Is your “Cloud” missing pooled resources, how about on-demand access to those resources? If so, you may not actually have a cloud. There are five essential characteristics that a compute cloud must have – or it fails the requirements and it is not a cloud. In part 2 of this …
Video: Cloud’s Value Proposition: Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for Enterprise Users
You have most certainly heard of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), possibly heard of IaaS (Infrastructure), but what about (PaaS)? One of the fastest growing areas of cloud computing services it is also one of the least understood. CTO Robert Starmer walks through what PaaS is and then outlines how enterprise users (applications …
Video: Cloud Computing? Why should you care?
What does Cloud mean to you? It has differing benefits to you ‘as you,’ as a service provider, as an IT professional, as a business. Here, Kumulus CTO Robert Starmer explores how cloud will help you depending on which of these hats you are wearing and how in combination, …