We have built a free Cloud Storage Toolkit for Service Providers to help them
answer the question: "Should we enter the Cloud Storage marketspace?"
The toolkit includes a tutorial and a spreadsheet - both of which are
accessible immediately when you sign up for our Cloud Storage Strategy
newsletter.
[15-page tutorial]
THE TUTORIAL is a 15 page document which shows you how to use the Cloud
Storage: A Business Model for Service Providers spreadsheet. It explains each
of the 15 variables which make up the model, step-by-step.
[15-variable spreadsheet model]
THE SPREADSHEET is a customizable spreadsheet which takes in your input and
is made up of three distinct parts: Inputs, Results, and Graphs.
You will input your individualized business model cost drivers which will in
turn... (more)
This November, I am presenting at SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing
Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, CA. I welcome any opportunity to speak
about my favorite subject: cloud storage, and how the cloud storage segment
is providing a viable roadmap for how to create a profitable cloud computing
industry.
One year ago, the Mezeo Software team was finalizing plans to emerge from
st... (more)
Too many think of cloud storage as just another or the next type of
storage. As usual with this view, it is associated with a view that the
"next" storage type is bigger, faster and cheaper. Because each generation
of storage is always bigger, faster and cheaper. As such, proponents of
this view generally believe that access via traditional approaches, like
WebDAV, NFS, cifs and other... (more)
Many Cloud Computing pundits have predicted that the early adopters will be
largely comprised of small and mid-sized businesses.
Some new data from Forrester suggests that won't be the case.
According to Forrester's Frank E. Gillett in Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong
About Cloud IaaS, one out of four large companies plan to use an external
provider soon, or have already employed one. Furtherm... (more)
Cloud Hosting Journal
NaviSite is doing what many hosting companies are doing these days: getting
into cloud computing. And they are getting plenty of attention in the
process. At Mezeo, we are proud that NaviSite is using the Mezeo Cloud
Storage Platform software as part of its effort to build out cloud computing
services. In the six months since our launch, we have seen rapid adoption o... (more)