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| Vol 1 Issue 5 | 2010 |
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The Next Cloud Battleground?This issue includes featured stories such as:
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| Application Platforms: The Next CloudBattleground? |
| A look at the forces behind the unleashing of more application development and deployment |
| by Vince Vasquez |
| Seems like every great battle has a good guy, a bad guy, and perhaps an even uglier monster of a thing to contend with. If you’ve ever opened a new server box, and hours later found yourself at wits’ end searching through manuals trying to figure out why the heck the thing won’t boot properly, you’ve faced ugly head-on. This article discusses the forces at play in the rise of Platform-as-a-Service offerings. |
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| Rebooting Corporate Video |
| How Cloudbook utilizes Cisco's Flip Miniopro camcorder to define the new best practice in corporate storytelling |
| by David Macias & Vince Vasquez |
| One of the primary tools Cloudbook uses for creating the video component of a Cloudbook StoryTM is Cisco’s Flip MinoPRO HD camcorder. Flip helps Cloudbook introduce the new generation of Cloud stars, enabling them to tell their stories in a format that is spontaneous, natural, convenient and free of the drab backdrop of a studio curtain. |
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| Emergence of the Cloud Integrator |
| Four-tier architecture and smart integration allow companies to take advantage of the benefits offered by the different types of clouds |
| by Raj Asava |
| While some claim Cloud Computing is the next disruptive technology, others suggest it is the harbinger of the diminishing role of the Systems Integrator. A closer examination reveals that it is neither. But whatever descriptor is finalized for Cloud Computing, harvesting its benefits will require the guidance and direction of an emerging breed of systems integrator – Cloud Integrator. |
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| Data Protection and Disaster Recovery within the Cloud |
| by Bob Daly |
| Cloud Computing is a persuasive business model for many organizations, especially those with remote offices or small-to-medium (SMB) businesses that are looking for cost-effective technology offerings. Analyst firms predict significant growth and use of the cloud for data storage; however, SMBs and start-ups are more likely to adopt these services into their IT infrastructures than large enterprises. This difference is in part due to cost of IT infrastructure and concerns regarding the security of this data. By using the cloud, SMBs are able to change IT costs from a capital infrastructure expense to an operating expense. Additionally, these companies are also turning to the cloud as a cost-effective method for data protection and disaster recovery (DR) services. |
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| Founder and CEO Jack Kreindler introduces GenieDB. | ||
| Burstorm CTSO demonstrates how you can start a blog server on GoGrid in about the time it takes to order a latte. | ||
| CTO and Co-Founder John Considine introduces CloudSwitch | ||
| President and CEO Tom Lounibos talks about SOASTA running on Amazon EC2 | ||
| James Lindenbaum, CEO and Co-Founder of Heroku, discusses various distractions at play in the Cloud Computing market, including platform abstraction. | ||
| Burstorm CTSO Edward Wustenhoff shows how easy it is to start a machine image on Amazon EC2 | ||
| The Founder and CEO of Heroku, James Lindenbaum, introduces us to Heroku, and Heroku's focus as an application platform. | ||
| James Lindenbaum, CEO and Co-Founder of Heroku, provides an example of how a developer can utilize Heroku's application platform. | ||
| Raj Asava |
| VP of Strategy at Dell,Inc |
| An Information Technology industry veteran, Raj has a proven track record of success as a strategist, entrepreneur, and a global leader. He has over three decades of experience, working in various geographies and providing innovative solutions to clients in several industries. Raj has led organizational units to optimum performance by leveraging information technology, strategic planning and knowledge management strategies. |
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| Bob Daly |
| VP of Managed Services at FalconStor Software |
| With more than 30 years of experience in the technology services industry, Bob Daly serves as the vice president of managed services for FalconStor Software and is responsible for the strategy and development of managed service solutions in the areas of backup and disaster recovery. |
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| David Macias |
| CEO at ideaWaves |
| David’s career has led him up to the clouds and back again. He has led the charge, in marketing, as well as building a myriad of cloud services, content that rains from the cloud, and rain catching devices, as well. These include game distribution services, games, social networking sites, consumer electronic devices and accessories as well as numerous software platforms to deliver them all. |
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| Vince Vasquez |
| Co-Founder at Cloudbook.net |
| As one of the founders of Cloudbook, Vince assists emerging Cloud Computing companies in telling their stories to the broader community interested in everything Cloud related. |
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Cloudbook Journal: Vol 2 Issue 4, 2011 Cloudbook Journal Volume 2 Issue 4 Building a Private Cloud In this issue of the Cloudbook Journal, we share stories such as: * Building a private cloud * Scaling your SaaS business through multi-tenancy * Consumer cloud computing * First move advantage to moving to the cloud * How Cloud Computing applies to calibration management ... and more! |
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Cloudbook Journal: Vol 2 Issue 3, 2011 Cloudbook Journal Volume 2 Issue 3 Blueprints to the Cloud In this issue of the Cloudbook Journal, we cover areas such as:
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Cloudbook Journal: Vol 2 Issue 2, 2011 Cloudbook Journal Volume 2 Issue 2 The Cloud Takes on Supply Chain This issue includes stories such as:
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Cloudbook Journal: Vol 2 Issue 1, 2011 Looking Ahead: A Cloud Report from 2015 This issue includes features such as:
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Cloudbook Journal: Vol 1 Issue 7, 2010 Run Your Core Business In The Cloud This issue includes features stories such as:
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Cloudbook Journal: Vol 1 Issue 6, 2010 Build Your Own Cloud? This issue includes features such as:
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Cloudbook Journal: Vol 1 Issue 4, 2010 Is the Cloud Broken? This issue includes features such as:
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Cloudbook Journal: Vol 1 Issue 3, 2010 Security This issue includes features such as:
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Cloudbook Journal: Vol 1 Issue 2, 2010 Counting the Cloud In this issue the following topics are covered:
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Cloudbook Journal: Vol 1 Issue 1, 2010 Inaugural Issue In this issue, discover:
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