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Article: Your legacy in the cloud & your rights (or lack of them) |
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March 30 2012 - www.CloudedIssues.com
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As we shift more of our lives onto the Internet, & thus into the Cloud, we commit our lives either unconsciously for some or fully in the knowledge for others to big data, big business & profits for big business. It has long been sci-fi lore that humans would interface with computer systems uploading their vast knowledge & consciousness to cyberspace to 'live forever'. What are our 'rights' to all this data we personally amass? In relation to our own works, how does the copyrights to those works pass to our estate upon death, & why are we so hesitant amidst the global discussion about rightsholders to not include the discussion our own rights to our own works & materials?
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Article: The dirty business of cleaning the Cloud with SOPA |
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January 31 2012 - www.CloudedIssues.com
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A look at how SOPA-type legislation can, & will undermine the growth, success & viability of Cloud Computing in the face of the recent closure of MegaUpload, especially to Small to Medium businesses caught in the crossfire between the rights holders & the Internet.
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Article: Did 2011 have a silver lining for the cloud in ireland? |
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December 31 2011 - www.CloudedIssues.com
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2011 for the cloud in Ireland was a turning point. At the start of the year, there were but maybe two handfuls of cloud computing service providers in Ireland, & twelve months on, the choice has ballooned, with numerous IAAS & SAAS providers in the market place, pushing forward the commoditisation of the cloud away from preserve specialty services they have been in recent years. CloudedIssues.com takes a look at the progression of 'The Cloud' in Ireland in 2011
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Article: If Prof. Trelawney did 2012 cloud predictions, it would be these. |
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December 31 2011 - www.CloudedIssues.com
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2012 is upon us already. A new business quarter is under way, & Irish cloud companies are geared up for the traditional January assault on the market. With the last twelve months behind us, & a new year to look forward to, 2012 is the year that will make or break the cloud in Ireland. CloudedIssues.com takes a look ahead at what it believes the next 12 months will hold for the cloud computing market.
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Article: When the cloud goes bust & you're up a river without paddles |
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December 30 2011 - www.cloudedIssues.com
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2011 has not been a kind year for Irish business. Five small businesses failed every day this year. 2011 has also seen a huge increase in the number of cloud service companies open for business in Ireland across SAAS/IAAS/PAAS areas. A burning question for many about taking their trip into the cloud is; what happens if my provider goes bust? How do I get my data back? CloudedIssues.com takes a look at a very real worry in the Irish cloud computing space for those still seeking their silver lining.
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Article: Knock Knock. Who's There? |
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November 16 2011 - www.cloudedissues.com
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Security in the cloud. This is the re-occurring theme when the technology conversation turns to cloud computing. Usually that's followed by "Where's my data?" or "Who can get access to my data?" or "Do I have complete control of my own data?" Security in the last twelve months has become the real deal breaker, & issues experienced by a high profile name in the technology world like Sony really made alot of people who have been on the fence about whether to take some of their business critical systems into the Cloud. This blog examines that there are greater risks to the security of your data in your own office than in the data facilities of your provider of choice.
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Article: Ireland leaves the front door unlocked |
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November 14 2011
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According to the Irish Government, Ireland is well placed to exploit opportunities in new sectors such as Cloud Computing & Digital Gaming, Life Sciences & Clean-tech, & that Ireland’s services sector continues to grow, which in 2010 accounted for 45.3 per cent of total exports. So why has Ireland not got a National Cyber Security Strategy, & why will it have to wait until 2012 to have one? This blog looks at the failures of the Irish Government to provide the support for the single largest contributor to its exports, which it is heavily dependent on as it tries to climb from the mire of austerity.
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Article: Happyslapped by a Cloud Marketeer |
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October 25 2011
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Cloud brokers & consultants like to talk alot about 'demistifying the cloud'. There's alot of whitepapers, case studies & cloud blogs on 'what is the cloud'. Marketing people almost soil themselves in delight at the prospects of how much money they can make from some of the cloud sales campaigns they design, complete with resplendent back slapping over well-earned cocktails on a Friday evening after work.
The I.T. industry is getting drunk & high of its own spin & the slap-happy tags of 'As A Service' onto things. But recently, I do believe this merriment has gotten to the stage of 'wasted'. That point of drunkeness where even the smallest task is nigh on impossible. I'm talking about the recent love affair with 'Bring Your Own Data' being slapped on as a marketing tag. Which usually comes now with a side order of 'all you can eat data'.
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Article: When cloud consolidates & you're on your own |
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October 17 2011
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Consolidation in the Irish datacentre & hosting industry is something that those in it have spoken & written about over the last number of years. In the last number of years in the Irish market, we've seen the likes of Novarra bought by DigiWeb, Register365 bought by Namesco, Hosting365 by SunGard, Aventure by DediServe, & recently, one of the biggest buyouts of DEG by Telecity Redbus.
As is natural in times like this, the merging/buyout of companies competiting by each other is a natural course of evolution in the market. Less competition tends to make alot of people nervous, especially in trying financial times. But then there's others who view these buy-outs as important for securing services held by customers by them not waking up one morning to find their service provider is closed, in administration & their business as a result is in limbo. In the end, in either circumstance, the customer actually loses.
