Tag Archives: cloudcomputing

February 22, 2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Amazon Goes PaaS–Game On. Let’s See How the Competition Respond.

By Ben Kepes

A week or two ago I had a heated argument on Twitter with someone who was adamant that Amazon would remain an infrastructure player and avoid the temptation to move up the stack. Even after the release of DynamoDB, we weren’t entirely sure as to their intentions. That kind of

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February 15, 2012 Posted in Business 2 Comments

Cloud is Simple. Well, It’s Real Complex but that Complexity Can, and Should, be Hidden from Users.

By Ben Kepes

CloudU Notebooks is a weekly blog series that explores topics from the CloudU certificate program in bite sized chunks, written by me, Ben Kepes, curator of CloudU.  How-to’s, interviews with industry giants, and the occasional opinion piece are what you can expect to find.  If that’s your cup of tea,

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February 13, 2012 Posted in Business 1 Comment

6fusion Introduces Free Cloud Resource Meter for VMware vSphere

By Ben Kepes

One of the key traits of cloud computing is the fact that it follows a utility model with resources able to be metered by use. That’s a glorious thing as lots of benefits drop out of that – the ability to pay by use, the ability to cost recover with

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February 10, 2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

10000 Jobs, and All Requiring Cloud Skills. Who Said Cloud Was Just About IT?

By Ben Kepes

CloudU Notebooks is a weekly blog series that explores topics from the CloudU certificate program in bite sized chunks, written by me, Ben Kepes, curator of CloudU.  How-to’s, interviews with industry giants, and the occasional opinion piece are what you can expect to find.  If that’s your cup of tea,

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February 3, 2012 Posted in Business 2 Comments

A Checklist for a Move to the Cloud

By Ben Kepes

CloudU Notebooks is a weekly blog series that explores topics from the CloudU certificate program in bite sized chunks, written by me, Ben Kepes, curator of CloudU.  How-to’s, interviews with industry giants, and the occasional opinion piece are what you can expect to find.  If that’s your cup of tea, you

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January 31, 2012 Posted in Business 2 Comments

BMC Heads Down the Foodchain and To The Cloud with Numara Acquisition

By Ben Kepes

BMC Software yesterday announced the acquisition of mid-market IT management provider Numara Software. It’s an interesting move for this decidedly enterprise-level provider and one that sees them make two distinct moves – firstly into the cloud in a big way and secondly down the food chain o offer a mid-market

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January 30, 2012 Posted in Business 4 Comments

An Awesome CloudU Testimonial

By Ben Kepes

CloudU Notebooks is a weekly blog series that explores topics from the CloudU certificate program in bite sized chunks, written by me, Ben Kepes, curator of CloudU.  How-to’s, interviews with industry giants, and the occasional opinion piece are what you can expect to find.  If that’s your cup of tea, you can

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January 27, 2012 Posted in Business 3 Comments

On Privacy, and Software Vendor’s Access to Customer Data

By Ben Kepes

A mini firestorm broke out recently when 37Signals posted about their 2011 growth statistics. As part of the post, 37Signals told the world that the 100 millionth file to be uploaded to their software was the picture of a cat. Naturally those who subscribe to conspiracy theories got all fired

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January 25, 2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

FireHost Switches on European Cloud Hosting. But What Does “Secure: Actually Mean

By Ben Kepes

FireHost (more on them here) a cloud company that is targeting large companies with particular compliance and high traffic needs – customers span the eCommerce, SaaS, healthcare and security areas is today announcing the opening of its European operations. It’s an exciting move, especially for someone who has a penchant

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January 18, 2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Is agility and focus worth a price premium – on converged infrastructure costing more…

By Ben Kepes

Krish wrote a post covering a report which showed that the costs involved in utilizing converged infrastructure (ie a consistent approach towards hardware and software that sees everything in a data center fit together like lego) runs to some 15% more expensive than when using a more “Do It Yourself”

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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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