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Cloud Computing: Apple, DropBox and Spotify All Pull Data Out From Amazon AWS

By Dick Weisinger

Amazon AWS is at the top of the cloud computing industry and has good reason to celebrate this tenth anniversary year of their business.  AWS is the biggest public cloud provider and also had better uptime performance compared to Google

Cloud Computing: 80 Percent of Private-Cloud PaaS Initiatives will Fail

By Dick Weisinger

Many enterprises that value security have taken the path of adopting private-cloud PaaS frameworks.  But a recent report by Gartner expects that this approach may lead to trouble.  In fact, the report estimates that as many as 80 percent of

Storage: Google Pushes for Redesign of Disks to Optimize for Data Center/Cloud Use

By Dick Weisinger

Google is calling on the storage industry to develop hard drives that are designed with cloud computing in mind.  Current drive designs are based on the requirement of very high reliability for desktop and laptop computer use.  To accommodate that requirement, next generation

Cloud Computing: Cloud Cost Benefits Now Trail Others Like Efficiency, Security, Flexibility, Scalability and Speed

By Dick Weisinger

There once was a time when the major benefit of using the cloud was cost. The cloud introduced the idea of being able to buy services just like a utility, paying only for what you use.  The new cost structure

Public Cloud Computing: Businesses Shift to Cloud-First Strategies

By Dick Weisinger

Public cloud services will grow into a $200 billion market by the end of 2016, according to Gartner.  IDC also predicts that Public Cloud services will more than double in size by 2019.  Gartner’s breakdown of the market is as