Sure-fire ways to design a private cloud (Part 2)
In my previous post, I wrote an overview of Flexible Private Cloud Architecture (FPCA). In this blog, I would like to show you details of FPCA based on the figure below. Service portal layer Service...
View ArticleFebruary 2013 #cloudchat recap: Is customer service cloud’s Achilles heel?
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View ArticleA storage cloud ahead of its time
These days we hear a lot about public storage clouds and, more specifically, consumer-oriented storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive or Apple iCloud. However, corporate IT environments more often...
View ArticleIs it time for desktop on the cloud?
Recently, I was in a meeting in which one of the participant’s computers crashed. We were in an offsite meeting so it was difficult for him to get a replacement computer. This got me thinking about...
View ArticleWhich type of private cloud should I use?
Introduction I recently had an interesting meeting with colleagues in Raleigh, N.C. We presented the classification of public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud. Some colleagues challenged the word...
View ArticleIBM SmartCloud Entry: Deploy two working environments in minutes
Note: This post was originally published on our French blog, ThoughtsonCloud.fr. The importance of “time-to-service” As an IT Infrastructure consultant, I am used to meeting IT Operation teams. People...
View ArticleHow to resolve problems in B2B SaaS quickly
Business-to-business (B2B) electronic data interchange as software as a service (SaaS) is a combination of various programs with different points of flow for the data processing and transfer. Some of...
View ArticleCloud computing delivery models explained
In my last blog post, I compared cloud computing with the transformation of individual families with cattle farms to a more modern concept of large cattle farms providing consumers milk through stores....
View ArticleFour IT innovations to deliver social and mobile
This blog post is part of a series in which I am exploring open cloud-inspired approaches such as OpenStack, DevOps and open standards. I want to look at how these approaches can enable IT to adapt to...
View ArticleHow the cloud is revolutionizing roles in the IT department
Many people see cloud as an evolution of outsourcing. By moving their traditional information technology (IT) resources into a public cloud, clients can focus on their core business differentiators....
View ArticleWhy would a cloud expert be interested in a new DevOps tool?
I have been working on cloud infrastructures since before the hype over cloud computing. I have watched as the cloud matured from just being a way to get cheap Linux instances into a set of services...
View ArticleUsing blockchain, FreshTurf simplifies package delivery in Singapore
Waiting for a package to be delivered can be frustrating. Deliveries mostly happen during work hours, so customers often miss the delivery window, then worry that their packages aren’t safe. To make...
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