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Wall Street Looks to Leverage the Cloud

In the face of reduced budgets, cloud computing will soon have a major impact on Wall Street, according to a survey of IT professionals.

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Understanding the Cloud

CIOs considering a cloud computing strategy need to be equipped with the right information.

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Data Explosion

Data no longer constrained by an application infrastructure is growing exponentially, with some surprising results.

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Demystifying The Cloud

Learn why this distributed computing model will steadily become more popular over the next five years.

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Innovators: Negotiating a Piece of the Cloud

As cloud computing gathers momentum, companies will find it increasingly difficult to sort through the number of service providers and plans available. One cloud startup, Cloudkick, aims to be an intermediary between buyers and cloud service providers.
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Computer Industry Hopes Lie in the Clouds

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Innovators: Giving Cloud Companies a Helping Hand

One of the challenges in running a Cloud or Software-as-a-Service company, is managing the complexities of the various payment models in use. Cloud startup Zuora, backed by such industry stalwarts as Benchmark Capital and Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff, aims to handle some of the payment heavy lifting for cloud operators.
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EMC Flexes Its Muscle in Cloud Arena

Enterprise storage vendor EMC Corp. flexed its muscle in the cloud computing arena this week by announcing a partnership with AT&T as well as new offerings for storing, protecting and distributing large amounts of data.
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IBM Plans Cloud Computing Services for 2009

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Unraveling the Cloud Ecosystem

One of the challenges in understanding the rapidly evolving field of cloud computing is getting a handle on exactly what cloud computing means. In an ambitious undertaking Dealmaker Media has mapped the cloud computing ecosystem and uncovered a number of insights in the process. The map is being shared with CIOZone members.
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IBM Calls for Open Cloud Standard

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Getting over your fear of the Cloud

While there is no arguing about the staying power of the Cloud model and the benefits it can bring to any organization or government, mainstream adoption depends on several key variables falling into alignment that will provide users the reliability, desired outcomes and levels of trust necessary to truly usher in a “Cloud Revolution”.

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Caught in the Cloud

Concerns about contract lock-in, vague service level agreements and data ownership are leading CIOs like Korn/Ferry International's Dan Demeter to take a meticulous approach toward crafting cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) agreements.
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Can Cloud Computing Save Your IT Budget

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Cloud-lock: Drexel University a Model Host

Drexel University is in the rather unusual position of being a provider of hosted applications and a customer. It looks to avoid cloud-lock by securing 90-day termination clauses.

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