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Art van Bodegraven and 10 other people answered this question

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

The technology-led vs. business-led question is one of a delicate balance. The deserts are littered with the bones of technologies that arrived before their time. There is little as sad as an earnest salesperson promoting wonders that are obvious, but of uncertain business viability.
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Nov. 1, 2011

Dennis Morgan and 2 other people answered this question

Is lack of expertise inhibiting your organization's desire to deploy apps on "the cloud?

It has to be a balance. You cannot turn the key on the Cloud and expect everything to be perfect. It would be nice but not realistic. "Self-serve" is nice and a good goal. You have to know your assets and how they are used. ... more

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Oct. 10, 2011

Owen McGab Enaohwo answered this question

What social media channels could you recommend for an IT outsourcing company?

I think you should stick with LinkedIn, Quora, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Google+
These are all you really need in my humble opinion. Concentrate on really getting very good at using these 6 social media platforms and don't dilute your results by trying to be on ... more

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Oct. 5, 2011

Wood Forge and 3 other people answered this question

On-shoring: Could the long-awaited US economic recovery end up coming from India and abroad?

From an IT consultant's perspective I have seen the offshore nightmare first hand many times...but "domestic onshoring" may need some major cleaning. At several publicly traded companies onshoring Indian consultants has caused more budget overruns, delays, and poor decisions than nearly anything else in IT. ... more

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Sept. 26, 2011

Andrew Baker answered this question

Would you welcome an offer from a start-up IT company to help you expand your IT business?

Whether or not such an offer would be welcomed is likely to be related to several factors, a few of which I will capture below:
-- How the recipient feels about cold calling :)
-- How the recipient organization feels about outsourcing
-- The startup's ability to provide ... more

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Sept. 14, 2011

Cathie Briggette and 1 other person answered this question

What exactly is a "cloud" ? Can oracle's Exadata and Salesforce.com both be considered "clouds"?

I agree with Robert above. They really are both considered a type of cloud. We also have written a couple of blogs on what the cloud is and how it works: http://blog.nskinc.com/hybrid-clouds-the-best-of-both-worlds/ . There are so many different ways that a cloud can be used, ... more

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Sept. 14, 2011

Ashley Davies and 2 other people answered this question

Does Microsoft have sufficient redundancy to support server failure?

that's a fair comment - I remember the Google EC2 outage a few month's ago and overall, Microsoft's cloud strategy is a step in the right direction. It brings me back to your first point in regard to disaster recovery - nothing is completely fool-proof! more

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