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What do your customers expect when you offer Cloud Computing Services?(Post)
There are various considerations to take into account when establishing your own cloud computing service; the most important is arguably meeting customer expectations. As with any business, your pri
Why would IT departments want/need to use gamification?(Post)Why would IT departments want/need to use gamification?An examination of why gamification is poised to drive further innovation in the IT worldUse of gamification elements have become so widespread th
Who Controls the Marriage Between IT Change and Configuration?(Post)Most people will recognize the value of change management and configuration management in supporting IT service delivery; however, these same people may not recognize the deep connection these process
What is BPM and how does it relate to SOA?(Post)Business Process Management What is BPM and how does it relate to SOA? Running a business in the modern world requires the assistance of machines, software that's literally on-call 24/7 and designed t
What is SOA (service-oriented architecture) and why should you care? (Post)As technology and development rolls forward, the general complexity of things like software tends to become more intricate as well. This is partly due to the fact that the addition of new components
What do Cloud Brokers do?(Post)What do Cloud Brokers do?In the same fashion that businesses like insurance agencies have brokers to act and intermediaries between insurance companies and customers, cloud computing has their own bro
Help Desk jobs are everywhere - Want one? …get certified!(Post)If you listen to some people you might think that help desk jobs are either dead-end destinations or lowly positions which offer little in the way of career progress. In short, nothing could be furth
Server Virtualization: What's your ROI(Post)Server Virtualization: What's your ROIGetting the most from a Server Virtualization Investment If you are fairly experienced in the world of cloud computing you should (by now) no doubt be aware of w
Game design and mechanics vs. Gamification(Post)Game design and mechanics vs. GamificationWhy many professional game design companies loathe gamification (and why they shouldn't)Let's pretend for a second that you are a member of a big game develop
Introducing a Metadata system into the cloud(Post)Introducing a Metadata system into the cloudOrganizing & structuring massive amounts of cloud dataOne of the most pertinent problems cloud computing issues that we (as users and enthusiasts) are facin
Platform as a Service (PaaS)(Post)Platform as a Service (PaaS)The Middle Layer of Cloud Computing In the typically accepted model used by cloud computing service providers, PaaS inhabits the middle area between user end software struc
how to get everything done and still have time to sleep(Post)These days it almost seems like a badge of honour when someone exclaims "oh, I'm sooo busy, I hardly have time to sleep!" (for the record, it's not.. it merely shows that you employ poor time managem