Cloud Computing Pitfalls to Watch for in 2012

12.13.11 | CloudTweaks | Written by: Muzaffar Ismail
As the end of the year for 2011 makes its inexorable approach, the forecasts for 2012, in particular for cloud computing are flying helter-skelter. Both IDC and Gartner have weighed in with their forecasts and many more continue to release their forecasts regarding cloud computing for next year. Key [...]

Visit CoreSite & Interxion at Cloud Expo West - FREE VIP GOLD PASS

Don’t miss out on the only enterprise IT event in 2011 covering the entire scope of cloud computing. While you are there stop by booth 868 and chat with CoreSite and Interxion!
When: November 7-10
Where: Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Cloud Expo Guest of Interxion & CoreSite Exhibitor (Booth 868) “VIP Gold” [...]

Infographic: The Cloud Computing Stratosphere

  9.3.11 | Cloudtweaks

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The Carrier’s Role in the Cloud

Russell Weiss | InfoRelay Online Systems | President
“To the Cloud!” exclaims a couple in one of Microsoft’s TV commercials for Windows Live, advertising how the couple can use Windows Live while at the airport to watch a TV show that they have recorded on their PC at home. Perhaps commercials like these contribute to the [...]

I Want Cloud Apps, Not Just Cloud Servers! – Part 2

8.15.11 | Ulitzer, Inc | Written by: Sam Somashekar
In Part I, I talked about how it is important to think about cloud use from the application’s point of view. We need to digitally centralize our best-practice institutional knowledge so that it can be used to easily replicate application environments from development to test, and then [...]

Consumers Don’t Know What “Cloud Computing” Is, Even Though They Use It

8.9.11 | Ulitzer, Inc | Written by: Pat Romanski
NPD’s “Digital Software and the Cloud Report” Covers Both Consumer Familiarity with and Use of Cloud Computing
According to a recent study from The NPD Group, a market research company, just 22 percent of U.S. consumers were familiar with the term “cloud computing,” which denotes software applications or [...]

I Want Cloud Apps, Not Just Cloud Servers! – Part I

8.9.11 | Ulitzer, Inc | Written by: Sam Somashekar
It is amazing how I continue to hear people talk about how they are still not familiar with “cloud”, what it is and how it will help their specific business. Just the other day I spoke to a customer prospect who believed they had a private cloud [...]

CoreSite Completes SSAE 16 Audits at 11 Data Centers

CoreSite announced the company has completed a SSAE 16 Type 2 audit covering eleven operational data centers. SSAE 16 is designed to provide CoreSite data center customers with a level of assurance of corporate controls and will replace existing SAS 70 Type 1 and Type 2 audit reports. BrightLine, a licensed CPA firm, conducted the [...]

CoreSite Receives SVP Energy Innovator Award & LEED Gold at Its Santa Clara Data Center Campus


CoreSite has been selected by Silicon Valley Power (”SVP”) as a 2011 Energy Innovator award winner. In addition, CoreSite was awarded LEED Gold certification from the Green Building Certification Institute (”GBCI”) at the first of its four planned Santa Clara campus data centers.
Silicon Valley Power awarded CoreSite the Environmental Innovator distinction within the Energy Innovator group [...]

Compliance Within the Cloud

Dave Greenstein | StillSecure | Chief Architect
If you are thinking about how to achieve a PCI compliant infrastructure in a virtual or cloud environment, you’re not alone. Security, including compliance with the PCI DSS, has been referenced as the biggest hurdle to moving a corporate network to a cloud infrastructure. The security and compliance challenges [...]