 25, 2011

james watson and 3 other people answered this question

What are the costs of servers in the cloud?

You can even check this link:
http://www.myrealdata.com/standard-pricing.html

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Cloud Computing

Nov. 17, 2011

james watson and 18 other people answered this question

What is your favorite software for small business accounting?

I prefer Quickbooks for accounting purpose.. as it is easy to handle and secure with full data back up. You can check this useful article:
http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/How-To-Access-Quickbooks-Applications-An... more

Accounting Software

Nov. 10, 2011

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Nov. 8, 2011

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