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Testing Cloud Service performance

May 28th 2010

If you are contemplating hosting some of your applications and data in one of the large public clouds, you are probably wondering what the performance and availability is like.
Up to now, the only way has been to trust the vendors claims or to sign-up to the services and test them yourself.
If you are considering hosting your application(s) with a cloud service provider …. read this first.

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Real-life experience of private cloud technology

May 24th 2010

There are many many articles written extolling the benefits of ‘cloud technology’. However, most of these are written by a supplier or specialised consultant – meaning they aren’t independent. Here are some real-life benefits of using the technology and some advice.

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Barclays Excel error is a costly mistake

April 18th 2010

Barclays Capital had to file a legal relief motion relating to the acquisition of Lehman Brothers’ US assets. This was after a reformatting error with an Excel spreadsheet resulted in 179 contracts being mistakenly included in the purchase agreement.

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