Cloud's Seven Deadly Sins

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Leveraging Enterprise Software January 24, 2012 Cloud Apps: The Seven Deadly Sins A highly optimized infrastructure — no matter how state of the art — is meaningless without the apps. Applications are the heart and soul of winning new cloud business, securing recurring revenue, and ensuring customer satisfaction. So, how can private clouds ensure delivery of an application cloud rather than an infrastructure cloud? rPath has identified the seven deadly sins of cloud apps and best practices for avoiding them. Read more > Featured White Papers Seven Phases of App Performance Management — Step-by-Step Guidance Read this white paper to learn how performance testing throughout the application lifecycle adds value and mitigates risk. •  Effective BC/DR: Practical Advice for Getting Started •  Real-World Evaluations: The Value of an Open Source Application Platform •  Protecting Sensitive Data: Must-Read Encryption Guidance Nine Tips to Help You Work Smarter and Avoid Workplace Overload Regardless of the reasons for your burgeoning workload, knowing how to make more efficient use of your time is becoming a prized skill. A Humorous Look at the Consumerization of IT Through the adventures of "CHIEF & CHUCK," the folks at CA Technologies share a bit of humor regarding this phenomenon, which every IT professional has or will deal with in the coming years. Download: IT Policy Enforcement Process Tool This tool includes three important enforcement support tools developed by Info-Tech Research Group. Latest White Papers Poor Performance in the Cloud — How NOT to Lose $1M This Year The Blueprint for an Effective Information Architecture The App Performance Almanac: A Year's Worth of APM Guidance Less Time, Less Money: How to Cut Backup Time in Half The Difference Between Productivity & Efficiency Learn how to make the shift to value creation and effectiveness in your investment prioritization and the role that managed networked services play in moving the enterprise productivity marker. Go There Now > "...your business case is the process where you hone in on the smartest starting points for data governance and decide — yay or nay — if that path will pay off in real business value." Excerpt from Loraine Lawson Integration Blogs Paul Mah SMB Tech A Five-step Checklist to Identify a Phishing Message Don Tennant From Under the Rug Want to Bring About Change at Work? Become a 'Constructive Irritant' Ann All Business of Tech BPM Is Key to Proactive CRM Redefining Server Performance Benchmarks   Check out this resource center to a high-performance, low-cost application solution for your data center needs. Go there now > This e-mail is sent by: IT Business Edge, property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Copyright © 2012 QuinStreet, Inc. All rights reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise