Communications service providers (CSPs) can deliver highly reliable, low-latency, secure networks between highly distributed user populations and applications running at remote cloud data centers. Because of this, they offer tremendous advantages… Read more »
Startups are widely adopting cloud computing, but often they deal with disproportionate infrastructure costs or cloud solutions that require completely revamped infrastructure. Established enterprises have been slow to embrace cloud computing… Read more »
Cloud service providers need a way of delivering low latency, fast response, and increasing performance while minimizing the cost of the network. Read more »
The Helix Nebula project combines the computing needs of large European research institutions such as CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) and the European Space Agency with the technical capabilities… Read more »
The goal of the cloud is to reduce disparate systems and to let IT departments manage as much of their infrastructure and services as possible within a single, integrated solution, from… Read more »
As is often discussed at GigaOM Pro, beleaguered IT pros are the ones often left to figure out which applications and data should move first and to which type of cloud… Read more »
Three powerful, fast-moving trends are altering the landscape for business information technology (IT) managers and their staff: cloud computing, mobile computing and the consumerization of IT. Section 1 of this three-part report described… Read more »
This report is intended to provide ISVs with guidance on partnering with hosting companies, establishing criteria for selecting a hosting service, metrics for measuring hosting performance as it relates to cloud… Read more »
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) crop up during most discussions of the cloud; and the conversation is typically not very conclusive. Some argue that you need an SLA so that you can… Read more »
Without thinking about the SLA it’s impossible to compare costs between clouds. An enterprise gigabyte comes with a whole host of services around it, while Amazon’s does not. So while it… Read more »