Many Small and Mid-sized Businesses (SMB’s) have moved to the cloud for a portion or in some instances, all, of their IT application needs. Most transitions to the cloud that I’ve been a part of started with moving websites from an internal server to a cloud based hosted provider. This transition of hosting websites to … Read more
I’ve written before about the constraints that hit small businesses when it comes to IT. Constraints are everywhere, but one area that I’ve always found them is within the space of small business and IT. On a previous article titled Small Business CIO – Manager of Constraints, I discussed the development of options for replacing … Read more
Big Data. Two small words with huge meaning. Do a search for “big data” on Google and you’ll find over 23 million results. Do a book search on amazon for ‘big data’ (affiliate link) and you’ll get over 5,000 results (I’m actually surprised the number is that low). Big Data has a few different connotations. There are … Read more
Are you ready for more touch screens in the enterprise? Windows 8 is an operating system built for touch. Whether its running on a PC, tablet or phone, its been designed around the touch being the main form of interaction. We already use touch screens regularly with our phones and tablets but how would they … Read more
This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. Big Data is a Big story these days and has been for some time. Big Data is a big business too….and will most likely continue to grow. Big Data is a topic that many in large organizations are talking about…as are many consulting and technology companies. HP, among … Read more
The events in Japan over the last week are heartbreaking….but there’s lessons to learn from these events. Elliot Ross has a great post titled Disaster Preparedness And Recovery with some excellent links to a write-up of a first person account from Japan called Some Perspectives on the Japan Earthquake. In that article, a description was … Read more