http://www.devx.com Latest DevX Content en-us Copyright 2008 DevX http://backend.userland.com/rss Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:20:37 PST http://services.devx.com/outgoing/devxwire.gif http://www.DevX.com There are two extreme camps on either side of the cloud computing argument. One says everything is moving to the cloud; the other says nothing will. http://www.internet.com/IT/NetworkingAndCommunications/VirtualInfrastructure/Article/42644 editorial@devx.com Tue, 11 May 2010 13:19:14 PST While end users may never even know that the application they're using is coming from the cloud, IT will be completely transformed, and the business as a whole will have an entirely new way of viewing, using and paying for technology. http://www.internet.com/IT/NetworkingAndCommunications/VirtualInfrastructure/Article/41683 editorial@devx.com Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:15:29 PST Cloud computing can help optimize a company's capital investments by reducing its costs for hardware, software and real estate, resulting in a much lower total cost of ownership and, ultimately, a whole new way of looking at the economics of operational IT. http://www.internet.com/IT/NetworkingAndCommunications/VirtualInfrastructure/Article/41681 editorial@devx.com Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:14:50 PST While many ISVs see the difference between cloud and on-premise solutions as being black and white -- they're exclusively offering one or the other -- it's worth keeping in mind that there can be a middle ground. http://www.internet.com/IT/NetworkingAndCommunications/VirtualInfrastructure/Article/41606 editorial@devx.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:31:50 PST Most analyses of the benefits of cloud computing are based on unrealistic total cost of ownership (TCO), return on investment (ROI), and capex/opex calculations. To fully understand the potential benefits of cloud computing, a new metric is required. http://www.internet.com/IT/NetworkingAndCommunications/VirtualInfrastructure/Article/41603 editorial@devx.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:31:11 PST