Cloud Computing

5 Reasons Why the Cloud is More Secure

by Kevin Price May 18, 2012 Catalyst Telecom

The first objection, and most common concern, I hear from customers about moving to cloud-based applications is security. How can we protect our data if it’s not on our servers, in our data center, and under our control? To answer the question, I first need to narrow our definition of the cloud. For the purposes [...]

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Embrace Recurring Revenue, NOW!

by Kevin Price March 27, 2012 Business

I’ve gotten great feedback from my last blog, “Why the ‘as a Service (aaS)’ Model Changes Everything,” and wanted to follow that up with a deeper look at one of the things the aaS model impacts: revenue. AccuCode started down the aaS path back in 2003. I could write a book about all the challenges [...]

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Why the “as a Service” Model Changes Everything

by Kevin Price January 4, 2012 Business

I call it an alignment of objectives. The “as a Service (aaS)” business model, in the information technology space, has been slowly taking over applications and sectors for the past decade. Now, cloud computing and the explosion of mobility are dramatically accelerating the pace of that conversion. The aaS model is much more than just [...]

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Confluence & Turbulent Times

by Kevin Price November 21, 2011 Business

In 2011, three big things came together that I believe over the course of the next few years will redefine the technology sector: mobility, cloud computing and the “as a Service” model. Apple iOS and Android have taken over the consumer smart phone space and created the tablet sector. They are both expanding exponentially and [...]

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Cloud Basics – Part 2: Hosting 101

by Greg Dixon August 30, 2011 Cloud Computing
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In medieval times, there was great debate and fear of what lay in the oceans beyond the known world. On maps of the day, in the blank spaces of the great oceans, where nothing was known, there were often painted sea serpents and the ominous phrase, “Here be Dragons.”

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Taking the Fluff Out of the Cloud in Healthcare IT!

by Nathan Lord June 10, 2011 Healthcare

So I’ve got this stack of health IT magazines sitting on my desk from the last few months that I look at multiple times a week and say… I’ve really got to take a look through those things to see what I can learn. Considering how fast technology is moving these days, particularly in healthcare, if [...]

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Greg Dixon Presents on Cloud Computing at the 2011 Catalyst Telecom Channel Partner Conference

by Greg Dixon May 26, 2011 Catalyst Telecom
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Greg Dixon, CTO at ScanSource, Inc. gives a great presentation on the cloud at the 2011 Catalyst Telecom Channel Partner Conference.

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CTO Greg Dixon on The 15 Essential Attributes of The Cloud for Resellers and End Users from #CatConf11

by Jami Mullikin May 18, 2011 Catalyst Telecom

Wow! Greg Dixon, CTO for ScanSource, Inc., just had a jammed packed presentation on “Geek Speak” and the essential attributes of The Cloud. I couldn’t take notes fast enough to hit it all, so we will wait for him to post his slides later in the week.  But here were 15 key points that you [...]

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The Cloud for Business: Who Needs it and Who Doesn’t?

by Greg Dixon May 16, 2011 Business
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The Cloud is for everyone. The Cloud is not for everyone.  There is so much hype floating around about the Cloud these days, it’s hard to know what to believe. Truth be told, not many people even know what the Cloud is, much less what it can do for them. A recent poll by CompTIA, [...]

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The IT Ecosystem and the Network Effect

by Kevin Price April 6, 2011 Business

For years the VAR has had a fundamental understanding of something that most technology manufacturers don’t, that every account, every market, every application vertical is an ecosystem. Some are wrapped up inside of one another and identifying what separates one from another can be very difficult. An ecosystem is a environment consisting of all the [...]

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