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The #Cloud is increasingly becoming an emerging trend for the way processes are carried out at all levels of IT. The emergence of Cloud has encouraged rapid growth and scalibility. Cloud has changed the way these products are marketed. The Cloud has allowed CIO's to utilize technology to add a greater value to the businesses they are working for. This #WhitePaper helps you startegize on how to align your organizational needs to adopt the proper cloud methadologies. Vist http://fastbluenetworks.com/ and download it for free.

Cloud Computing has the ability to increase uptime and accessibility, while decreasing the cost of ownership for application and server management. By using a provider's hardware, you only pay for what you use, rather than purchasing expensive equipment. In turn, this translates into an ability to scale up and down depending on your needs. Your Cloud Provider must meet 10 Requirements such as Security, Network Performance and Latency, SLA (Service Level Agreement), Network Connectivity, Available Managed Services, Customer Support, Scalability, Flexibility and Experience. With the Cloud your IT department will become a reliable, quick, and value-adding core to your business.

Check out the Infographic on "Cloud Storage and its Growing Footprint". Cloud Storage and Disaster Recovery have become integral parts of businesses today. The use of off-site cloud storage has resulted in over 1 trillion items stored remotely in Amazon and its competing Cloud Services providers such as RapidScale, Terremark and CenturyLink. It is expected that the cloud will grow to be used by over 80% of all businesses in 2014. When looking to store in the Cloud, look no further than Fastblue Networks!

The Big Data research study on 'American CIO's Look to the Cloud to Create Value' explains how the cloud can be used to predict future sales, views from IT Managers on private and public cloud, changing role of CIO's, relation between IT and cloud and how to move to the Cloud. To learn more download the free white paper from our site.

HowStuffWorks intro to Cloud computing. Includes links to articles about cloud storage and security

Terremark's Enterprise Cloud with CloudSwitch software allows you to work with your applications in more cost effective ways, instead of the endless data center build out costs. It will automatically transfer all your existing applications and your new applications in the cloud, and will automatically integrate critical internal processes and management tools from within the cloud.

Common Craft video explanation of cloud computing (2:50, watermarked evaluation preview)

Check out my latest upload on the Big Data research that continues to indicate that Cloud Competitiveness and productivity have spiked in interest among America's CIO's.

The Data Center and Cloud computing has increased the amount of information that is being passed across the network, from one location to another. Internet connectivity has always been important, but its importance has increasingly become important, as bandwidth intensive applications have moved to the cloud. Find out the right provider which will best serve the interest of your Data Center and provide you the best speed at the best price for your needs.

Using the big data research these white papers presents an overview on the Cloud Competitiveness and productivity that have spiked in interest among America's CIO's. Download your free copy of white paper.

Early (2009) explanation of cloud computing starring Frank the dog

Awesome promotional video produced by Accenture to explain Cloud computing. The best part is that it features kids -- digital natives -- who are "the future employees of the workforce."

Terremark's Enterprise Cloud with CloudSwitch software allows you to work with your applications in more cost effective ways, instead of the endless data center build out costs. It integrates your data center with Verizon's Terremark cloud computing services to deliver a gateway to the cloud.

Springboard Media video that explains Cloud. Made with PowToon!

RapidScale's Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) or CloudRecovery allows you to back-up your infrastructure and data in remote, mirrored data centers that have failover servers. It offers effective, scalable protection while eliminating upfront costs for expensive maintenance and equipment, making it ideal for any size business.

Alternative to Photo Story. "Stupeflix is another web service that turns your pictures, videos, and text into professional looking videos. You can download your video to your computer as an MP4 or flash file."

"...a lot of the apps that work inside Google Chrome still go under the radar. With that in mind, here are a few of our favorites you might not have seen yet."

A student teacher showcases the management advantage of Google Apps

Intro and links to Animoto, Pixorial, WeVideo, PowToon, Widwo, and Weavly