In case you needed convincing that the world with cloud services is different than our previous reality… “When IBM is the cheaper option by a wide margin, it is safe to say the world has changed.” Article by 451 Research analyst Carl Brooks. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— AWS and the fed: a tale …
IBM CTO Dishes on DR and Cloud
What does a CTO-level guy at one of the world’s largest IT services companies have to say about Disaster Recovery and leveraging the cloud? Read on. Article by Paul Mah in FierceCIO. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———- One on one with Richard Coccihiara of IBM Tips and suggestions for enterprises on disaster recovery, how …
Sky Fall…ing? Supply Chain Disruption
Intuitively we all understand how new technologies can “disrupt” traditional delivery models and economic value chains. The Internet itself is Exhibit A in this regard; just ask travel agents and bookstore owners. Even those within the Internet industry itself — namely the gear-makers that make it all go — are not immune to the havoc of changing market dynamics. Analysis …
VMware User Group Meeting, July 11 in Phoenix
July 11, 2013 | Desert Willow Conference Center 4340 E Cotton Center Boulevard, Suite 100 Phoenix, AZ 85040 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. AIS is a Gold Sponsor of Phoenix’s largest VMUG meeting of the year. AIS and BusinessCloud1 customer Liquid Grids will be delivering an important presentation from 10:30 to 11:15 am. Join your fellow VMware users at this full-day event …
InfoGraphic: History of Web Hosting
I saw the massive infographic below in The WHIR and figured our readers would like it too. Enjoy, Brian ——— ProfitBricks Infographic: Web Hosting from 1995 to Today ProfitBricks is an infrastructure as a service company with serious hosting chops: the company was started by the founders of web hosting giant 1&1 Internet, and hosting veterans William Toll and Clint Miller …
Dell, VMware Change Cloud Stripes
Big moves afoot by Dell and VMware; today’s bold move is tomorrow’s change in strategy. The article below is by 451 Research analysts William Fellows, Carl Brooks, Michelle Bailey, and Peter Christy. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— The in and the out: IaaS landscape shifts again There was a good deal of movement between …
IT as a Service CHIMEs In
It’s conventional wisdom that there is “a lot” of opportunity to squeeze costs from the U.S. healthcare system. That’s an understatement. As described below, healthcare providers consuming IT “as a service” is but one way in which AIS can help take part in improving the efficiency of a system we all need. Original article by Susan D. Hall in FierceHealthIT. …
CALBIO 2013, June 13-14 in San Diego
June 13-14, 2013 | San Diego Convention Center 111 W Harbor Dr San Diego, CA 92101 California. The birthplace of the biotechnology industry and home to the largest and most productive concentration of life science companies in the world. Over the years, our focus has remained constant – discover the next great thing and turn it into reality. While capital …
Enterprises Spend HOW MUCH on Storage?
This is a short but practical (and relevant) article on a survey conducted by NaviSite. The contents speak for themselves. Article by Nicole Henderson in The WHIR. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——– Enterprises Spend 25 Percent of IT Budgets on Data Storage: NaviSite Study Most companies allocate 25 percent of their IT budget to …
Fear and Inertia Grasp at Security
Ah fear and inertia, the bane of me and all my sales-and-marketing brothers and sisters out there. Fear of change, fear of the unknown, and prospective customers’ reluctance to try something other beyond the devil that we know. And because perception is reality (for many), this is a real issue that must be overcome. For cloud services, the perceived issue …
