Which factors should be considered in choosing cloud computing companies?

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I want to know which factors we should keep in mind while choosing cloud computing companies?

We shoul consider companies who provides following cloud computing services.

Amazon Web Services

Rackspace Cloud Computing

Amazon Cloud Computing

Microsoft Cloud Computing

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Hello,

This definitely varies by policy, security, use requirements. We at The Virtualization Practice are going through this process now and making everything public. I have written about our need for data replication to get our data there and back again and to offset the time it takes to transfer terabytes of data, as well as the choice between using a service vs virtual machines. Check it out at http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/cloud-rfp/

I would start with your 'use' requirements, then move onto your compliance and security requirements for your data. At that time you will need to involve legal to review contracts with all this in mind.

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Edward L. Haletky
VMware Communities User Moderator, VMware vExpert 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Author of the books 'VMWare ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise: Planning Deployment Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2011 Pearson Education. 'VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing the Virtual Environment', Copyright 2009 Pearson Education.

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