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What does Salesforce's acquisition of Heroku mean?

Dec. 9, 2010

Trent Carroll asked a question

Do I have to build my own Cloud before I access a Cloud Provider?

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Dec. 6, 2010

Erik Goldoff answered this question

Absolutely not ... simply stated, Cloud Computing is the next step past SaaS ( Software as a Service ) whereby you access the resources in the 'cloud' from anywhere. In this case, you don't have to have your CRM system on your own network, or ... more

Cloud Computing Projects

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

Oct. 31, 2010

Jon Arnold and 3 other people answered this question

That's a huge question, and of course, impossible to answer. In the communications space, we've only been talking about the cloud for a year - maybe two at the most. Cloud has been out there for much longer in other areas of IT, but it's ... more

Cloud Based Applications

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

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Oct. 23, 2010

Mohammed Noufal and 2 other people answered this question

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

Cloud Computing Regulations

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Oct. 23, 2010

Mohammed Noufal answered this question

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

Cloud Computing Industry

What are your cloud provider's standard operating procedures during an outage ?

Oct. 22, 2010

Kshitiz Verma answered this question

Mostly all cloud providers have an auto back-up provisioning process which help them restoring data/apps/others in case of any kind of outage.
Like AWS has DB Backup and EC2 Snapshot services. Cloud vendor's data center is always has e DR site, where all these backups get ... more

Hosting and Bandwidth

Is there a way to build my own applications in the cloud?

Oct. 13, 2010

Michael Dortch and 1 other person answered this question

Great question, Roy. In addition to Andrew Baker's recommendations, I suggest you check out Focus Briefs on EnterpriseWizard (http://focus.com/c/B3E/) and TrackVia (http://focus.com/c/CRN/), two companies taking innovative approaches to enabling cloud-based application development. And please keep the Focus.com community apprised of your experiences in this important ... more

Cloud Computing Solutions

What are the top specific characteristics you should explore in vendors and solutions?

Oct. 12, 2010

Michael Dortch asked a question

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How can cloud computing help me avoid capital expenditure?

Oct. 12, 2010

Steve Heusser and 1 other person answered this question

Using “cloud” resources turns your IT capital money you would need to spend every 3 years into a monthly operational expense. It turns your physical purchases into services you buy from a vendor and not widgets you purchase. This can help many businesses in this ... more

Capital Expenditure

Cloud Computing System

Top Cloud Computing Trends to Watch in 2011

Oct. 11, 2010

Joshua Beil published a brief

Cloud Computing Solutions

Cloud Computing System

Who are the top cloud computing vendors?

Oct. 1, 2010

Bill Lutz asked a question

Cloud Computing Solutions