6 Lessons Learned From FedEx's Private Cloud

InformationWeek (Sep 13 2011) Construction , Cloud Computing

1. FedEx in the fall of 2010 opened a new data center in Colorado Springs, Colo., that is intended to function as its "general purpose, workload agnostic" computing environment--in short, as its private cloud, said Rob Carter, executive VP and CIO. He said he implemented what he views as the "dominant design" for future data centers, taking his cue from what he's seen Salesforce.com, Twitter, and Facebook build for themselves. Here are six conclusions on how to do that, based on his talk Monday at the InformationWeek 500 conference in Dana Point, Calif. More Cloud Insights White Papers A Revolutionary Approach to Cloud Building Driving Business Growth with Integrated CRM Analytics Strategy: The Hybrid Enterprise Data Center SaaS and E-Discovery: Navigating Complex Waters Webcasts Outsourcing Security: What Every Potential Cloud Security Customer Should Know Effective IT Inventory and Asset Management: From Quagmire to Quick Fix Videos TechWebTV catches up ... (Read Full Article)

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