The (Re)birth of the Next Big Cloud Provider
In the last year we have unknowingly been watching Dell, a hardware vendor, transform itself into what could be the next big cloud provider -- one that could rival and achieve what Google and Microsoft...
View ArticleAll-In Cloud Providers Need to Grow Up
Resellers all over the world catering to the small- and medium-size business (SMB) market have been struggling to offer cloud services to their clients before the big guys come in and snatch them up....
View Article6 Signs of a Maturing Cloud-Computing Industry
I am continually surprised at how fast the cloud computing industry is maturing and growing. There is news every day of radical advances in IT delivery through the cloud. Every industry goes through...
View ArticleIBM to the World: On Cloud Computing, You’ve Got Nothing on Us
The next time you run into an IBM employee, ask them, "What can you do for me?" Their typical response: some flavor of, "Whatever you want." When it comes to cloud computing IBM is making a big...
View ArticleCloud Adoption Hurdles: Maturing, But Not Grown Up Yet
I have been speaking recently with cloud executives from HP, Dell, and other cloud providers. I have been asking what they see as the hurdles to cloud expansion. These are the hurdles that each of them...
View ArticleDell Ramps Up its Cloud
I recently spoke with a couple VPs that head up the cloud initiatives at Dell. I have been watching Dell closely, because I think they have one of the best platforms and bundle of products and services...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Cloud OS Move Means Winners, Losers
White-labeling of Windows Azure is a brilliant move by Microsoft, but there will be winners and losers, writes Todd Nielsen. The post Microsoft’s Cloud OS Move Means Winners, Losers appeared first on...
View ArticleSolution Providers Still Show Signs of Resisting the Cloud Tsunami
At Comptia Breakaway in Las Vegas this week, I have been speaking to Solution Providers about cloud computing and getting their takeaways from the event and what they think of all the cloud computing...
View ArticleThe Dell Cloud Arrives With PartnerDirect
With Dell now in the cloud game with IBM and HP, there's real competition. The winner will be the company that rallies around its partners the best, and provides them with the tools and resources to...
View ArticleHow the Cloud is Changing Backup Vendor Strategy
While talking to various solution providers and vendors at CompTIA’s Breakaway in Las Vegas a few weeks ago, it occurred to me that some of these vendors, especially backup vendors, are in a...
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