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November 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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November 3, 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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October 28, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Flawed Analysis–On Clouds “Playing Nice”

By Ben Kepes

The other day someone alerted me to a new report put out by IT news that lauds itself as a “technical study of the integration and extension options offered by the largest 20 software-as-a-service vendors serving the Australian enterprise.” The report looks at a few different dimensions including; Can I

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September 28, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

NZ Cloud Code of Practice

By Ben Kepes

I’ve just heard that a draft of the Terms of Reference for the New Zealand Cloud Code of Practice have been released – the document, for those interested, can be viewed here. The initiative is something I support and something I’ve kept a bit of a watching brief on –

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July 26, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Nodeable Closes $2 Million Series A Funding

By Ben Kepes

In yet another example of cloud infrastructure analytics being a hot area, San Francisco startup Nodeable, who is “adding a social layer to systems data” is announcing a funding round led by True Ventures. Nodeable uses big data analytics to gather intelligence about cloud-based infrastructure, and delivers it up within

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April 18, 2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Advice for IT Workers Threatened by the Cloud

By Ben Kepes

On my travels around the place I’m often met with resistance to cloud adoption by IT staffers. While some of this resistance is related to valid security or other issues, much is simply IT workers feeling threatened. I talked about this with focus.com who went out to their expert community

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March 1, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Microsoft and the Small Business Cloud War. Because Not Only Millennials Drive Change

By Ben Kepes

Last week was a little humorous. Across my desk came a Forbes.com article stating that “Microsoft will win the small business cloud war”. In the article Gene Marks tells of a visit to a small town in the US where he finds Jared Morgan from Bradshaw & Weil insurance agency

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July 12, 2010 Posted in Business 7 Comments

Azure Launches Cloud in a Box, But this one might be more than just CloudWash

By Ben Kepes

Big news today was the announcement by Microsoft that it is releasing Azure technology to some hardware vendors. The ideas of this is to create a Windows Azure platform appliance that will form (according to Dell, one of the hardware partners) a “turnkey cloud platform available to enterprises to enable

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July 7, 2010 Posted in Business 6 Comments

IT, The Cloud, and Control

By Ben Kepes

Recently I gave a presentation on cloud computing to a group of what I would call traditional IT practitioners. You know the sort – those who cut their teeth on COBOL (or punch cards for that matter), who spend their days in messy server rooms and whose life revolves around walking along corridors carrying install disks of software. If I was being uncharitable I’d say the dinosaurs of the industry.

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June 7, 2010 Posted in cloudwash, General, NZCS 3 Comments

The Cloud – A Post Hype Reflection

By Ben Kepes
TweetRecently I was asked to present to the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Computer Society on cloud computing. Icelandic volcanoes resulted in me partnering with Abhinav Keswani, fellow Christchurch industry insider, to present to the gathering. My presentation was a general overview, along w
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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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