Dealing with the Emerging Threats in the Cloud Computing Universe

May 6th, 2010 admin

Those who move their ecommerce systems to cloud computing typically take that path for the cost efficiencies and the on-demand scalability. Moreover, the hype is deafening. It almost feels like there’s a party going on and you weren’t invited. While there are certainly benefits to move to the “Cloud,” there are also threats to your cloud computing implementation. It’s helpful to consider those threats before you journey into the cloud. Threat 1: You’re way over budget. Recent analysts’ reports have pointed out that cloud computing can provide significant cost…


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