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Author Archives: Bill Ryan
Can The Cloud Help Startups?
While reading an article in the March 22nd edition of NETWORKWORLD by Jon Brodkin entitled “DEMO start-ups for the cloud”, I made note of a particularly interesting quote by Jeff Crown, president of DEMO, presenter at VenueGen, that “ this … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing
Tagged Cloud Computing, entreprenuer, managed server, startup, virtualization
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The Maturing Cloud: Is Your Organization Ready to Cross The Chasm?
At the IDC Directions 2010 conference a few weeks ago there was a presentation entitled “The Maturing Cloud: What it will take to Win” Frank Gens explained that the most significant growth opportunities in the IT market will be in … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing
Tagged Cloud Computing, IDC Directions, Software-as-a-Service
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Commentary on The Evolution of Application Software Development
In the 3/26/10 article on the “Practical Advice on Saas Marketing” blog there is a great reference and comparison to how cars were built at the Ford Motor River Rouge complex and the evolution of application software development. Strange as … Continue reading
Commentary on Network World’s Article on “Cisco Secures Mobile, Cloud Apps”
In the March 8, 2010 edition of NETWORK WORLD there is an article on page eight entitled “Cisco secures mobile, cloud apps”. The article talks in depth about Cisco’s announcement and launch of their Secure Borderless Networks initiative. Secure Borderless … Continue reading
SaaS Drives Down The Cost of Computing In Education
In the 3/24/10 edition of the “Great Lakes Innovation and Technology Report” an article was written about Healthmaster Holdings LLC. Healthmaster Holding LLC is a company that provides electronic medical record software and Medicaid billing for schools. A quote from … Continue reading
Why You Need A SaaS Strategy – Information Week Commentary
In the January 10, 2010 INFORMATION WEEK article written by Michael Biddick titled “Why you need a SaaS strategy” he writes, “Three-fourths of companies using SaaS consider application services extremely or critically important to their organizations, according to our InformationWeek … Continue reading
Posted in SaaS Hosting
Tagged mission critical saas, saas strategy, Software-as-a-Service
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Data Center Skills Crisis?
I was reading Network World the other day and came across an article called “The Deepening Data Center Skills Crisis.” The main point of the article is that there are plenty of highly skilled IT professionals looking for work, but when … Continue reading
To Build or not to Build a New Data Center?
In a down housing and construction market, many IT organizations are tempted to start construction on a new data center. If you are one of those organizations be aware that there are many hidden costs lurking that you may not … Continue reading
Posted in Michigan Data Centers
Tagged ROI on data center construction, TCO data centers
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All Roads Lead to Data Center Consolidation and Using IaaS
One of the big takeaways from the cloud computing hype over the last year is that everyone wants to do more with less. Keeping your IT infrastructure in-house no longer makes sense from a cost perspective. The cloud computing media … Continue reading
