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Mohammed Noufal

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Senior IT Enterprise Solutions Engineer, Zain

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Nov. 10, 2010

Mohammed Noufal and 3 other people answered this question

How do you guarantee ownership of your data in the cloud?

I disagree with you Chris , am working with a telecom operator and we are dealing with more than 200 vendors around the world in all our agreements we force the vendor to work under the Jordanian law "Jordan is our location" and if that ... more

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Cloud Computing Implementation

Nov. 5, 2010

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Is it plausible to ask a cloud provider to backup my data on a separate system?

let me reply by a question what is the difference between hosting your backup at the cloud or at your premises ?
and the answer is if you are willing to invest in your infrastructure ,data centers and operations then go for the local approach if ... more

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Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing Applications

Nov. 5, 2010

Mohammed Noufal and 27 other people answered this question

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

Well to be honest there is no good reason for not hosting your servers at the cloud , all of the above concerns from security , latency , etc are heavily addressable by the cloud vendors , also big players like IBM , HP , ... more

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Cloud Computing Regulations

Nov. 5, 2010

Mohammed Noufal and 3 other people answered this question

Is it more cost effective to invest in disaster recovery software, or virtualize?

Well Eliot you should elaborate more on your question since virtualization and disaster recovery are not related to each other , virtualization is to abstract the hw layer so one hw server can host more than one virtual machine while disaster recovery is set of ... more

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Backup and Recovery Solutions

Disaster Recovery

Nov. 5, 2010

Mohammed Noufal and 2 other people answered this question

Who is in charge of branding at your company?

our group CEO sets the strategy then our group branding team will build and set the branding guidelines for all other opco's deepening on the group strategy! after that its the local branding team responsibility to brand based on the guidelines. more

Brand Development

Oct. 25, 2010

Mohammed Noufal and 2 other people answered this question

What requirements should I explore before buying a new cloud server?

what Kshitiz is defecting the whole cloud concept for the end users , the main reason behind cloud computing is outsourcing so its a matter of SLA if the vendor delivers the SLA you need so go ahead if not go search for someone else, ... more

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Cloud Computing

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Cloud Computing Implementation

Oct. 23, 2010

Mohammed Noufal and 2 other people answered this question

What are the top trade shows to attend to learn more about the cloud computing industry?

attend the Cloud Computing World Forum/Asia this supposed to be the biggest event in the cloud history.
http://www.cloudcomputinglive.com/ more

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Cloud Computing

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Cloud Computing Regulations

Oct. 23, 2010

Mohammed Noufal and 3 other people answered this question

What will the cloud computing industry look like in 5 years?

well 5 years from now , cloud computing will be the standard way of computing for both enterprises and SOHOs even the end users , and having physical servers will become an odd thing!
speaking about the vendors we will have only 4 or 5 vendors ... more

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Cloud Based Applications

Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing Applications

Oct. 23, 2010

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What 'up and coming' PaaS vendors should I keep an eye on?

take a look at Spring Source and Windows Azure , why because they have been in this business long time ago! more

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Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing Industry

Cloud Computing Vendors

Oct. 23, 2010

Mohammed Noufal and 8 other people answered this question

Is SaaS really better for users?

everything we do in IT is eventually for the benefit of the end users , with SaaS IT will out source the administration headache from their operations thus they will focus more on the end users customization requirements thus they will deliver a better service ... more

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Cloud Computing Costs

Oct. 19, 2010

Mohammed Noufal and 9 other people answered this question

Virtualization vs. cloud computing- what's the difference?

Virtualization is the abstraction for the HW layer so some one can run more than one virtual machine on a single HW machine .
Cloud Computing is a collection of layers formed together to deliver a user friendly IP based computing , virtualization is a layer/module ... more

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Cloud Computing

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