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  • CloudU Certificate–Interview with a Graduate

    December 1, 2011

    Business
    cloud computing, CloudU, linkedin, rackspace
     

    When I first spoke with Rackspace over a year ago about CloudU, the basis of the concept was that as someone who has seen first hand the benefits Cloud Computing can bring to an organization, I wanted to tackle a project that…

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  • CloudU Certificate–A Quick Plug

    November 7, 2011

    Business
    cloudcomputing, CloudU, education, Information technology, rackspace
     

    Most readers will know that over the past year I have been very busy running CloudU, a broad-based cloud education program that I created with the support of Rackspace. The program has met with amazing support – the whitepapers…

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  • Professional-Level Blog Hosting, On a Tight Budget

    October 11, 2011

    Content Delivery Network
    cloud computing, CloudU, twitter, wordpress
     

    A few months ago, finally sufficiently sick of the abysmal customer service and reliability delivered by my ISP, I decided to move the hosting of my blog to another provider. I reached out on Twitter and a buddy of mine (thanks Robot) pointed me in the direction of ZippyKid. Now ZippyKid is a great story […]

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  • Focus, Focus, Focus

    August 26, 2011

    Business
    Adam Smith, Brad Feld, Business, cloudcomputing, CloudU, Foundry, TechStars
     

    First published on the Rackspace blog. I’ve been reading a copy of Do More Faster recently. Do More Faster is a kind of an entrepreneurs guide book written by two well known authors; Brad Feld, founder and investor of the Foundry and…

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  • On Definitions – Keeping it Simple with OSSM

    August 23, 2011

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, New Zealand
    cloud computing, cloudcamp, CloudU
     

      In my travels running CloudCamps all over the place, I’m always surprised how often the “how do you define Cloud” question comes up. Spending so much time in the rarefied atmosphere of the twitterverse, it’s easy to just assume…

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  • Cloud – It’s All About Democratization

    July 7, 2011

    Business
    cloudcomputing, CloudU, intuit, Learning management system, litmos, quickbooks, rackspace, Software as a Service
     

    Cross posted from the Rackspace blog. Recently a couple of announcements caught my eye that really speak to our contention that Cloud Computing democratizes IT. As we said in a previous CloudU report, Cloud Computing is facilitating a seismic…

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  • New Blog Series: CloudU Notebooks

    July 1, 2011

    Business
    cloudcomputing, CloudU, rackspace, Small and medium enterprises
     

    Cross posted from the Rackspace blog. Over the past six months we’ve been taking a deep dive into Cloud education with the CloudU education series. For those who haven’t yet seen it, CloudU is a concept I came up…

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  • First CloudU Webinar–Podcast Now Available

    January 28, 2011

    Business
    Charles Babcock, cloud computing, CloudU, InformationWeek, John Engates, rackspace
     

    In a recent post on the Rackspace blog announcing the CloudU educational program I’m running this year, I explained the concept as follows; I’ve spent the last 15 years or so owning and running business in a bunch of…

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