Tag: cloud computing
Cloud Computing is NOT the future
An interesting announcement from Rentokil today that they are moving 35000 users to Google apps… I think this validates that Cloud Computing is not a thing of the future, it’s here today and is delivering value to business right now. Too many people think it’s something that will be happening, sometime in the future…
Although they [...]
Posted: October 12th, 2009 under Events, innovation.
Tags: cloud computing, google, rentokil
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How to escape from the Cloud
There are many benefits to cloud computing apps such as Google apps and Salesforce.com, especially in terms of reducing costs and allowing someone else to run things that are not part of your core business. However one of the downsides is that once you take the plunge and invest in a “cloud-based” application, it can [...]
Posted: September 14th, 2009 under cloud computing.
Tags: cloud computing, google, SaaS
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Business Saves $750K by moving their email to “the cloud”
This is an interesting webcast where Serena Software talks about their migration from an on-premise email system (Exchange) to a cloud-based solution (the well-known Google Apps)
Many IT teams feel threatened by cloud based services because they are not under their direct control. However, forward-thinking IT teams realise that the right strategy is to embrace the [...]
Posted: August 28th, 2009 under technology.
Tags: cloud computing, exchange, gmail, google apps
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