How Gamification can help boost profits and potential When you think “games” the first things that comes to mind is “fun”, right? Without a doubt the idea of making mundane tasks more fun and engaging is a great way to improve participation, but it also can increase overall comprehension. However, it’s generally not enough to [...]
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A look at what BIG data will gain by integrating with the Cloud Down throughout history, certain types of useful technologies tend to emerge in groups or pairs. It is often their shared goals or purposes which ultimately create the definitive versions of the products and services we take for granted every single day. [...]
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What is the difference between private and hybrid IaaS? When you think IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service), you’re really thinking about a very specific type of private cloud computing. In your typical IaaS offering for businesses vendors are actually providing their clients with the hardware (and/or software) required to run an entire IT operation. What makes this [...]
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Can Cloud Computing actually boost software development? In terms of technological development, software has always lagged behind hardware when it comes to speed of growth. Simply put, software simply hasn’t progressed at the same rate as that of hardware. Many are anticipating or predicting that cloud computing will have an effect on the rate [...]
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(New) Cloud computing compliance and code of practice literature is inbound, it’s called “CloudCode” The creation and adoption of a set of formalized rules and standards for cloud computing is long overdue. As more and more businesses continue to take up and implement cloud computing, the need for more formally established codes of practice (in [...]
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Despite their immediate similarities, ITIL and CMMI (capability maturity model integration) do not serve the same purposes. While the general feeling of most seems to be that you can have either ITIL or CMMI, the truth is that they are in fact highly compatible and reinforce each others strengths in several ways. So, how are [...]
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Cloud computing pioneer and The Art of Service CEO Ivanka Menken The cloud levels the playing field, giving smaller businesses the computing power of their larger counterparts, but at a fraction of the cost. San Jose, California (PRWEB) October 06, 2011 Cloud computing may hold the key to economic recovery by fostering the growth of [...]
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Figure 5.B – SLAs, OLAs and UCs Negotiating and agreeing upon the SLAs and OLAs is the responsibility of Service Level Management. Supplier Management is responsible for negotiation and agreeing upon UCs with external suppliers. These two processes must communicate to ensure that the UCs do align with and support the SLAs in place. What [...]
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Perhaps historically, both providers and customers have used price as the focal point for communication and negotiation, but it is this path that ultimately leads to a negative experience for both parties. One of the key mantras that exist for any modern Service provider (IT or otherwise) is that it is essential to clearly establish [...]
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Having been continuously inundated for the last few years with social media how to books, articles, the five steps to the ten steps of social media greatness and so on, I am now at the point of saying enough already, STOP! Under such duress my brain has been crying out for a way to crystallize a simplified explanation [...]
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