5 Cloud Computing Statistics You May Find Surprising

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Cloud Computing has become one of the most popular topics of conversation among the IT community.  There have been countless polls and surveys conducted to find out more understanding on the market information and industry trends.  Here are some of the most interesting statisti cs from the past few months. 1. $150 Billion: The size of the Cloud Computing Market by 2013. This amount comes from a study done by Gartner.  The number may seem like a high estimate to some, but it is … [Read more...]

Virtualization and Cloud Computing – as a Service

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As the IT environment becomes increasingly more complex with new technologies and applications, IT administrators are searching for simplified and cost-effective means of delivery computing resources, required for employees to do their daily work. Virtualization technologies have provided an additional layer of complexity many small businesses do not understand, nor truly have the resources to deploy internally, without expensive training and dedicated personal resources. So how can small … [Read more...]

Mobile virtualization supports mobile cloud computing

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Is seems that some of the latest buzz concerning mobile cloud computing is handset, or smartphone, virtualization. Creating completely separate profiles through virtualizing the handset opens completely new possibilities in terms of usage scenarios. This includes, for example, to integrate both a business profile and a personal profile in the same device - without coinciding any information or applications. Storing copies of the profile(s) in the Cloud means that users can replicate and shift … [Read more...]

Avoiding cloud computing lock-in

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There is considerable concern among enterprises that by migrating some of their infrastructure or processes to the Cloud, they will experience the dreaded lock-in situation. Selecting a particular vendor cloud platform that is built on proprietary APIs and formats means that enterprises can face a lock-in situation which will make it much harder for them if they, a later stage, want to withdraw from the vendor platform, either because they want to bring the infrastructure/processes back into … [Read more...]

Will virtualization become less important in cloud computing?

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It' generally acknowledged that VMware are the leaders in virtualization technology. Products like the the vSpere has probably been installed in more data centers than any ofther virtualization platform. Not to minimize the importance of other platforms, like the Citrix XenServer and Linux KVM, the vSphere is the market leading virtualization platform that together with its strong installed base and head-start set VMware in a comfortable position for developing its cloud computing strategy. And … [Read more...]

Virtualization and cloud computing

One of the primary characteristics of cloud computing is the virtualization of IT resources, network servers in particular - running multiple virtual machines on a single physical machine. Delivering economical, virtualized, elastic and utility based, or pay-as-you-go, services is in essence what cloud computing is. Many organizations are already using virtualization in their data centers to rationalize and support optimal utilization strategies. The dynamic and transparent allocation of IT … [Read more...]