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Buyers of cloud computing need and expect a more consultative sales person
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Buyers of cloud computing need and expect a more consultative sales person

By George Constantopoulos – Cloud Practise Director at SBR Consulting In the fast-paced environment of the high technology industry, consultative sales is becoming the occupation of the future. However, the future is here today. Now you’re wondering, how does that fit in? Well, let’s take a look at how the rapid change and evolving trends
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Danielsteeves

Keep it Secure… the Business of Cloud

By Daniel Steeves, Director at Beyond Solutions and Partner with James Caan at HB Prime Advantage I tend to agree: this cloud thing isn’t as secure as some think it is, simply because all clouds are not created equal. To be fair, though, I would have said the same thing about more than a few business and Government IT systems
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Razor Thorn

Does utilising the cloud expose us to more risk?

By Chloe Clarke – Head of Global Business Development at Razor Thorn Security The launch and continued rise of the Cloud in recent years would be difficult to miss, yet surprisingly widespread apprehension towards this new service exists within our business culture. The Cloud holds so much potential due to its flexibility, accessibility and cost saving
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Luke

Is IBM “a Disaster in the Making”?

By Luke Wheeler, Chairman of ComparetheCloud.net There’s been a lot of commentary and criticism in the news recently about IBM’s business strategy when it comes to cloud computing.  A recent example of this is Seeking Alpha’s published article entitled “IBM: a Disaster in the Making”. Whilst it’s true that most criticism towards IBM’s cloud strategy
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Simon Mohr

The Ultimate Guide to Cloud Migration – Part 3

By Simon Mohr, CEO at SEM Solutions This is the final part in a three part series, taken from ‘The Ultimate Guide to Cloud Migration’ by Simon Mohr and Databarracks.  Did you miss Part One or Part Two?  Alternatively you can download the full whitepaper here. What good looks like Migration is a complicated process, but it’s no dark art,
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Simon Mohr

The Ultimate Guide to Cloud Migration – Part 2

By Simon Mohr, CEO at SEM Solutions This is the second part in a three part series, taken from ‘The Ultimate Guide to Cloud Migration’ by Simon Mohr and Databarracks.  Did you miss Part One?  Or you can download the full whitepaper here. A to B in Six Easy Steps 1. Planning Planning for a migration is not significantly
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Simon Mohr

The Ultimate Guide to Cloud Migration – Part 1

By Simon Mohr, CEO at SEM Solutions This is the first in a 3 part series, taken from ‘The Ultimate Guide to Cloud Migration’ by Simon Mohr and Databarracks. Next time we’ll break down the six easy steps of the migration process. You can download the full whitepaper here. The pace at which we’ve come to regard cloud technologies
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Tim Ayling

Interview with Tim Ayling of Trend Micro

Compare the Cloud Interviews Tim Ayling, UK Channel Director of Trend Micro CTC: Tim tell us your all about yourself? I’ve been in the IT security game for over 15 years now (where’s that time gone?!), working for software vendors & consultancies in various roles. I’ve got a couple of kids, lived abroad for several years,
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George Knox

Flexiant’s view on Dell buying Cloud Management vendor Enstratius

By George Knox, CEO of Flexiant Yesterday, Dell announced the acquisition of Enstratius, an enterprise cloud-management software and services provider that delivers single and multi-cloud management capabilities. As a fellow Gartner Cool Vendor this year in the 2013 Cloud Management report, we want to congratulate Enstratius. This acquisition is proof that the biggest IT companies
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VMUG

Conference versus User Group Events

By Brendon Higgins, of the Virtual Machine User Group (VMUG) At 14 years old, I picked computing as a career option and have continued on that course ever since. One of the key factors in my professional growth has been both knowing ‘who’ to ask for help and more importantly, having something of value to offer
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markbutcher

How to spot when your business should give Dropbox the boot

An interview with Mark Butcher, Commercial Director of Probox by Proact CTC: Mark firstly introduce yourself to our audience I’m the Commercial Director for Proact in the UK. This title covers a multitude of sins but primarily relates to owning marketing operations and ensuring that the products and services we take to market are profitable
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Doug Clark

IBM WebSphere Cast Iron – Product Spotlight

By Doug Clark, Cloud Leader for UK & Ireland, IBM How do you integrate Cloud-Cloud and Cloud-on premise? IBM WebSphere Cast Iron …One of IBM SmartCloud’s “Secret Sauce” Ingredients. Cloud computing has a major impact on how companies manage their business, be it sales, marketing, HR, finance etc. As each of these functions move to
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How to select a cloud infrastructure provider for Disaster Recovery

By Martin Wright, Managing Director of Techgate PLC “…Make sure you ask the right questions when choosing a Cloud Infrastructure provider.” The cloud market place is maturing and the range of solutions on offer is becoming broader, but this can make it even trickier to judge exactly what you are buying. Your Disaster Recovery (DR) solution
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frank-jennings

Patriot Act and Data Security: 8 Myths Busted

By Frank Jennings, Cloud Lawyer, DMH Stallard LLP It is likely that, after Sarbanes-Oxley, the most widely feared and misunderstood piece of US legislation – at least in the cloud sector – is the Patriot Act. According to some, the Patriot Act is a good reason to avoid cloud computing altogether. Others say that the
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Robert Jenkins

The SAN is Dead (as a cloud technology)

A ComparetheCloud.net Interview with Robert Jenkins, CTO of CloudSigma. CloudSigma are one of the fastest growing cloud IaaS providers.  Robert Jenkins – the CTO of CloudSigma – has agreed to go on record with us about his slightly controversial perspectives on Storage Area Networks (SANs) – and why he feels that they are of no
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