Cloud Infrastructure
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How To Buy
Looking for the most relevant info to advance your evaluation of IT products? We’ve brought together our best content on products, features, functions and price, as well as negotiating the best deal.
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Azure adoption gets a boost, but challenges remain
Microsoft’s hybrid focus is boosting Azure adoption within Windows shops. But not all Azure customers are using the cloud platform to its fullest. When Microsoft ... Continue Reading
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Everything you need to select a public cloud vendor
We’ve put together a comprehensive series of articles by cloud expert Brien Posey that walk through the process of evaluating whether you should use public ... Continue Reading
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Do you need cloud computing services?
With companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Rackspace offering customers the ability to create virtual machines (VMs) in the cloud to support and replace ... Continue Reading
Project Reports
A great way to successfully execute a project you’re working on is to see what others have done. In this section you can view information on what your peers did, how they did it – plus, what to do and what not to do. Don’t forget to return the favor by submitting a project you’ve worked in through the community Project Report submittal form.
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Flexibility, cost savings, & avoiding hiring more staff are key factors for a cloud install
Solutions: Amazon Web Services - This report describes a project involving cloud – public cloud. Stage of project: Purchased (beginning or in process of implementation) Problem: The primary drivers of ... Continue Reading
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University opts for cloud solution rather than replace internal computing systems
Solutions: Conftool - This report describes a project involving cloud – hybrid cloud. Stage of project: Purchased (beginning or in process of implementation) Problem: The primary drivers of this ... Continue Reading
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Well-known communications provider expects to improve disaster recovery and speed of provisioning for apps while reducing costs
Solutions: EMC Atmos, FlexPod, NetApp, Panzura, ServiceNow, VMware - This report describes a project involving cloud – hybrid cloud. Stage of project: Purchased (beginning or in process of implementation) Problem: The primary drivers of ... Continue Reading
Research Insights
Want to know what companies like yours are saying? Check this section out to get the facts and figures from our ongoing survey research on how, what and why IT managers are buying enterprise technology.
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First glimpse from users at hybrid cloud vendor satisfaction
We’ve been gathering data from hybrid cloud buyers and now have some usable data from 177 IT managers who purchased hybrid cloud services. At first ... Continue Reading
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AWS ratings coming up
We continue to gather ratings from cloud infrastructure buyers. The latest data represents 206 AWS buyers, 132 Azure buyers, 67 Google buyers and 51 open ... Continue Reading
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AWS still the leader in cloud, still being chased
Last June we showed that AWS had a 44% to 34% and 22% lead over Microsoft Azure and Google. Our latest data (February, 2015), reflecting ... Continue Reading
Expert Advice
Want to hear from experts about a particular product, process or trend? See what IT experts have to say on the evaluation and purchase of IT products in articles, past and live webinars, and exclusive videos.
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SDN blogs: VSphere 6.0 sees significant improvements
VMware’s new vSphere 6.0 is finally out, and virtualization expert Bob Plankers shares what improved features he enjoys most on his blog, The Lone Sysadmin. ... Continue Reading
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Addressing compliance, cost when extending software licensing to cloud
Moving applications to a public IaaS or PaaS cloud may simplify your hardware management, but it opens new issues around software licensing. Some of your ... Continue Reading
Webinars
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Webinar Video: Top 5 things to ask your IaaS provider before signing the dotted line
In this IT Solutions Advisor Community webinar, expert Jason Helmick sheds light on exactly what questions you should be asking your IaaS provider before signing ... Continue Reading
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Webinar Transcript: Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth’s Impression of AWS
Question: What is your impression of Amazon Web Services (AWS) products? Brian Madden: Let’s talk specifically about Amazon Workspaces. AWS is fine. It’s Windows server only. ... Continue Reading