Research: The Structure 50: The Top 50 Cloud Innovators
In five short years, cloud computing has gone from being a quaint technology to a major catchphrase. Amazon and others are now moving at Internet speed, trying to offer better security,…
View ArticleResearch: How to insure the cloud and protect everyone’s assets
Cloud-computing insurance has long been posed as a solution to the problem of cloud users assuming too much risk of failure in the wake of things such as lengthy outages, data…
View ArticleResearch: What the share economy can learn from the cloud
In the past few years we have seen accommodation-sharing company Airbnb grab a valuation of over $1 billion and car-sharing leader Zipcar squeak into profitability sooner than expected. Those...
View ArticleResearch: Today in Cloud
Cloudability, which pitched at GigaOM Structure back in June, and launched last month, has raised $1.1 million in seed funding. The company helps its users to monitor their spend across a…
View ArticleResearch: Infrastructure Q4: Big data gets bigger and SaaS startups shine
Continuing a yearlong trend, the fourth quarter in big IT was all about big data, and Hadoop in particular. At this point, it seems as if every database, business intelligence and…
View ArticleResearch: Everything I Know about Cloud Computing I Learned on the Football...
Relative upstarts such as Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, Salesforce.com, Engine Yard, Red Hat, and many others have beat them to the quarterback. They prove to be more innovative, and drive into…
View ArticleResearch: Why converged infrastructure is crucial to the data center
Cloud service providers need a way of delivering low latency, fast response, and increasing performance while minimizing the cost of the network. GigaOM Research projects that the cloud computing...
View ArticleResearch: How direct-access solutions can speed up cloud adoption
Startups are widely adopting cloud computing, but often they deal with disproportionate infrastructure costs or cloud solutions that require completely revamped infrastructure. Established enterprises...
View ArticleResearch: Why SaaS Still Matters
The truth of the matter is that SaaS led us all into the cloud. The growth of SaaS juggernauts, such as Salesforce.com, proved out a model that many said was not…
View ArticleResearch: Cloud and data first-quarter 2013: analysis and outlook
Cloud computing is finally starting to add value to business, as those in charge of cloud within enterprises are moving from talking to doing. That much was very evident in the…
View ArticleResearch: Supporting startup growth with the new recruiting ecosystem
The recruiting ecosystem is changing, led by professional social networks like LinkedIn and Viadeo and companies like Jobvite and BranchOut, which are building Facebook apps for hiring and career...
View ArticleGigaom: Salesforce.com will adopt Openstack* (*says Rackspace)
The CRM leader isn't saying boo, but if it does adopt OpenStack it could help the open-source cloud gain enterprise credibility, which it still sorely needs. You gotta love it when…
View ArticleGigaom: OpenStack follies, Stackmob’s new pal and a new Structure theme song?
This week we dish on the latest in the OpenStack soap opera and further convergence in mobile development platforms. If software is eating the world, is mobile eating software? If you…
View ArticleGigaom: “Backbreaking” OpenStack migrations hinder enterprise upgrades
OpenStack's promise of an open-source cloud infrastructure free of vendor lock-in is big. But difficulties upgrading from one release to the next are a major kink that needs to be worked…
View ArticleGigaom: Salesforce.com and Rackspace gear up for mobile developers
Industry giants are adding more development and platform goodies for mobile app developers. This may have the more targeted MBaaS providers a little perplexed. If there was any doubt that mobile…
View ArticleGigaom: If you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em, says Kinvey, as it partners with Google
MBaaS player Kinvey says new integration will make it a snap for mobile developers to develop on Kinvey and deploy on Google App Engine, or vice versa. Mobile development platform Kinvey…
View ArticleResearch: The enterprise adapts to “as a Service” delivery
As the Gigaom Research research director for cloud and analytics, Ashar Baig is always finding new "as a Service" offerings in the market. With the likes of desktop, security, disaster recovery,…
View ArticleGigaom: Microsoft adds Amazon to its hit list
The week in cloud: Amazon joins VMware, Google and Salesforce.com as Microsoft partners not invited to the Microsoft partner conference. Amazon(s amzn) and Microsoft(s msft) are definitely partners --...
View ArticleResearch: Microsoft Windows Azure: strengths and weaknesses
Windows Azure is emerging as a credible cloud platform for both startups and enterprises. Here is our analysis of the key factors that turned its fate around, and what it must…
View ArticleResearch: Leveraging fat clouds versus thin clouds; understanding the tradeoffs.
The growth of cloud computing leads to many new options, and there are some emerging architectural patterns to choose from when you deploy your cloud-based solutions. The fundamental questions are,...
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