Email Alerts
-
MSPs hone integration skills to meet demand for private cloud services
Customers are likely to adopt a combination of public and private cloud services, which means MSPs should bone up on cloud integration, implementation and management skills. Feature
-
Opinion: Big Switch's OpenFlow play is big news for cloud networking
Cloud services require a more dynamic approach to networking like OpenFlow offers. Big Switch Networks' cloud networking play, Open SDN, appears to be a promising answer. Opinion
-
Cloud capacity planning not just about capex -- it's an SLA issue, too
Do you know how to play Tetris? Good -- then you're halfway to understanding the rigors of cloud capacity planning. Learn the rest in this free chapter download. Tutorial
-
A cloud broker can be a cloud provider's best friend
Gartner says most cloud customers will be using cloud brokers by 2015. Cloud providers need to build partnerships with them today. Feature
-
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 service management and cloud monitoring for providers: A primer
In this primer, learn how providers can use cloud service management and cloud monitoring tools to maximize performance, reduce costs and differentiate their cloud services. Feature
-
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
-
How VARs can get creative with consumer technologies in the cloud
Solution providers may find that creativity with consumer technologies in the cloud can help drive business. Focusing on services such as data and voice for on-demand applications is one way VARs can take advantage of the cloud. Chapter Excerpt
-
Cloud computing provider services and platforms
Use this chapter excerpt to get definitions of the different types of cloud computing provider services, including application-as-a-service and integration-as-a-service. Chapter Excerpt
-
Top 10 considerations when implementing Software as a Service
Once you go through this list of the top 10 considerations for implementing Software as a Service (SaaS), you will be ready to tackle SaaS implementation head on. These tasks are meant to ensure that there are no surprises in the implementation proce... Chapter Excerpt
- See More: Essential Knowledge on Cloud Service Planning and Provisioning for Cloud Providers
-
Cloud-in-a-box technology can turn VARs into cloud providers
Cloud-in-a-box technology is becoming more appealing to managed service providers looking to offer cloud services to their customers. News | 07 May 2012
-
Achieving cloud compliance: Customer, not cloud provider, responsible
Customers, not cloud providers, are responsible for ensuring cloud compliance with their data. Cloud providers must offer transparency of their infrastructure to customers. News | 30 Apr 2012
-
DreamHost selects Nicira for software-defined network deployment
Cloud provider DreamHost will roll out a software-defined network on the Nicira Network Virtualization Platform, boosting security, isolation and flexibility for customers. News | 19 Apr 2012
-
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
-
U.S. cloud adoption fueled by cost savings and flexibility
Cloud adoption in the U.S. is driven by a hunger for cost savings and flexibility, according to a recent survey by the Cloud Industry Forum. News | 22 Mar 2012
-
Interconnection services can bolster cloud connectivity
Cloud providers can now offer interconnection services to customers via the new interconnection services suite from Telx. News | 15 Mar 2012
-
Five-day private cloud deployment promises low stress, high quality
Canonical’s Ubuntu Cloud Jumpstart program promises a five-day production-quality, private cloud deployment with an opportunity for partners to resell. News | 09 Mar 2012
-
AT&T: Cloud must be glued to the network to win hybrid cloud customers
You could compete on price, but why race to the bottom? Like many cloud providers, AT&T is trying to differentiate. The secret weapon in the AT&T cloud: the network. News | 07 Mar 2012
-
Embrane eases virtualized network services for cloud providers
Heleos, a virtualized Layer 4-7 network services platform offering from startup vendor Embrane improves cloud scalability for cloud providers and their customers. News | 01 Mar 2012
-
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
- See More: News on Cloud Service Planning and Provisioning for Cloud Providers
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Cloud computing and mobile behavior: A new services opportunity
Cloud computing should be the processing engine -- not the service itself -- for highly personalized, dynamic applications based on mobile behavior. Tip
-
Cloud storage management: It's more than just capacity planning
Enterprises are eying cloud storage to support ongoing data growth. This presents a clear opportunity for providers, but only if they can master cloud storage management. Tip
-
Monetizing the cloud: Differentiate services through cloud billing
Cloud billing should not be underestimated as a differentiator. But before cloud providers can achieve that, they must understand competitors' capabilities and customer needs. Tip
-
Building the IPv6 cloud: Two interdependent inflection points
An IPv6 cloud is the foundation for agile and scalable next-gen services, which means cloud providers and MSPs should develop their IPv6 and cloud strategies concurrently. Tip
-
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 automation, orchestration vital to run seamless cloud services
The need for cloud automation and orchestration in complex, on-demand environments is a critical issue that affects cloud providers of every size. Tip
-
How to make cloud storage pricing both economical and profitable
Cutting cloud storage pricing without eliminating profit margins isn't easy, but solving pricing problems could entice more enterprises into cloudsourcing critical applications. Tip
- See More: Tips on Cloud Service Planning and Provisioning for Cloud Providers
-
As an MSP, should we build our own cloud or resell someone else's?
