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Cloud application architectures: When to redesign an app for the cloud
Not all legacy apps are cloud-ready, and some never will be. Providers must decide which apps to redesign to suit cloud application architectures. Feature
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Cloud service orchestration management
Cloud computing service providers can benefit from a service strategy, including service catalogue management and SLA development. Feature
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A cloud provider's guide to building multiservice cloud platforms
This cloud platform guide walks cloud providers through creating one flexible platform for multiple services, internal and external cloud uses and the necessary database analysis. Expert Lesson
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The application enablement-based broadband model as network savior
In The Shift, Alcatel Lucent argues that a broadband model based on application enablement can help ecosystem-development stakeholders solve rising costs, falling ARPU and vanishing ROI. Chapter Download
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Cloud computing platforms, applications study guide
Learn about cloud computing platforms and cloud computing applications with this study guide and get information on cloud requirements, pricing, categories and features. Study Guide
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Cloud computing platforms: Migrating and testing
This chapter excerpt offers information on the move to cloud computing platform, analyzing and testing cloud computing platforms and the benefits of private clouds. Chapter Excerpt
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How to make money from SaaS
Unlike traditional software, which has big up-front costs, SaaS is usually sold on a subscription model, where users pay a smaller amount on a regular basis. Learn the steps to profiting from the SaaS revolution. Channel Business How-To
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News briefs: Microsoft heats up IaaS market, Google wants to go greener
In this week's cloud news, Microsoft heats up competition in the IaaS market while Google petitions local utilities for more clean energy options. News | 23 Apr 2013
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Overheard on Twitter: All about agility at Cloud Connect conference
A chorus of tweets from attendees of the fourth annual Cloud Connect conference kept the rest of us updated during the four-day event. News | 10 Apr 2013
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News briefs: AWS price cuts and VMware public cloud; taxing the cloud
This week, a feud heats up as AWS prices drop and VMware preps a public cloud. Plus: States debate cloud taxes; Rackspace updates its private cloud. News | 13 Mar 2013
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News briefs: Find six-figure cloud jobs; open Python framework debuts
In these briefs, see which geographic and vertical markets boast cloud jobs at $100,000 and up, and learn about a new, open source Python framework. News | 05 Mar 2013
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Cloud load balancing needs more automation, customer control
Providers need to automate management of cloud load balancing to reduce human error. Giving customers more control will also help. News | 15 Jan 2013
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As demand matures, new cloud apps call for new orchestration layer
As more customers migrated business applications into the cloud, IT provider CSC had to upgrade its legacy orchestration layer to handle complex provisioning needs. News | 07 Jun 2012
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How to make cloud attractive? Speed up virtual machine migration
Virtual machine migration across cloud environments requires WAN optimization. Cloud providers can help customers move virtual machines with help from Riverbed & Silver Peak. News | 24 May 2012
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Cloud provider insights: How to leverage the cloud in mobility strategy
A panel of cloud providers at Interop 2012 discuss how the cloud can help enterprises mitigate mobility, BYOD concerns. News | 17 May 2012
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As Desktop as a Service grows, Citrix gives boost to DaaS providers
Despite issues with Microsoft's licensing policy, the Desktop as a Service market is poised for growth. Citrix eases providers' foray into DaaS with its Cloud Provider Pack. News | 06 Apr 2012
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Providers must offer cloud performance testing for customer apps
Cloud providers must offer cloud performance testing and cloud load testing for customers’ applications to demonstrate scalability and manage expectations. News | 16 Feb 2012
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New vision of cloud calls for new cloud architecture design
It's unlikely that IaaS will generate much savings for users or profits for providers, so providers must consider reshaping their vision of cloud. Tip
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Defining Workplace as a Service: Supporting BYOD customers with cloud
The bring your own device (BYOD) trend has caught many enterprises off-guard, but cloud providers have an opportunity to present a solution: Workplace as a Service. Tip
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Selling SaaS: Evaluating DevOps tools and models for cloud providers
Without using DevOps tools and principles, the task of building and sustaining SaaS applications can quickly create an operational nightmare for cloud providers. Tip
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Is OpenStack architecture really the best choice to build IaaS clouds?
