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13/01/2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

CloudU – Interview with an Industry Insider

By Ben Kepes

Frank Jara is a Sales Consultant talking with customers on a daily basis. Recently he sent us an email to tell us how impressed he was with the material which he’s been using with his customers, partners and colleagues. I wanted to find out what it was about CloudU that

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05/01/2012 Posted in Business 3 Comments

Tips for Organizations Heading to the Cloud

By Ben Kepes

In my travels speaking with organizations looking to move to the Cloud, I’m often confronted by folks who have an innate distrust of all things Cloud. These folks are easy to deals with; I respect their opinion (despite entirely disagreeing with it) and am happy enough to leave them alone

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22/12/2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Don’t Wait for the Pros, Experiment!

By Ben Kepes

In a recent CloudU report we talked about the fact that a lack of formal Cloud Computing qualifications is something of a barrier to organizations adopting the Cloud. It’s something we’re trying, in some small way, to address with the CloudU certificate, but nonetheless the fact remains that when it

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20/12/2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

SaaS for Agility, Lightweight as an Enabler

By Ben Kepes

In a recent CloudU report, we talked at length about how an organization should approach a move to the Cloud and which applications they should pick as initial prospects for migrating. In the report we advised organizations to look at applications that; • Have significant interaction with external applications or services • Are

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19/12/2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Cloud Considerations–A Need for Clarity

By Ben Kepes

As I travel around talking to organizations and the decision makers within them about Cloud Computing, I find myself enumerating a list of benefits that many of us believe come with Cloud Computing. The list includes scalability, economic benefits, the ability to focus on core business, etc. I must have

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28/11/2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Data Center Complexity – and Clarity Around Outages

By Ben Kepes

Cloud outages get an inordinate amount of attention – it’s always interesting watching the tweet stream and feed reader after I hear the first inkling of a Cloud outage – all of a sudden my world is filled with people saying that this particular outage really marks the death-knell for

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23/11/2011 Posted in Business 3 Comments

Closing the Door Before the Horse Bolts – On Passwords For Cloud

By Ben Kepes

The advent of the Internet (actually the advent of software used by the general populace) has create an entire new bunch of folks with ulcers caused by the worries around password management. Passwords it seem are both the bane of our existence and, apparently, the most important thing in our

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14/11/2011 Posted in Business 2 Comments

Cloud Security Alliance – Looking Out for the Users

By Ben Kepes

In the CloudU report we recently published looking at Cloud Security, we were at pains to point out that security in the Cloud is very much a partnership between vendors and customers – with both sides having a responsibility to “do their part.” One example of vendors doing there part is the Cloud

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11/11/2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

A Checklist for Customer Cloud Security

By Ben Kepes

I often hear how Cloud is insecure from people who claim that unauthorized access is a real and significant risk for users of Cloud Computing. It always kind of frustrates me as, in my (admittedly somewhat biased) view, Cloud is as secure, if not more so, than traditional IT. In

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03/11/2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Cloud Security – It’s All About Partnership

By Ben Kepes

Cloud Computing, like marriage, is an example of a situation needing ongoing work from both parties to make for success. It was the over-arching theme of the CloudUreport we published recently which took a deep look at Cloud Security. In the report we reflected on the fact that, rather than the

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The Author

Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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