[TechRepublic] The five big myths of cloud computing

The Enterprise Cloud TechRepublic Member | June 18, 2012

The five big myths of cloud computing Thoran Rodrigues deconstructs the five biggest myths about cloud computing, driven by the cloud "hype" wave. Read more Resource of the day Telefonica Moves Into the Cloud As a telecommunication company, it's your job to connect people. That means you have no excuse for not adopting the cloud at your business. Check out this white paper to learn how one telecom company, Telefonica, made the switch. Additional TechRepublic resources   Google Cloud Storage: Google Drive's big brother Ian Hardenburgh describes Google Cloud Storage, which has been flying under the radar while Google Drive grabs headlines. Here is what the enterprise-class storage platform can do for you. Read more Getting to know Amazon's auto-scaling command line tools Nick Hardiman is ready to take his Amazon Web Service to the next level by scaling out his EC2 machines. Here is an intro to Amazon's auto-scaling option. Read more TechEd 2012: Microsoft's new flexible and open strategy Tony Patton's TechEd 2012 overview covers Microsoft's support for open source projects and tech, Windows Azure, Linux, Hadoop, disparaging remarks about IE, and more. Read more One company's Google Apps email migration: Part 2 Learn how one small business took the plunge and retired their in-house email server in favor of Google Apps. Read more Featured multimedia   Slideshow: Disable the Windows 8 Lock screen You don't really need a Windows 8 Lock screen for a desktop PC, so here is how you disable it forever. View on site Today's recommended downloads Taking Management of Your SAP Environment to the Next Level (IBM) Optimizing Your Virtual Platform Without Messing it Up (Condusiv Technologies) Stop Losing Performance to File Fragmentation (Condusiv Technologies) Live Webcast: Information and Intelligence Breakthrough approach for Law Enforcement (IBM) Solutions for Today's Smart Business (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic Submit the best and worst Draw Something sketches Sonja Thompson challenges the TechRepublic community to submit what they consider to be the best and worst Draw Something sketches. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tech Sanity Check Google in the Enterprise Cracking Open 10 Things

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