I love this article because I love this philosophy. Simple, straightforward, results-oriented. Bing bang boom. Less is more. Summary article by Caron Carlson in FierceCIO, original post by Larry Bonfante (CIO of the USTA) in CIO Insight. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——— 4 budget management principles to get them eating out of your hand …
Cloud Pricing Demystified
Here’s a great article from 451 Research analysts Owen Rogers and William Fellows about cloud pricing. Using hotel rooms as the analogy, they make clear all the variations available from the dozens of cloud providers hawking service. To be explicit, AIS offers both Pay-As-You-Go and Allocated pricing models for BusinessCloud1 — including a hybrid between the two. ClearCompute currently just …
McDonald’s, Starbucks, AWS: Not for Everyone
McDonald’s and Starbucks are ubiquitous. McDonald’s and Starbucks serve the masses. McDonald’s and Starbucks are the gorillas of their categories. Even so, McDonald’s and Starbucks are not for everyone. Some prefer Burger Lounge, In-N-Out, or Five Guys — or Peet’s or The Coffee Bean. And some prefer AIS for cloud services. (See the Liquid Grids presentation for a specific example.) …
VMware Goes Direct with Public IaaS
I scream, you scream, we all scream for public cloud service. It’s so popular, in fact, that VMware is offering the service direct, targeting enterprises who are already large VMware shops. Is AIS worried? Nah. By definition our services are tailored to our clients’ needs and include large dollops of customer service and extremely high-end (e.g., high-performance) compute, storage, and …
AIS in Daily Transcript Article re: Cybersecurity
From the May 21, 2013 Daily Transcript and based on a recent Executive Roundtable… Business cyberthreats require continuous security updates The cloud has defeated the “blue screen of death,” but companies are constantly taxed with updating security software and finding new ways to combat cyberthreats. A group of technology professionals discussed the threats they face and how they avoid them …
Liquid Grids Chooses AIS for Cloud over Amazon Web Services
Ramos Mays, CTO of Liquid Grids, describes all the reasons his company decided to leave Amazon Web Services (AWS) for BusinessCloud1 service at AIS — and why he remains very happy with his choice. Audio presentation recorded at the San Diego VMware User Group (VMUG) meeting on May 30, 2013. Download the Liquid Grids case study:
IT Strategy: Keeping it Real, Keeping it Relevant
“Where are we going?” “What are our priorities?” “Why aren’t we doing X?” “Why are we doing Y?” Summary post by Caron Carlson in FierceCIO and original article by Andrew Horne in the Corporate Executive Board. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———– How to make your IT strategy relevant For an IT strategy to remain …
RightScale “State of the Cloud” Survey Results
Results from a “State of the Cloud” survey conducted by RightScale shows continued strong adoption of public, private, and hybrid clouds by enterprises and SMBs alike. Summary article by Nicole Henderson in The WHIR and RightScale’s press release is re-posted in its entirety. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———— Enterprises Take Public First Approach with …
David Linthicum on Hybrid Clouds
David Linthicum is a well-regarded thought leader in the cloud computing arena. His post below from GigaOm Pro addresses his thoughts on the hybrid cloud topic. To learn what public, private, and hybrid cloud options are available from AIS, please just ask. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ———- Are Hybrid Clouds Just a Fear of Commitment? …
VMware User Group Meeting, April 30 in San Diego
April 30, 2013 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Hyatt Regency La Jolla 3777 La Jolla Village Dr. San Diego, CA 92122 [divider] AIS is a Platinum Sponsor of San Diego’s largest VMUG meeting of the year. AIS and BusinessCloud1 customer Liquid Grids will be delivering the keynote address from 12:45 to 1:45 pm. Join your fellow VMware users at this full-day event …
