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Vendors, providers hawk cloud UC, but UCaaS market slow to develop
Unified communications (UC) vendors may be hawking cloud-ready products, but the Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) market is still tepid, for now. Feature
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Commentary: SAP's cloud move illustrates SaaS business model viability
SAP's $3.4 billion bid for SuccessFactors underscores cloud providers' best path for continued growth -- the SaaS business model and other higher-level services. Opinion
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Midsize IaaS cloud providers win SMBs with custom, flexible services
While large IaaS cloud players compete on price, small and midsize providers are developing custom and complementary managed services to conquer the SMB market. Feature
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Cloud provider tutorials
SearchCloudProvider.com's tutorials offer expert insight, technical tips and best practices on building cloud services with robust data center, network, storage and security elements; enabling service delivery and management; delivering specific clou... Tutorial
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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
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VAR services with cloud vendors: Key considerations
A customer using cloud computing doesn't mean there is no longer a need for services. Read the different services that you could profit from while working with cloud vendors. Chapter Excerpt
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Hardware as a Service (HaaS)
You may have heard the term Hardware as a Service (HaaS) before, but do you know what it means? In this IT Channel Explained article, we clarify the term's different meanings within managed services and grid computing. IT Channel Explained
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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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Cloud providers defy Microsoft licensing to compete with OnLive
OnLive's free Windows app for iPad is still available, despite Microsoft's licensing rules. Now, DaaS providers fight back. News | 14 Mar 2012
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Service providers trade Cisco UCS for commodity gear
Cisco UCS is selling like hotcakes in enterprise data centers, but some cloud and hosting providers say it’s too inflexible – and expensive – for them. News | 13 Mar 2012
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Selling cloud services is 2012 priority, but providers still learning
A SearchCloudProvider.com survey reveals that most providers want to start selling cloud services in 2012, but they face many challenges. News | 18 Jan 2012
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Cloud service broker Appirio: Focus on fewer partners, avoid the hype
The rise of the cloud service broker is a clear indication of how cloud computing is changing the channel, but what's in store for 2012? Appirio's CTO gives us his take. News | 12 Jan 2012
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Rackspace applies its 'fanatical support' model to cloud support
The cloud isn't poor man's hosting, and cloud support shouldn't be either, says Rackspace, which shares its 2012 vision in the second part of this cloud provider Q&A series. News | 05 Jan 2012
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Top 10 cloud computing definitions for cloud providers in 2011
Wanting to know what questions were keeping you up at night, we crunched the numbers to see which cloud computing definitions readers searched for the most this year. News | 15 Dec 2011
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AT&T sees opportunity in mobility, e-commerce for CDN services
Consumers have short attention spans for online content, and AT&T hopes this will sell businesses on its AT&T CDN services, as part of a broader content monetization strategy. News | 14 Jul 2011
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Online video growth prompts new content monetization strategies
Carriers must differentiate their content monetization strategies by offering advertisers something pure-play CDN providers cannot: subscriber usage data and video QoE metrics. News | 02 Jun 2011
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Carriers unsure when telecom cloud services investment will pay off
Service providers at the TIA 2011: Inside the Network show are daunted by the billions they're investing in telecom cloud services, but they cannot afford to be left behind. News | 19 May 2011
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Cloud APM services win customer trust by monitoring app performance
Acceleration is just one facet of cloud performance services. Application performance management (APM) services that focus on monitoring are another avenue for providers. 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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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
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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
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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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Identifying flexible cloud technology models: A primer
Until the perfect cloud technology model is identified, providers are building services using servers, storage, software and networking tools that give them the most flexibility. 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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Cloud infrastructure services: Balancing high availability and cost
Building cloud infrastructure services to high-availability (five 9s) standards will make them too complex and expensive. Ivan Pepelnjak looks for a reliable compromise. Tip
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Virtualization technology offers cloud infrastructure flexibility
By using virtualization technology, cloud service providers gain infrastructure evolution options and also flexibility in terms of their evolving cloud services mix. Tip
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Beyond the smart grid: Exploring facilities monitoring as a service
Telecom network operators looking for revenue opportunities related to smart grid activity are seeing major revenue potential in facilities monitoring as a service. Tip
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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
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Cloud APM services win customer trust by monitoring app performance
Acceleration is just one facet of cloud performance services. Application performance management (APM) services that focus on monitoring are another avenue for providers. 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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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
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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
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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
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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
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Cloud providers defy Microsoft licensing to compete with OnLive
OnLive's free Windows app for iPad is still available, despite Microsoft's licensing rules. Now, DaaS providers fight back. News
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Service providers trade Cisco UCS for commodity gear
Cisco UCS is selling like hotcakes in enterprise data centers, but some cloud and hosting providers say it’s too inflexible – and expensive – for them. News
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Vendors, providers hawk cloud UC, but UCaaS market slow to develop
Unified communications (UC) vendors may be hawking cloud-ready products, but the Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) market is still tepid, for now. Feature
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Selling cloud services is 2012 priority, but providers still learning
A SearchCloudProvider.com survey reveals that most providers want to start selling cloud services in 2012, but they face many challenges. News
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About Everything as a Service (XaaS) Cloud Provisioning
Cloud services and applications are quickly growing to encompass an Everything as a Service (XaaS) business model as public and hybrid cloud providers refine their service portfolios and capabilities. Find out where the XaaS market is going as it moves from Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service to Database as a Service and beyond to mobile cloud computing services like machine-to-machine (M2M) cloud data analytics with SLAs to provide customer assurance.