PaaS for Application Management

Platform as a Service (PaaS) is where you’ll find the full promise of cloud computing. I say this because cloud computing (and most legacy IT infrastructure too) exists for one purpose: to deliver software applications to users. We don’t run huge data centers because it’s fun — we do so to host applications. All that compute, storage, and networking exist to make software features available to users, and PaaS makes it far easier, faster, and cheaper to do so, and do so well.

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The key to success in sales: an agenda

Your meeting date and time has been established.  You’re confident your product or service is superior to your competitors.  Your goal for the meeting is to convince the prospect.  You’ve planned to be there for 45 minutes. The prospect checks their calendar and realizes a few minutes before that they’ve scheduled a meeting with some salesperson and they’re […]

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Windows Server 2012 Features: Remote Access, Core Server, and New Roles

New in Windows Server 2012 is the Unified Remote Access (URA) role. In Windows Server 2008 R2, DirectAccess and Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) were two separate roles. In fact, they could not be co-located on the same server. In Windows Server 2012, DirectAccess and RRAS can be co-located, allowing for what is now legacy remote access VPN client connectivity (L2TP/IPsec, PPTP, and SSTP). This means that the Unified Remote Access provides DirectAccess, Remote Access VPN, and site-to-site VPN and can now serve as your complete remote access solution.

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