Author archive: rondekko

The single best way to generate B2B leads on a shoestring budget

InMail: your best Lead Generation bet Just imagine: you have a tiny budget to grow your (B2B) Business. How do you spend your scarce, hard-earned marketing money to get into accounts and close these new crucial deals that will make your business soar? My recommendation is a direct and ‘warm’ approach via LinkedIn’s ‘InMail’ feature….

A Healthy Pipeline of Sales Opportunities is Full, Moving and Balanced

See on Scoop.it – Sales best practices I concluded my recent post “Prisoners of Help Are Doomed to Fail” promising to tackle the characteristics of a healthy sales pipeline. Don Rekko‘s insight: Great article on why a healthy pipeline is important, and how you can check the health of your pipeline See on newsalescoach.com

Why you should expect more online outages but less downtime — Cloud … – GigaOM

See on Scoop.it – Cloud Computing de-mistified GigaOMWhy you should expect more online outages but less downtime — Cloud …GigaOMMost popular in Cloud. What we’ll see in 2013 in cloud computing 12/14/2012 · Carl Icahn and HP — match made in heaven? Don Rekko‘s insight: Cloud Computing is robust becuase it can spin up a…

How Cloud Computing Is Shaping Your Business, How Business Is Shaping The … – CMSWire

Cloud Computing de-mistified CIOLHow Cloud Computing Is Shaping Your Business, How Business Is Shaping The …CMSWireThere have been numerous reports over the years on how cloud computing has developed, how businesses are taking to it, and how it is being used in the home. See on news.google.com

10 Key Drivers Of Private/Hybrid Cloud Adoption – CRN

See on Scoop.it – Cloud Computing de-mistified CRN10 Key Drivers Of Private/Hybrid Cloud AdoptionCRNEnterprises are increasingly looking to private clouds to keep some of their core assets under their control while still moving to a cloud environment, according to a survey released this week by… See on www.crn.com

CIOs vs. Rogue Developers: How Private PaaS Keeps the Peace | Innovation … – Wired

See on Scoop.it – Cloud Computing de-mistified WiredCIOs vs. Rogue Developers: How Private PaaS Keeps the Peace | Innovation …WiredThey must run a tight ship, and can’t just let rogue developers flock unsupervised to the public cloud. Don Rekko‘s insight: Private clouds are perfect for Entepresis to benefit from Cloud computing, minus the headaches. See…

2013 Predictions: Private Cloud gets exposed as a fraud – SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)

See on Scoop.it – Cloud Computing de-mistified SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)2013 Predictions: Private Cloud gets exposed as a fraudSYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)If you’re an IT manager calling your internal VMware or other virtualization farm a “Private Cloud” in an attempt to prove… Don Rekko‘s insight: Virtualisation is not Private Cloud Computing. But remember:…

Cloud and the IT ‘dinosaur’ – ITWorld Canada

Cloud and the IT ‘dinosaur’ITWorld CanadaNaturally, my HP hosts were not inclined to agree: to them, cloud computing represents a revolution in the relationship between business and information technology, and has no real historical parallel. Don Rekko‘s insight: Nice -and real – definition of the ‘IT Dinosaur’: someone who is saying that “Cloud is old…

Open Source Hosting – Challenges and Opportunities for Service Providers – Web Host Industry Review

Open Source Hosting – Challenges and Opportunities for Service ProvidersWeb Host Industry ReviewThere are also a few hypervisors (Xen, KVM) and cloud infrastructure platforms (OpenStack, CloudStack) distinguishing themselves as foundational… Don Rekko‘s insight: Caveat emptor: there’s a significant gap between an Open Cloud and a Cloud build with Open Source tools! See on www.thewhir.com

J.R.R. Tolkien: Cloud Computing Education | CloudTweaks

J.R.R. Tolkien had much coming for the writer on cloud computing topics of this time and age, in the twenty first century. The Hobbit movie. See on www.cloudtweaks.com

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