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Archive for July, 2012

Marketing the Cloud: Resellers Need Social Media too!

Posted on July 31, 2012
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We’re started to introduce the topic of marketing the cloud, especially for Resellers and white label hosts – it’s important to add that to your identity. The easiest way to start, as well as the best place to start, is on social media.  Whether it’s gaining traction on Twitter, introducing your contacts on LinkedIn to [...]

Feel Secure About Your Mission Critical Data in the Cloud

Posted on July 31, 2012
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Yesterday, Eosensa announced the releasing of their new report “Protecting Sensitive Data in The Cloud.” While we think it’s important to find a cloud provider to assist you in making sure your mission critical data is protected in the cloud, it’s also important that you increase your knowledge of cloud computing in order to get a [...]

No API Standard for Cloud Computing?

Posted on July 30, 2012
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Just like countries, each company has it’s own sets of rules and regulations set in place to talk to the machines (or people in the case of a country) that run the show behind the scenes.  So it’s no surprise that most cloud computing companies aren’t planning on creating a standard set of API’s to [...]

Kickstarter: The Startup Funder?

Posted on July 30, 2012
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With more technology available to create a business out of nothing 2012 seems to be the year for startups. Between using inbound marketing to promote, social media to connect, and bloggers to market, it’s easy to make your initial “get found” wave mostly free. But what about after the first wave efforts has come and gone, [...]

Why Are Startups Looking to the Clouds?

Posted on July 27, 2012
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For startups it’s all about creating a scalable option at a low cost, which is one of the reason most cloud services meets their needs.  Working in a startup it is hard to gauge how fast you will grow, and how steadily you’ll be able to keep growing. Not to mention how to best keep [...]

Cloud Computing News – July 27th

Posted on July 27, 2012
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Concerned you missed a big story? We’ve got you covered. Every Friday we’ll be posting the top five trending articles about The Cloud. So sit back, relax and enjoy the top headlines of the week. 1. On Wednesday, a panel of technology officials gave warning to members of a House subcommittee about the challenges of overseas cloud expansion. Could foreign [...]

4 Assessments to Make Before Leveraging the Cloud

Posted on July 26, 2012
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Many companies are beginning to leverage the Cloud. Making it increasingly more important to build a specific cloud strategy for your business- one focusing on the IT expectations, needs, and wants of the executive office and employees.  But what are the right questions to ask, and best steps to take when building a successful cloud [...]