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11.15.2011
As we move into the mobile age and the rise of cloud hosting, more businesses are discovering that in addition to a traditional website, they need to create a mobile site for all those tablet and smartphone customers. Mobile marketing is now an integral part of any business plan, but conceiving it and delivering it are two different skills. Creating a mobile website is much more complex than a traditional website, as many have discovered after the work has begun.
Linda Mentzer looks at the twelve basics when designing and marketing your mobile website. Even if you think you understand cloud hosting and mobile marketing, you may want to take a look at her article for a checklist before you begin.
A few of the basics tips include:
These and other tips are all great ways to look at how mobile websites can become a big part of your next marketing campaign. Learn how to implement these and other tips into your next strategy planning session by reading more at Web Host Industry Review.
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11.14.2011
With cloud computing and virtualization leading the pack of technologies, it is no surprise that the top ten list from Quest Software shows they are predicting cloud computing solutions to make enormous changes in how we do business over the upcoming year. The emergence of cloud-based solutions for a wide variety of business applications has threatened to change not just the IT side of business, but also the whole way we look at doing business today.
Among the technologies for communications, security, operations and systems management that Quest sees being affected by the wider scale adaption of cloud computing, the following are included:
This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how cloud computing will be affecting all businesses, but especially SMBs in the coming year. For a look at the complete top ten list, be sure to read Michelle Hammond’s full list at StartupSmart.
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11.11.2011
Considering a Move to Private Cloud?
When the talk comes up of private clouds, do you know what really constitutes a private cloud and how to make a good decision about them? There are many companies that think they can throw a few data servers into a center and call it a private cloud. Not so fast, say Chris Greendale and Bruce Coughlin of Cloud Technology Partners. Here is a chance to sit in on a discussion they have with Information Week on what to avoid when making the move to a private cloud.
Can You Recover from a Virtual Disaster Quickly?
Everyone talks about security in the cloud, but if the unthinkable were to happen to your cloud servers, are you ready? Virtual private-cloud disaster recovery is becoming big business these days, and for a good reason. If you are considering moving into the cloud, this is one aspect of it that needs to be part of the plan. Velocity just announced that it is expanding its managed application services to include a higher-level disaster recovery and business continuity solution. For a look at this latest offering and if it might be a good fit as part of your cloud plans, check out the latest release on their new security package.
There have been rumors for months now, but Adobe finally made it official this week when it announced that it will not be continuing to develop the flash player plug-in for mobile devices. Flash has been used for movies, video games and other media on a variety of devices but the emergence of HTML5, along with Apple’s decision to bar it from iPhones and iPads may have been the death knell for the plug-in. Developers will continue to be able to get support, but no new development work will be done.
Could 2012 Be the Big Year for Cloud Computing?
With the year drawing to a close, we are already seeing some predictions for where the cloud is going in 2012. ZDNet’s Larry Dignan shares some information on recent trends that point towards enterprise size businesses being the next big migration to the cloud. Is cloud computing recession proof and is Oracle’s purchase of RightNow a sign of things to come?
Open Virtualization Alliance Welcomes eG Innovations
Created as a non-profit consortium of businesses to foster the adaptation of open virtualization technology, OVA recently announced it’s expansion with the addition of service performance management solutions company eG Innovations to its fold. OVA’s stated goal of providing education, best practices and technical advice to businesses for evaluating virtualization options fits well with eG’s role as a provider of intelligent solutions for physical, virtualized and cloud environments.
Vidyo Announces Video Conferencing for the Cloud
Vidyo this week announced a move away from routers and into the cloud with the rollout of an all-software version of its popular video conferencing appliance. This move away from a hardware-centric to a software-centric application is just one more illustration of business moving to the cloud. The company is hoping to continue its trend of offering less expensive solutions to video conferencing by including collaboration as part of the video conferencing tool.
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11.11.2011
It’s been an amazing week in Silicon Valley at Cloud Expo 2011! This 9th annual event hosted four days of highly informative cloud computing keynotes and sessions at the conference. While many focused on overall Enterprise IT needs, including private and hybrid cloud, attendees seemed just as enthusiastic about deeper topics in the areas of migration, virtualization, security, storage and mobile cloud strategy. Businesses and attendees have come in from all over the world.
The cloud expo show floor had over 100 booths from cloud hosting, cloud computing and every form of cloud platform (PaaS) and infrastructure (IaaS) software and solutions that you can imagine. Technical representatives pitched their products and services with slick presentations and demos.
We experienced a great deal of energy moving through the conference sessions and the exhibition floor. People were highly engaged talking all things cloud. Everyone that we met expressed extreme value in the event — gaining the latest expert information and advice from industry leaders while making business contacts from a broad spectrum of IT professionals from network engineers and enterprise architects up to CIOs, CTOs and CEOs.
Our own GMO Cloud teams, from both US and Japan, thoroughly enjoyed meeting up with partners and other vendors. GMO Cloud K.K. President and CEO Aoyama Mitsuri and GMO Cloud America President and CEO Ryo Tamura especially appreciated the opportunity to meet with OnApp CEO Ditlev Bredahl. OnApp is GMO Cloud America’s latest technical partner. “We’ve been quite impressed with the growth of OnApp and their cloud deployment products. We’re really looking forward to the partnership.” shared GMO Cloud America CTO Taro Akiyama.
We hope you had an opportunity to attend the conference or tune in to some of the live streamed sessions. We’re already looking forward to next year!
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