Managed services expert Lauren Robinette explains when it makes sense for smaller or midsized managed service providers (MSPs) to build out their own cloud services. Answer
-
How can operators offering cloud services differentiate themselves?
Cloud data center expert Marshall Bartoszek lays out the major opportunities for network operators looking to differentiate themselves in the competitive cloud services market. Answer
-
Best cloud services go-to-market strategies for network operators?
Cloud expert Marshall Bartoszek details the primary strategies and approaches that network operators are choosing to deploy as they go to market with cloud services. Answer
-
cloud portability
Cloud portability is the ability to move applications and data from one cloud computing environment to another with minimal disruption. Definition
-
user self-provisioning
User self-provisioning, also known as cloud self-service, is a system that allows end users to set up and launch applications and services in a cloud computing environment without the direct intervention of an IT organization or a service provider. Definition
-
cloud services
A cloud service is any resource that is provided over the Internet. Definition
-
cloud services reseller
A cloud services reseller is a middleman who facilitates commerce between a cloud service provider and the marketplace. Definition
-
Best practices for developing a cloud managed services business
No two cloud managed services strategies should be identical, but they often share common challenges. Find out what they are and how to overcome them in this podcast. Podcast
-
VAR business must prep for cloud computing services
The VAR business can benefit greatly from offering cloud computing services and applications, according to IDC's vice president of channels, Janet Waxman. Video
-
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
-
Cloud-in-a-box technology can turn VARs into cloud providers
Cloud-in-a-box technology is becoming more appealing to managed service providers looking to offer cloud services to their customers. News
-
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
-
Achieving cloud compliance: Customer, not cloud provider, responsible
Customers, not cloud providers, are responsible for ensuring cloud compliance with their data. Cloud providers must offer transparency of their infrastructure to customers. News
-
MSPs hone integration skills to meet demand for private cloud services
Customers are likely to adopt a combination of public and private cloud services, which means MSPs should bone up on cloud integration, implementation and management skills. Feature
-
DreamHost selects Nicira for software-defined network deployment
Cloud provider DreamHost will roll out a software-defined network on the Nicira Network Virtualization Platform, boosting security, isolation and flexibility for customers. News
-
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
-
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
-
Cloud computing and mobile behavior: A new services opportunity
Cloud computing should be the processing engine -- not the service itself -- for highly personalized, dynamic applications based on mobile behavior. Tip
-
Best practices for developing a cloud managed services business
No two cloud managed services strategies should be identical, but they often share common challenges. Find out what they are and how to overcome them in this podcast. Podcast
- See More: All on Cloud Service Planning and Provisioning for Cloud Providers
About Cloud Service Planning and Provisioning for Cloud Providers
When it comes to cloud service planning and provisioning, find expert advice and read the latest best practices on how cloud service providers can evolve the adoption of cloud services and derive economies of scale, return on investment, agility, scalability and reliability when planning and deploying secure cloud infrastructure, systems and solutions required across their cloud architecture and get what they need from network connections to hardware and storage, platforms and applications.