The OpenStack architecture could alter the relationship between cloud computing and the network, but is it over-hyped? That is a critical question, but it's hard to answer. Tip
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Better cloud application response time: An overview of partner options
Cloud application response time is a sticking point for customers, but not all providers have the capital to build a CDN from scratch. Partnerships may be a sound alternative. Tip
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Improving cloud computing performance: A path for revenue growth
Instead of seeing customers' cloud-computing-performance concerns as a barrier, providers should regard it as an opportunity to offer application acceleration services. Tip
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A provider's guide to building behavior-based mobile cloud services
Behavior-based mobile cloud services are a $500 billion opportunity, but it requires strategic decisions about virtualization, network architecture and OSS/BSS platforms. Tip
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PaaS: Cloud computing providers' next big opportunity for growth
As providers look up the cloud stack for their next play, Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud computing services have caught their eye as the next opportunity. Tip
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Developing your cloud business model: A primer for cloud providers
Cloud business models are numerous, but providers must weigh the benefits, risks and ROI of the cloud services they roll out, from SaaS, PaaS and IaaS to combo models. Tip
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Building multiple cloud services from a common infrastructure
To keep prices low and efficiency high, cloud service providers need to build a common infrastructure that can enable multiple cloud services with full management capability. Tip
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DevOps in the Cloud: CloudFormation learning center
In this video excerpt, Paul Duvall defines a CloudFormation template for provisioning AWS' resources, and explains creating a CloudFormation stack. Video
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News briefs: Microsoft heats up IaaS market, Google wants to go greener
In this week's cloud news, Microsoft heats up competition in the IaaS market while Google petitions local utilities for more clean energy options. News
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Overheard on Twitter: All about agility at Cloud Connect conference
A chorus of tweets from attendees of the fourth annual Cloud Connect conference kept the rest of us updated during the four-day event. News
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News briefs: AWS price cuts and VMware public cloud; taxing the cloud
This week, a feud heats up as AWS prices drop and VMware preps a public cloud. Plus: States debate cloud taxes; Rackspace updates its private cloud. News
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News briefs: Find six-figure cloud jobs; open Python framework debuts
In these briefs, see which geographic and vertical markets boast cloud jobs at $100,000 and up, and learn about a new, open source Python framework. News
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Cloud load balancing needs more automation, customer control
Providers need to automate management of cloud load balancing to reduce human error. Giving customers more control will also help. News
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New vision of cloud calls for new cloud architecture design
It's unlikely that IaaS will generate much savings for users or profits for providers, so providers must consider reshaping their vision of cloud. Tip
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DevOps in the Cloud: CloudFormation learning center
In this video excerpt, Paul Duvall defines a CloudFormation template for provisioning AWS' resources, and explains creating a CloudFormation stack. Video
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Cloud application architectures: When to redesign an app for the cloud
Not all legacy apps are cloud-ready, and some never will be. Providers must decide which apps to redesign to suit cloud application architectures. Feature
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Defining Workplace as a Service: Supporting BYOD customers with cloud
The bring your own device (BYOD) trend has caught many enterprises off-guard, but cloud providers have an opportunity to present a solution: Workplace as a Service. Tip
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As demand matures, new cloud apps call for new orchestration layer
As more customers migrated business applications into the cloud, IT provider CSC had to upgrade its legacy orchestration layer to handle complex provisioning needs. News
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About Application Delivery Platforms for Cloud Service Providers
Learn how cloud providers are deploying application delivery platforms to support virtualization and cloud services, and enabling applications developers to build and test solutions using tools that can safely expose network resources and service capabilities to speed cloud service deployment. Find out about efforts to open APIs for cloud platform creation and how groups like the Wholesale Applications Initiative are bringing providers and developers together to advance the cloud market.