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May 07, 2010Keys To Hardware Upgrade SuccessBy: Ahmar AbbasDiscussion with Elizabeth Millard of Processor Magazine on planning for datacenter hardware upgrades. We talked about resource readiness, back-out plans and conducting post mortems after each upgrade for continuous improvement.Read Full Article...April 04, 2010Remote Infrastructure Management Services - Is it Catching on GloballyBy: Ahmar AbbasA Q&A session on RIM1) Given the ongoing economic turmoil and the resultant CIO propensity towards RIM services, how have you fared in the last 12-18 months (domestically) in terms of business? Ans: The economic turmoil has caused CIOs to evaluate cost saving and efficiency focused initiatives with tremendous vigor. As such RIM services have jumped at the top of list of strategies for CIO to achieve both cost saving and drive efficiency. We have seen dramatic increase in interest in RIM over the last 12-18 months and have succeeded in winning deals. Read Full Article... March 19, 2010Private vs. Public vs. Hybrid CloudsBy: Ahmar AbbasMy thoughts on Hybrid Clouds for Insurance companies in the Insurance Networking News.Cloud computing has been the darling of the technology press for the last several years. However most of the coverage has focused on what is now known as the “public cloud”.....Read Full Article... February 28, 2010SaaS vs On-Premise - Which is a Better Fit for YouBy: Ahmar Abbas“Cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings continue to grow impressively,” says Ahmar Abbas, senior vice president, remote infrastructure management of CSS Corp., a global IT company. “SaaS-only vendors have arisen in all key software domains and have successfully challenged the packaged software application companies.”Read Pam Baker's full article at Forecasting Clouds site. December 28, 200910 Big Cloud Trends for 2010By: Ahmar AbbasA move to simpler cloud pricing modelsAs providers add in more options and services, the pricing complexity increases. Amazon, for instance, has a calculator for estimating the cost of bandwidth transfers, load balancing and elastic IP. 2010 may see a proliferation of "all-you-can-eat pricing models," where a user contracts for a set number of hours that includes a range of services, said Ahmar Abbas, senior vice president of remote infrastructure management at CSS Corp., an IT services and consulting firm in San Jose, Calif. Read 10 Big Cloud Trends for 2010 ComputerWorld article here December 24, 2009Beyond Cloud 101: The Next Steps of Cloud Innovation - By Ahmar AbbasBy: Ahmar AbbasMore small and medium sized businesses are turning to cloud computing to handle a broader range of IT processes previously managed in house. For organizations now considering cloud computing, the technological terminology can be a bit confusing if not daunting. This brief review of different cloud computing options and trends will help IT decision-makers at small and medium sized companies make th right choice for their enterprises.The key accomplishment for 2009 is that we finally were able to get a workable taxonomy for cloud computing. Read rest of Article at Fresh Business Thinking website. |
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