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You’re On Cloud Nine with Cloud Computing

Cloud computing can provide your company with an array of benefits. As you move forward with your business initiatives and try to increase your revenue, it’s important to stay on the cutting-edge to be competitive. With cloud computing, you’ll not only be utilizing the latest technology, but you’ll be doing so in a [...]

Cloud Platforms: What they Are

There are a variety of infrastructure and business models competing under the umbrella term of “cloud computing,” and it can be difficult to understand which model is best suited for your business needs.

First, you should understand what aspects of cloud computing are universal to all such services. Cloud computing is a catch-all [...]

Social Networking Versus Cloud Computing

Cloud computing, which is a term for storing and operating an application over the Internet, has had a tremendous impact on users worldwide. Even before it became the latest buzzword in marketing, cloud computing had already entered the lives of the millions who were using Web-based e-mail, like Gmail, Yahoo!, or Hotmail. Cloud [...]

The Advantages of Mobile Cloud Computing

Cloud computing has been in use in the consumer world for quite some time, although it has recently begun to gather steam and be used for enterprise applications. Unlike server- or mainframe-based IT departments, with cloud computing a third-party service provider owns and manages its resources, which its users access on the Internet. [...]

Is Cloud Computing Applicable to Call Centers?

Call center options are exploding with the emergence of customer relationship management (CRM) services available in the cloud. The software and services that are developed and marketed by vendors of cloud-based CRM present an array of benefits particularly applicable to call center operations — from the expansion of business services and media channels, [...]

How Does Service Oriented Architecture Relate To Cloud Computing?

The goal of service oriented architecture (SOA) is to connect large chunks of business information together in ways that improve business processes and activities. The data that derives from SOA events are particularly important for customer relationship management (CRM) and form the basis of cloud computing.

Following decades of design and development investments [...]

What Impact Will Cloud Computing Have on International Business?

While the marketing buzzword, “cloud computing,” seems relatively new, the concept of cloud computing solutions’ impact on the world of computing was predicted well over ten years ago when Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy claimed, “The network is the computer.” Cloud computing’s dramatic effect on the business climate and, consequently, consumer buying behavior [...]

Cloud Systems: Definition and Explanation

“Cloud computing” was a term coined by Emory University professor Ramnath Chellapa. Today, it is becoming commonplace within the global economy.

Definition:

Cloud computing can be defined as computing services delivered through the Internet. More specifically, there are three major types of services that comprise cloud computing. These are infrastructure, platform and software. [...]

Cloud Computing and World Politics

On 12 June 2009, Cloud computing implemented its newest format.  Barack Obama’s historic election win in November 2008, which was cloud computing first step towards affected the political world.

Think I’m kidding? Consider this: June 12, 2009, is when Iran held a presidential election. There were several candidates including the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, [...]