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Living with a cloud – paradigm shift in the way we work Part 3

In this third post in this series, I will discuss abstraction more in detail. The objective here is to ultimately lead to convergence of user and the technology. Driving the cloud engine Carrying forward the analogy of a car driver, let’s look at cloud adaptation. Assuming that an organization has n... more

Living with a cloud – paradigm shift in the way we work Part 2

Continuing from my last post, it’s clear that there is a colossal wastage of resources with respect to server utilization – both from the point of view of individual companies and in the universal sense. One of the solutions was to create smaller server units with better efficiency and advanced tech... more

Living with a cloud – paradigm shift in the way we work

Cloud services are viewed mostly in isolation, as if they were a technological feat transforming the computing world, yet have no direct link to our everyday life. The perception, even among the most knowledgeable, is that cloud is inaccessible except by the geeks working silently in a top secret ca... more

What lies behind the cloud? Part 3

Now that I have located a few cloud providers who are more likely to meet my requirements, I decided to pose a few questions to them before taking a final call. Here are some questions which you must ask your future cloud vendor. Reputation Everyone is aware that cloud computing has been around for ... more

What lies behind the cloud? Part 2

Okay. Now that I have had a hard look at the big players, I will seek some cloud vendors who are my type – I mean the humble small business. But that seems like a very difficult task. There are no humble cloud providers; at least they don’t show up on the Google search. I [...]... more