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Cloud portability primer: How and why a provider should offer it
Cloud portability may make it easier for a customer to leave, but it can also boost business. Find out how and why a cloud provider should offer cloud portability. Feature
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Cloud federation primer: The coming Intercloud
This primer on cloud federation offers cloud providers insight on the operational and managerial challenges around peering and partnering with other providers. Feature
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How cloud computing fits into identity federation
Implementing identity federation along with cloud computing can make interoperation between your customers easier. Read the rules and regulations in this chapter excerpt. Chapter Excerpt
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Building a cloud ecosystem: Providers enlist MSPs to join their empires
Wholesalers and software vendors are building cloud ecosystems with smaller cloud providers and MSPs that are hungry for customers but starved for resources. News | 23 Feb 2012
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In Nirvanix deal, DRFortress can resell cloud storage
Fred Rodi, president of colocation provider DRFortress, will resell cloud storage from Nirvanix to expand his footprint to eight more data centers using just one appliance. News | 19 Jan 2012
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Telecom cloud services must differentiate with security, provisioning
By offering telecom cloud services that do more than spin up servers and software, carriers can shed their reputations as slow-moving phone companies. News | 30 Jun 2011
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Cloud computing trends that will shape the 2012 cloud provider market
Five key cloud computing trends will influence cloud provider strategies, and it's these trends that will shape the cloud market for the rest of this decade. Tip
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cloud portability
Cloud portability is the ability to move applications and data from one cloud computing environment to another with minimal disruption. Definition
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cloud broker (cloud agent)
A cloud broker is a third-party individual or business that acts as an intermediary between the purchaser of a cloud computing service and the sellers of that service. Definition
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cloud federation
Cloud federation is the practice of interconnecting service providers' cloud environments to load balance traffic and accommodate spikes in demand. Definition
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Building a cloud ecosystem: Providers enlist MSPs to join their empires
Wholesalers and software vendors are building cloud ecosystems with smaller cloud providers and MSPs that are hungry for customers but starved for resources. News
-
In Nirvanix deal, DRFortress can resell cloud storage
Fred Rodi, president of colocation provider DRFortress, will resell cloud storage from Nirvanix to expand his footprint to eight more data centers using just one appliance. News
-
Cloud computing trends that will shape the 2012 cloud provider market
Five key cloud computing trends will influence cloud provider strategies, and it's these trends that will shape the cloud market for the rest of this decade. Tip
-
Cloud portability primer: How and why a provider should offer it
Cloud portability may make it easier for a customer to leave, but it can also boost business. Find out how and why a cloud provider should offer cloud portability. Feature
-
cloud portability
Cloud portability is the ability to move applications and data from one cloud computing environment to another with minimal disruption. Definition
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Cloud federation primer: The coming Intercloud
This primer on cloud federation offers cloud providers insight on the operational and managerial challenges around peering and partnering with other providers. Feature
-
cloud broker (cloud agent)
A cloud broker is a third-party individual or business that acts as an intermediary between the purchaser of a cloud computing service and the sellers of that service. Definition
-
cloud federation
Cloud federation is the practice of interconnecting service providers' cloud environments to load balance traffic and accommodate spikes in demand. Definition
-
Telecom cloud services must differentiate with security, provisioning
By offering telecom cloud services that do more than spin up servers and software, carriers can shed their reputations as slow-moving phone companies. News
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How cloud computing fits into identity federation
Implementing identity federation along with cloud computing can make interoperation between your customers easier. Read the rules and regulations in this chapter excerpt. Chapter Excerpt
About Cloud Federation for Cloud Service Providers
Few cloud service providers have facilities that can serve every customer's global needs, which makes cloud federation—the ability to exchange cloud infrastructure, computing and storage resources with other cloud providers—an important step forward as the market evolves. Get the latest news and information on cloud federation and how standards can ensure that federated cloud services are transparent and guarantee the same applications, performance, service levels, security and prices.