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Article: Cloud for small-to-medium businesses? Duh, Winning! |
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September 21 2011 - http://webcore.ie/blog/445/cloud-for-smes-duh-winning/#more-445
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Cloud right now is becoming more crucial to the Irish SME’s business
operations. In Ireland, small businesses that have survived this far are now finally coming around to the Cloud; something many thought they would not have to contemplate until things had stabilised. Part of the reason for this shift to the Cloud right now is the entry level into the Cloud being cost efficient, Irish Cloud companies coming to the fore, & a clear opportunity being present.
While some SME’s are finding themselves being shoe-horned into the cloud
with the large well known cloud providers for services above & beyond their needs, the others who are braving the new cloud frontier are now engaging with the more ‘local’ cloud providers that are answering the needs of small to medium Irish businesses.
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Article: Carbon in the Cloud & the taxing questions for Ireland |
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August 10 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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Ireland has set many of milestones so far with respect to the Cloud. We've our first dedicated cloud computing third level course. Our Government has talked about a Cloud Strategy & the importance of Cloud Computing to Ireland. We had Irish businesses bought over by large international companies because of their head start in the Cloud. We've had venture capital companies invest into Cloud computing businesses. Now Ireland's Cloud industry faces something that has been looming on the distant horizon; carbon taxes for the first time tangibly harming its growth potential.
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Article: No, the answer is not 'Cloud'. |
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August 01 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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A blog examining that sometimes Cloud is not the answer to a business' problems, & how Cloud must be a solution only when it is THE best solution, not because it is flavor of the month.
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Article: Band On The Run? |
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July 04 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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A blog examining how the danger of band-wagon jumping in the Cloud can do more harm than good.
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Article: It's a bird, It's a plane, no it's my office .... in the sky? |
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June 29 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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A blog examining how Irish businesses in start-up are primed to leverage off the cloud to maximise their potential of surviving the first three years, & how the cloud can reduce their capital investments, shifting day-today business costs into operational expenditure instead.
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Article: A guy walks into a bar & orders a beer with his Cloud |
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June 28 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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A blog looking at how adoption of the cloud is being sped up through the consumer route in Ireland.
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Article: Hello cloud, I'm a business - who are you? |
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June 16 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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Over sixty percent of Irish businesses cited the cost savings as an imperative for cloud adoption in Ireland according to a very recent survey commissioned for Cloud Arena by Seefin Data Management. Now while that may be pretty much par for the course & pretty much part of the standard message of Cloud Computing, others findings from this survey for most Irish cloud companies are of greater concern. This blog examines the real issues in Ireland that face people who want to leverage off the Cloud, but find roadblocks facing them.
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Article: The one where the cloud went to school |
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June 07 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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The I.T. industry in Ireland has a near-100% employment rate right now, yet there are so many jobs are out there being advertised that have few takers. A growing area in the jobs market is the search for cloud-savvy employees. This blog examines Ireland's first dedicated Cloud Computing course at University & how Irish third level education must now meet to service its I.T. industry better.
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Article: Cloudy with a chance for goofballs & legal headaches. |
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May 04 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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Cloud. Security. Two words consumers of the cloud want together, side by side. Hand in hand. In the early days of the cloud, it was the easiest card to pull to deter people from moving to the cloud. To some degree, it's less of an issue with the normalisation of 'cloud' (or is that rebranding of existing systems as cloud, another debate for another day) into every-day Internet services such as Google GMail, Apple iTunes, SalesForce, MSN Hotmail, & the countless other software-as-a-service or platform-as-a-service interactions we consume online. This blog examines security in the cloud, & what needs to be done about it.
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Article: The Day The Cloud Crashed & People Lost Their Minds |
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April 22 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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February 20th 2011 will be a date that cloud commentators, cloud zealots & the opportunists in the cloud will make sure is not forgotten. Amazon AWS had a colossal outage. This blog takes a look at the hysteria that followed & how expectations getting out of hand can affect the future of the Cloud, & its adoption by businesses.
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Article: The one where the the story of the cloud in Ireland was told |
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April 19 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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In the last four years, clouds in Ireland have represented three distinct things to the Irish people; our freakish & severe weather pattern changes wreaking havoc & causing hundreds of millions of euros in insurance claims, the dark clouds of national economic & personal depression from our financial issues, which have since placed Ireland at the centre of the world’s gaze, & the third kind being the latest buzzword in I.T., ‘Cloud Computing’, which coincidentally was heavily influenced by those aforementioned fiscal issues. This blog looks at the issues facing the Cloud Computing phenomenon in Ireland, & what it needs to grow.
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Article: The one where he talks about Star Trek, Dragons, Facebook & The Cloud' |
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March 20 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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My second blog discussing the importance of planning when it comes to using the Cloud to support your business needs.
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Article: The one where he introduces himself |
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March 03 2011 - CloudedIssues.com
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Welcome to 'The Clouded Issues'. This is a blog I decided to start in order to discuss the many issues facing Cloud Computing & Cloud services in the Irish market across all verticals, as witnessed from my own professional experience in Ireland's Cloud Computing Service Market.
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