Tag Archives: Patriot Act

June 17, 2013 Posted in Business 2 Comments

On PRISM, the Cloud and Granularity

By Ben Kepes

Since news of the US data interception program, PRISM, hit the world, there has been the expected firestorm of comments suggesting that this would be the death-knell of the cloud. It’s something of a tradition that whenever anything even remotely related to the internet occurs, open source zealots like Richard

Tagged , , , , , , , |
March 19, 2013 Posted in Business Leave a comment

GreenQloud Looks to Both Deepen and Broaden Service–Internationalization and QloudSync

By Ben Kepes

One of the emergent tends I’m seeing with technology vendors is a move towards offering more long-tail solutions. As pure infrastructure becomes more and more commoditized, vendors are looking for ways to differentiate themselves, one of the most effective ways is to offer specific solutions tailored to a particular customer

Tagged , , , , , , , |
August 24, 2012 Posted in Business 2 Comments

Rackspace Allays Australasian Patriot Act Fears

By Ben Kepes

News the other day that Rackspace (see disclosure) will soon be opening its first data center in Sydney, Australia. This marks the first large scale US vendor to announce a local operation in my neck of the woods – rumor has it that others won’t be far away. The news

Tagged , , , , , , , |
March 13, 2012 Posted in Business 7 Comments

On Geographic Flexibility–OxygenCloud Understands the Need

By Ben Kepes

I’ve written a lot lately about the need for cloud vendors to provide services that are tailored to specific countries or regions. Whether this is due to cross-cultural reasons or merely because of concerns around US located data, as a non US commentator I’m constantly talking with customers who want

Tagged , , , , , |
September 15, 2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

German Clouds… And No, That’s Not a Joke

By Ben Kepes

At the risk of inviting jokes along the lines of “ve haf vays of making you kloud”, I wanted to comment on the recent news that Deutsche Telekom is pushing German regulators to introduce a certification for German or European cloud operators in order to protect customers against the keen

Tagged , , , , |

The Author

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.

Schedule some time to talk to me here.

More about Ben here.

Want to find me across the social web? Click below

    

Subscribe to the Blog

 Subscribe - Posts for all authors

Enter your email address and we'll send our posts to you: