Cloud Computing
March/April 2013
Cloud computing is no longer on the horizon; it has become the next logical step for the IT industry. It's the new strategic weapon in enterprise computing and the new norm in every sector of society. Businesses, educational institutions, governments, community organizations, and individuals are looking at cloud offerings to manage information instead of infrastructure. In this issue, the theme articles discuss migration performance, energy-efficiency enhancement, and security issues in cloud computing. Read full article »
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Articles from IT Professional
Energy-Efficient Virtual Machine Consolidation
A novel approach to saving energy in an IaaS cloud exploits the lack of energy proportionality in server hardware. An experimental implementation showed savings up to 16 percent. Read full article »
From Data to Decisions: A Value Chain for Data
A data value chain offers a framework for managing disparate data holistically — from its collection through its integration, analysis, and visualization to support decision making. Read full article »
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