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As with most broad technology transformations, cloud computing has created a state of excitement that makes it difficult for enterprises to distinguish between hype and reality. If you are the CIO of a medium or large enterprise, putting together a strategic transformation plan for your organization is difficult enough even without the additional complexity of a major technological shift.

This post is part two of a two-part series that examines hybrid hosting, use cases and questions you should ask when considering a hybrid hosting environment. For more detailed information on hybrid hosting check out the white paper “Nervous About Cloud? Go Hybrid Instead.”

This weekend we were at the National Association of Realtors Conference & Expo in Orlando helping real estate professionals discover the magic of cloud-based applications like hosted email and file storage. More so than most industries, real estate is a truly mobile business — most real estate business activities take place outside of a traditional office. Take a look at this real estate-inspired infographic to see how accessing files on the go, posting virtual tours and even processing  mortgages has been improved and accelerated by advances in cloud technology.

This post is part one of a two-part series that examines hybrid hosting, use cases and questions you should ask when considering a hybrid hosting environment. Stay tuned for part two, which will run November 14. For more detailed information on hybrid hosting check out the white paper “Nervous About Cloud? Go Hybrid Instead.”

This post is part three of a three part series examining how the cloud accelerates innovation. This final installment looks at how the cloud frees IT from creating applications and other on-premise restraints, and how it can ultimately attract new talent, both of which foster innovation.

This post is part two of a three part series examining how the cloud accelerates innovation. Tune in next week to read how the cloud frees IT from creating applications and other on-premise restraints, and how it can ultimately attract new talent, both of which foster innovation.

This post is part one of a three part series examining how the cloud accelerates innovation. Tune in next week to read how the open cloud and OpenStack can spark innovation.

Hosting over 400,000 sites across 112 countries, the Rackspace Cloud Sites product is the Platform-as-a-Service many advertising agencies and web design shops go to for creating sites that are stable, scalable and backed by support that is available in a moment’s notice.

SURGE Accelerator, based in Houston, was founded by leading energy industry executives, venture capitalists, angel investors, potential pilot companies and successful entrepreneurs. SURGE kicked off its inaugural spring 2012 class in early January. And on day 55, the Rackspace Startup Program stopped in for a visit to see how things were developing in the energy startup sector. Until SURGE, there wasn’t a collective effort to take ideas from prototype to commercialization in the field of energy and take advantage of the massive changes occurring like cloud computing and big data.