Cloud Computing Bubble Trouble

Article from Foxbusiness.com

Bill Gurley won’t come right out and say we’re in another tech bubble because, as he said in his Above the Crowd blog, “It’s a dangerous question to ponder – especially out loud and especially here at ground zero. Silicon Valley thrives on optimism, and anyone waving the bubble flag is auditioning for the title of nonbeliever or party pooper.”

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Cloud Computing: A Small Business Guide

Article from: BusinessNewsDaily.com

In today’s ever-changing business climate, it’s critical that small business owners get what they need right when they need it. Whether they’re on their computers, tablets or mobile phones, it’s more important than ever for business people to have information right at their fingertips, wherever they are. This is exactly the convenience that cloud computing provides.

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Need Ultra-Performance? Go SSD Cloud Server

Need maximum performance for those IOP intense applications? Then go with our SSD Cloud Servers.

Our SSD Cloud Servers offer 40,000 random read /80,000 write input/output operations per second (IOPS) compared to only hundreds of IOPS for SATA or SAS HDDs. This means that SSD Cloud Servers maintain extreme throughput as disk seeks increase, unlike hard disks which eventually start “thrashing” and slow down dramatically. Servers and applications boot instantly and websites and applications are much more responsive.

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Cloud Should Be Part Of BC/DR Plans

Article from: InformationWeek.com

DRaaS offerings are mature and dependable. Now IT just needs to think differently about continuity.

It’s 3:30 a.m. in a raging supercell thunderstorm. Do you know where your disaster recovery plan is? How about your backup data, redundant servers, and off-site facility? Can you spin up mission-critical business applications?

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The outlook for privacy and data protection for cloud in 2014

Article from Cloudcomputing-news.net

2014 is likely to prove to be a big year in data protection for many industries – none more so that the cloud computing industry with the possible adoption of the EU’s proposed Data Protection Regulation, implementation of European cyber security strategies and moves by Germany and France to set up a European Communications Network.

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