October 23rd, 2012 by Tom Allen
Recently Google announced that it will shutdown Postini mail filtering services after it purchased the operation in 2007. This highlights one of the challenges small businesses have if they choose to employ cloud based services- the possibility that the service can be ended at any time. While in Google’s case with postini the small business [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Atmos, cloud, cloud services, EMC, foresite, ForeSite Tech, Foresite Technologies, Google, IT consulting, postini, small business
Posted in Technology Planning, Technology Tips | No Comments »
December 6th, 2011 by Michael Giuffrida
After an overwhelming response and more questions about our series on Cloud Computing, we decided to wrap it all together and add some extra content in this free eBook. This eBook contains all of the great information that was in the individual posts in the series but valuable, additional content has been added by our [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: being more productive, business success tips, cloud, cloud computing, cloud infrastructure, generating operational efficiencies, Network review, small business concerns, technology resource for small business
Posted in Disaster Planning, Operations, Professional Services, Solutions, Strategy, Technology Planning, Technology Tips | No Comments »
October 5th, 2011 by Thomas Clifford
If you missed parts one, two and three in our series, you can find them here:
Business Cloud Computing PT 1: A Quick Introduction
Business Cloud Computing PT 2: 3 Problems the Cloud Solves
Business Cloud Computing PT 3: 3 Myths (and Truths)
Cloud computing solves many key challenges facing businesses.
But that doesn’t mean businesses should rush and jump [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: application provider, business, business standards, cloud, cloud computing, clouds, computing, data center, data privacy, service provider, uptime, web hosting
Posted in Operations, Professional Services, Solutions, Strategy, Technology Budgeting, Technology Planning | No Comments »
September 28th, 2011 by Thomas Clifford
If you missed parts one and two in our series, you can find them here:
Business Cloud Computing PT 1: A Quick Introduction
Business Cloud Computing PT 2: 3 Problems the Cloud Solves
When it comes to cloud computing for business, there are a few big myths floating around that need to be cleared up.
In this article, we’ll [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: applications, business, cloud, cloud computing, cloud infrastructure, cloud storage, cloud testing, clouds, computing, data, instant access, mainframe computer, myth, rackspace cloud, terminal server, web 2.0, web hosting
Posted in Solutions, Technology Budgeting, Technology Planning, Technology Tips | 1 Comment »
September 6th, 2011 by Thomas Clifford
Believe it or not, cloud computing for businesses is not a new invention.
The cloud is simply the Internet. Thus, the cloud has been here since the Internet started becoming popular in the early 1990s.
The cloud allows you to use applications and store data without having physical hardware and software in your office; someone else handles [...]
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: cloud, cloud computing, computing, data, growing business, physical hardware, server hosting
Posted in Disaster Planning, Strategy, Technical, Technology Budgeting, Technology Planning, Technology Tips | 2 Comments »