cloud computing

Analyzing Data in the Cloud

Posted on September 29, 2009. Filed under: Business Analytics, cloud computing, data analysis | Tags: , , , , , , |

I had an interesting chat with Roman Stanek, CEO of Good Data last week about the debate over data security and reliability in the cloud.  For those of you who are not familiar with Good Data, it provides a collaborative business analytics platform as a SaaS offering.
The upshot of the discussion was something like this:
 The [...]

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Security and Reliability of Data in the Cloud

Posted on September 13, 2009. Filed under: cloud computing, data management | Tags: , , , , |

Over the past few days, I got a chance to speak to two different companies in the business analytics space about data in the cloud.  One was a SaaS provider, the other an enterprise software vendor.  Two vendors, two different stories that illustrate the jury is still very much out regarding how end users feel [...]

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Five Key Areas For Managing the Cloud

Posted on September 2, 2009. Filed under: cloud computing |

It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog because I’ve spent most of the summer working on our Cloud Computing for Dummies Book along with Judith Hurwitz, Robin Bloor and Marcia Kaufman.  I did, however, post a short blog about premise vs. premises, which I urge anyone involved in Cloud Computing to read.
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Premise vs. Premises in the Cloud

Posted on June 11, 2009. Filed under: cloud computing |

With all of the research I’ve been doing for our latest book:  Cloud Computing for Dummies, I’ve noticed something very disturbing.  Maybe it’s because I come from a telecommunications background, that this bothers me so much – but has anyone else noticed that people are misusing the word premise when describing aspects of the cloud?  [...]

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