NSN to push cloud computing to telco gear market. Cloud Apps In The Real World - Healthcare - Interoperability. Not every clinical app is right for the cloud, but these two case studies offer some insights into what does work.
Joni Mitchell once complained, "I've looked at clouds from both sides now, ... I really don't know clouds at all. " No doubt many healthcare IT executives and practitioners share the same frustration as they try to determine whether to move at least some of their applications to a cloud service. While an abstract discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of software as a service has value, taking a real-world look at how hospitals and practices have made the move is even more useful. Cloud insurance sees hazy future. Service level agreements (SLAs) pertaining to cloud computing services are currently comprehensive enough for any service disruption, notes an industry analyst who says the introduction of insurance packages to safeguard companies' potential loss of business may add unnecessary complexity and contain "uncompetitive" premiums.
One insurance vendor, however, says cloud-specific insurance services can be complementary and offer much market potential. Chris Morris, research director of cloud technologies and services at IDC Asia-Pacific, questioned the need for cloud insurance packages, saying that since the assets are owned by the cloud service provider, it is up to this provider to compensate any loss of income to customers in the event of a service interruption. The analyst told ZDNet Asia that different IT applications rely, to varying extents, on externally sourced cloud computing services. Quizzed if CloudInsure was the first to offer such insurance services, she replied that it was.