Keyword: management

Private Cloud deployments: top 8 planning requirements

Stephen Elliot, VP of strategy for CA’s Virtualization and Service Automation business, outlines his top private cloud planning recommendations.

Survey: IT executives experimenting with mostly ‘private’ cloud architectures

Dana Gardner, principal analyst of Interarbor Solutions, reports on a survey conducted late last year by Platform Computing that reveals what value organizations place on private cloud computing and how they are “experimenting” with it.

Cloud Customers Report Capital Cost Savings

Cloud Customers Report Capital Cost Savings

Linda Leung, a leading voice in the IT industry, summarizes the results of an Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) survey of 159 enterprises with active or immediately planned cloud deployments.

Cloud Computing Perspectives – Part 1

Explore cloud computing within the framework of the real world enterprise in this video podcast edition of “BriefingsDirect” with Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions and Frank Gillette, VP and prinicipal analyst at Forrester Research.

A Private Cloud Is Called IT

Mike Fratto, site editor for Network Computing defines the private cloud, talks about his own experiences, and offers advice in his Feb 2, 2010 blog.

2010 State of the Data Center — North American Data

Find out what four key findings the “2010 State of the Data Center” survey revealed for North America in this Symantec report.

An Essential Guide to Possibilities and Risks of Cloud Computing

An Essential Guide to Possibilities and Risks of Cloud Computing

This helpful white paper details “what to look for, what to avoid, and some tips and best practices on implementation, architecture, and vendor management strategies”.

Cisco, EMC, and VMware CEOs discuss the Virtual Computing Environment coalition

Cisco, EMC, and VMware CEOs discuss the Virtual Computing Environment coalition

Listen to Joe Tucci, Chairman and CEO of EMC; Paul Maritz, President and CEO of VMware; and John Chambers, Chairman and CEO of Cisco discuss the mission behind the recently formed Virtual Computing Environment coalition.

Why You Should Virtualize Your Mission-critical Microsoft Applications

Explore how virtualization is being used in today’s businesses to provide immediate and significant benefits to Microsoft-centric IT organizations in this “EMC Perspective” white paper.

Every cloud needs a net

Ken Novak, who works in the application networking group at Cisco and draws from over 25 years of experience in data network design and implementation, discusses the key role the network plays in a cloud installation.