If the cloud vendor can host enterprise apps for a fraction of the cost charged by internal IT, how then do enterprise executives justify internal IT infrastructure?

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The Cloud Broadband device enables WASU's customers to access to a host of cloud entertainment services such as an extensive library of on-demand high-definition media, games, applications and storage space.

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According to a 2011 cloud adoption survey, 37 percent of businesses globally are deploying cloud solutions to either remotely host applications or host data (or both).

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This change in work habits has only become possible in recent years due to a host of new Cloud and mobile technologies that have been the driving factors in the reshaping of the American workforce.

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Having Apple host your media in the cloud and being able to access it on any device is great in theory, but do you really want to be paying rent on music and movies that you have already paid for once?

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There are a host of IT green benefits using cloud computing.

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Simply put, severely compromised host environments, the emergence of a mobile, socially networked world and cloud computing have created a set of security requirements that can only be met by solving the malicious host problem.

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As cloud-based services become widely available, the door is opening for a host of opportunities and fresh capabilities.

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But a successful cloud-based recovery plan requires more than just a provider, even if the provider will also host your applications later.

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