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Private vs Public Cloud: What's cheaper?

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April 1, 2012

kevin cloinger recommends this answer by JP Morgenthal

Crystal,
That's a whole lotta analysis you're attempting to fit into a single question. It really depends upon how an organization runs their business. I know some businesses that buy a software package, don't pay annual maintenance and have been using an unsupported version for over ... more

What are the advantages of cloud security and approaches over on premise legacy security and approaches?

Private Cloud

Private Cloud Computing

March 30, 2012

kevin cloinger and 1 other person answered this question

Will for starters for physical security of cloud company will be higher then small mid sizes org.
Also their is no way person in the data center to any where any server or data live unlike co-lo.
Any other difference that I can think of ... more

Cloud Security

What location considerations should be given with a cloud infrastructure?

March 29, 2012

kevin cloinger recommends this answer by JP Morgenthal

Great question Ray. Many assume that because it's "in the cloud" that the level of performance difference is the same regardless of where the physical data center for that service provider is located. That is, once the decision is made to use cloud infrastructure-as-a-service, few ... more

Cloud Adoption

Cloud Benchmarks

What do you need from an Enterprise App Store?

March 28, 2012

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March 28, 2012

kevin cloinger and 2 other people answered this question

Vetted apps more control over my fleet of devices. One thing the able to white, black and grey list apps. The ability to push apps and control over updates. Bug trackers for the apps. Must have the ability buy license for my my company.
Oh ... more

How does the Kindle Fire change things?

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Enterprise App Stores

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March 28, 2012

kevin cloinger recommends this answer by Sharon Sudman

iPad reminds me of the Mac 25 years ago - intriguing with lots of potential, not very functional, but fun to play with. Its limitations remind me of when, on the 128K Mac, I maxed out the floppy I was working on and realized there ... more

Zappos Breach -- Is good security impossible?

March 27, 2012

kevin cloinger recommends this answer by Erik Goldoff

Yes, it is possible to maintain 'good' information security for connected systems. It is not possible, however, to maintain perfect (inpenatrable) security and still be connected. The idea is to execute all reaonable and proper efforts to secure the data to *minimize* the risk.
If ... more

Amazon

Breach

Lateef, this question has been asked repeatedly on Focus.com since the middle of last year. I would be surprised if one could not find more than a dozen variations of this question here since January 1 of this year:
http://www.focus.com/search/?q=what+is+cloud+computing
-ASB: http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker more

March 27, 2012

kevin cloinger recommends this answer by Andrew Baker

What is cloud computing?

Where can I sell iPhone apps besides in the iTunes app store?

March 27, 2012

kevin cloinger answered this question

Cydia is the only one I is the only one that know of. Oh and it is built on APT tech that debian linux has been using since 1998.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydia more

Which gadget do you think will make a big impact in 2012?

App Development

Apple

iPhone

March 26, 2012

kevin cloinger recommends this answer by Chris Selland

Cheap tablets - starting with the Kindle Fire. The era of highly affordable, ubiquitous content and computing will be massively disruptive across a multitude of industries. The iPad is a powerful but elitist product - the Fire and other products that follow will demonstrate what ... more

March 26, 2012

kevin cloinger and 6 other people answered this question

Will you replace your laptop with the new iPad?

With iPad no but for the about 90% of what I do with laptop a Android tablet does.
My requirements are:
SDXC card reader (not mirco)
USB fullsize
IDE
Flash
Support for open soruce software (F-Droid)
USB harddrives support
Good thing to have would be: ... more

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

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iPad

Laptop

March 26, 2012

kevin cloinger recommends this answer by Casey Carbonel

For a small company, I think the two most important attributes that your solution must have is scalability and customization capabilities. Most Saas based solutions have great scalability, however for information on the most customizable solution on the market you can download a free white ... more

What are the advantages of Linux over Mac or Windows?

Hybrid Cloud

Private Cloud

March 25, 2012

kevin cloinger and 3 other people answered this question

After sharing this on G+ this is one replies i got their.
Jason Benoit - To answer your request, Andrew pretty much nailed it in the first part, and it was obvious "common knowledge" regurgitated. However, he threw most of it out when he said ... more

Is there a GPL (free open source) PostgreSQL schema for a digital library?

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Mac

Operating System

March 25, 2012

kevin cloinger and 1 other person answered this question

Uhm why use PostgreSQL when their database for this. Take a look at this site http://odbms.org/. But as all ways more info on question would help. more

What are some best practices when backing up data?

March 24, 2012

kevin cloinger recommends this answer by Bob Parsons

You didn't specify if you are talking about a data center or your PC at home. Perhaps you could clarify your question. more

Backup

Deduplication

Why is Windows often perceived to be more vulnerable than Linux of Mac OS?

March 23, 2012

kevin cloinger recommends this answer by Andrew Baker

Latonya,
Historically, Microsoft had more problems with security and stability than other platforms for a variety of reasons that include the following:
-- Microsoft's OSes gained in popularity when security was not a focus for them, and security is something that is always difficult to ... more

Open source project management tools: is "free" worth it?

March 22, 2012

kevin cloinger recommends this answer by CJ Fearnley

In general, the answer to your question is to ask around for the "best in breed" FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) that might meet your business needs. Then evaluate what others are using. Searching the web will usually find more junk than useable software.
At ... more

March 22, 2012

kevin cloinger and 8 other people answered this question

Private clouds: can they exist? Are they needed?

I know here great example of private cloud. http://openstack.org/user-stories/mercadolibre-inc/
If you need more ask nasa why they big player in this field? more

Cloud Computing Models: Public vs. Private vs. Hybrid

Hybrid Cloud Computing

IT Infrastructure

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March 22, 2012

kevin cloinger and 1 other person commented on a brief

Nice brief i like it put good picture of what public, private and most importantly hybrid. Now how you didn't OpenStack or Rackspace is little pass me but other then that small it great. more

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

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Hybrid Cloud Computing

Leslie O'neill

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March 22, 2012

kevin cloinger and 6 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Defining Cloud Computing [2/23 @ 11 am]

I don't think cloud computing is disruptive tech like HDSLR or SSD are. It's great innovative tech but most of the same name in the host world and IT outsourcing company are no broad with it.
This does not fit the definition of disruptive. more

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