SaaS vs On-Premise - Which is a Better Fit for You

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:07:54 GMT

�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

10 Big Cloud Trends for 2010

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:24:27 GMT

A move to simpler cloud pricing models As 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...

Beyond Cloud 101: The Next Steps of Cloud Innovation - By Ahmar Abbas

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:51:29 GMT

More 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...

The Changing Role Of The IT Manager

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:30:38 GMT

Ahmar Abbas, senior vice president of global infrastructure management for CSS Corporation (www.csscorp.com), says that the IT manager, as the manager of a portfolio of services, will need to evolve into a product developer�one who can quickly create and deliver cost-effective IT services to the business. Read The Changing Role of The IT Manager on...

Windows 7 Compatibility Testing Offering - Partnership with ChangeBase

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:38:15 GMT

CSS is committed to offering our customers the optimum solutions for aligning IT to business objectives at all times," says Ahmar Abbas, Senior Vice President of CSS Managed Infrastructure Services. "The launch of Windows 7 has seen a surge for large-scale migration projects and it is critical that any application compatibility issues are dealt with quickly and effectively. Whereas its competitors are only able to identify application compatibility issues, ChangeBASE AOK is able...

The Biggest IT Issues

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:34:22 GMT

No longer is it a constant challenge to find space for power and cooling�instead, it�s a challenge to find enough power and cooling to accommodate the equipment that fills that space. Ahmar Abbas, SVP of the remote infrastructure management division of IT services company CSS Corp (www.csscorp.com), says that the introduction of blade servers and similar technologies has dramatically increased server density. Abbas explains...

Grid Computing as a Managed Service

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:44:58 GMT

"Grid computing is the latest to join the bandwagon of managed services. It's a good way of avoiding an expensive infrastructure investment", writes Bob Violino in his article Grid Computing Comes Around in this edition of Global Services...

Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:52:28 GMT

A few weeks back I blogged about Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and how it was gaining traction in the market. Well, it turns out that Amazon has even greater ambitions than just providing loads of hosted and managed storage! Today they announced their...

Software shops get SaaS-y

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:37:11 GMT

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) that venture into the SaaS world have taken on two distinct sets of responsibilities. First, like traditional software companies, SaaS vendors are responsible for continually delivering innovative and relevant software products.

Back to Grid Blogging - OGF, Airbus deal

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:15:41 GMT

Recently, I have been busy at work so stopped blogging for a while. During the period of inactivity, there had been numerous news items and grid related activities that I have been starring in my reader and mails. The following are highlights of this somewhat longer post.

EGA - GGF Merger
Airbus into Grid Computing
A good Computational Grid Intro

Amazon Simple Storage Service - Gaining Momentum

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:31:12 GMT

What do Microsoft and SmugMug have in common? Both rely on the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) for cheap and reliable web-scale storage. With Amazon S3, growing companies now have the resources to look and feel like a Fortune 500 enterprise. Today, Amazon announced a variety of customers that together are storing more than 800 million data...

Grid Computing Books: Grid Computing - The Savvy Manager’s Guide

Thu, 25 May 2006 03:43:18 GMT

Title: Grid Computing - The Savvy Manager's Guide Authors: Pawel Plaszczak & Rich Wellner, Jr. Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann ISBN: 0127425039 Sample Chapter: N/A Online Companion: http://www.savvygrid.com/ Review: Taken from the...

Grid Computing Book: IBM Redbooks - "Patterns: Emerging Patterns for Enterprise Grids"

Thu, 18 May 2006 19:41:27 GMT

Title: Patterns: Emerging Patterns for Enterprise Grids Authors: John Easton, David Kra, Michael Osias, Donald Pazel, Rob Vrablik, David Chisholm, Matthew Haynos, Luiz R. Rocha, Avi Saha, Ellen Stokes, Roberto Jimenez, Richard Appleby, Shweta Gupta, Joachim Dirker, Luis Ferreira, and Jean-Pierre Prost Publisher: IBM Redbooks ISBN: N/A Book Description:...

Grid Computing Competition from Grid Computing Now!

Wed, 17 May 2006 18:40:47 GMT

DTI Knowledge Transfer Network Grid Computing Now! and the British Computer Society have announced a competition for innovative solutions to challenges of the 21st century using the capabilities of grid computing technologies. See the competition site for details. The Competition in Outline The competition is to develop a...

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