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Why We Chose Exchange Online, Not Google Apps

How did Microsoft win over the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina for an Office 365 migration? Better license packaging on a bigger ecosystem of apps at an affordable price u2014 an advantage Microsoft can often wield over cloud rival Google.

20 mei 2011 5 mins
Microsoft Office Office Suites SaaS
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Calculating Virtualization and Cloud Costs: 4 Approaches

For IT departments wanting to do chargebacks or cost-justification, figuring virtualization and cloud services ROI is tricky, at best. Experts outline four methods you can use to break down costs and returns.

19 mei 2011 5 mins
Cloud Computing Virtualization
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Chromebook: Are You Really Ready to Marry Google?

It's not a laptop. It's not a netbook. Exactly what is a mobile device based on Google's Chrome OS? Bill Snyder breaks down the pros and cons of this cloud-minded groundbreaker.n

16 mei 2011 5 mins
Cloud Computing Mobile Small and Medium Business
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Microsoft Office Alternatives: Many are Trying, Few are Buying

Enterprises are intrigued by Office alternatives such as Google Apps, Zoho and OpenOffice.org, but not as a replacement for Microsoft's cash cow. At least not yet, writes Forrester.

12 mei 2011 4 mins
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Disaster Recovery is Everyone’s Job

I was discussing my article on the Amazon EC2 Cloud failure, and a related blog (as well as reaction from the Twittersphere) with my editor, and the issue came up of cloud-related disaster recovery falling under the responsibility of IT. Having cover

11 mei 2011 2 mins
Cloud Computing Disaster Recovery
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Cloud CIO: Like Open Source, Cloud Hides in Plain Sight

Open source caused many embarrassing conversations for CIOs: A CIO would say we have no open source software -- then walk the halls and find it in use. This same scenario is playing out with cloud services, says CIO.com's Bernard Golden.

11 mei 2011 7 mins
Cloud Computing Virtualization
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Microsoft-Skype Deal: Three Ways It Benefits Enterprises

Microsoft bought Skype to beef up its consumer products and keep Google at bay. However, the union will help enterprise users in less obvious ways as Skype becomes a key Microsoft weapon in "the consumerization of IT."

11 mei 2011 3 mins
Small and Medium Business Smartphones Social Networking Apps
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The Trouble with Coding Across the Clouds, Part 2

Even the best cloud applications offer only one native development language for business logic. What if you really need to leverage software assets in another language? It's not as simple as just using another cloud's code.

10 mei 2011 5 mins
Cloud Computing Data Center
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Learning to Be Cloud Wary

Recently I talked to several corporate executives who claimed last month's Amazon cloud service outage gave them pause. While none were threatening to build in-house infrastructure, the blinders were off regarding the halo that had been wrapped

9 mei 2011 2 mins
Cloud Computing
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Drenched By the Cloud

Thursday, April 21, is a day that Michael Downing, the CEO and CFO of social media start-up Tout, won't soon forget. In the wee hours of the morning, Downing learned a harsh lesson: cloud computing is not bulletproof.

9 mei 2011 5 mins
Cloud Computing