451 Research continues to provide excellent commentary and analysis for our collective entry into 2013. The article below, developed by analysts Jeff Paschke, Kelly Morgan, Jim Grogan, Stefanie Beaubien, and Rick Kurtzbein, is a great overview of our own space, known as the MTDC (multi-tenant datacenter) market. Bottom line: positive outlook for firms like AIS based on the fundamentals of …
Caveat Emptor: Let the (AWS) Buyer Beware
Over the past few months we’ve posted a few articles on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the key differences with (and advantages of) AIS BusinessCloud1; here are three: AWS SLA: OMG ROFL The CTO Speaks: AWS vs. AIS BusinessCloud1 Article: Amazon and the Enterprise Cloud In the spirit of fair and balanced blogging, I figured it would be intellectually honest …
Cloud Fact & Cloud Fiction
Below is a short-and-concise commentary on the truths and myths of cloud computing written by Matt Zieg of Emerson Network Power and published in Data Center Journal. The usual topics are covered: adoption rates, security, responsibility, cost, control, Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ————– Separating Fact From Fiction in Cloud Computing Do Common Cloud Assumptions …
Amazon Stubs Cloud Toe — Again, and Again….
I wouldn’t be surprised if customers of Amazon Web Services (AWS) are placing a fresh new item at the very top of their New Year’s Resolutions lists: “Get a new cloud provider — one that’s reliable, stable, dependable, and won’t cause me prematurely gray hair or drive me to drink.” It’s not asking too much, is it? The services you …
SRG: Cloud Revenues Growing 65% Annually
Press release from Synergy Research Group on cloud growth rate and various market share leaders. Infrastructure and Platform as a Service have doubled from 6% to 12% in total data center infrastructure market. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——————- IaaS and PaaS Revenues Growing at 65% per Year RENO, NV–(Marketwire – Dec 11, 2012) – …
Moving Is Painful; Choose Your DC Wisely
Great article from analyst Glenn Ford from 451 Research talking about the real impact of a client moving data centers. Living so much in the virtual world as we do, it’s often easy to forget that a physical swap-out is far harder than just “Control Z”, reposition cursor, “Control V”. The considerations below are important to keep in mind when …
Yesterday: Cost Center. Tomorrow: New Market Driver?
By Caron Carlson in FierceCIO. The role and priorities of IT and the CIO are ever-evolving and ever-expanding. Have another Peets, Mountain Dew, or Red Bull and put on your creative cap; things are going to get (even more) interesting. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——————– Has IT Done Enough to Cut Costs? For some …
Risk Management Priorities for 2013
I read the article below by Ericka Chickowski in Dark Reading. Risk management, security, governance, compliance — all are topics of great importance to the AIS customer base. Let us know if you want help. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———————- 7 Risk Management Priorities For 2013 CISOs seek more discipline in measuring and mitigating …
Spoiler Alert: The Cloud Requires IT Effort
By Caron Carlson in FierceCIO about an original article by Bob Lewis in InfoWorld (also re-posted below). I love these pieces that serve as “zig” to marketing hype’s “zag” regarding the forthcoming bounty of life-changing glories bestowed by the cloud. The cloud bounty is real, mind you, but remember folks: you don’t get something really great for nothing. If you …
AIS in SDDT: Companies Slowly Ascend Into the Cloud
By TIERNEY PLUMB, The Daily Transcript Monday, December 17, 2012 Shifting to the cloud has various economic advantages, but some companies are still wary about jumping in head-first. “You can come in and put in technology that is being monitored from a distance very cost effectively,” said Dale Stein, owner and CEO of Voice Smart Networks. “It’s an industry that …
