Apr 2, 2010 Posted by Cumulux

Cloud Platforms – Pricing

Now that you have a fair idea of what is on offer from the three majors in the field, the next obvious question is, “How much would it cost me?” The buck has to stop somewhere and management decisions finally rely on figures. All major platforms offer the “use what you need, pay for what you use” model. Additionally, pricing is based on three key dimensions – Storage, Bandwidth and Compute.... read more

Mar 25, 2010 Posted by Cumulux

Cloud Computing RFPs

Cloud Computing is a transformative paradigm that is still in its formative years and as a result, there are major variances in the offerings from the different vendors. Here are the Top 10 questions to ask your Cloud Vendor or to include in your Cloud Computing RFP 1. What is the minimum expected Service uptime over a year ? How are services outages defined? 2. What are the Standard Operating Procedures... read more