Articles on Cloud

It seems like every article you read about technology today includes a service delivered in an ‘-As-A-Service’ approach. We have an abundance of

I read a lot of blogs and articles talking about the cloud. Many of these articles try to go really deep into the technology stack found within the cloud

If you’ve spent any time within IT over the last few years, you’ve probably heard the term ‘cloud’ more than you really wanted to. The cloud has become

In years past, companies have relied on multiple data center locations to act as their main disaster recovery (DR) systems and data in case of disaster.

With proper planning, the cloud brings ultimate mobility to an organization while providing data security and access from anywhere in the world.

The cloud brings flexibility and allows you to optimize your data center to deliver what your organization needs today and tomorrow.

The cloud isn’t perfect but with the right planning, architecture and partners you can do quite a bit with the cloud that you might not be able to do without.

Innovators overcome the can'ts Quote: Merely recognizing the can'ts and addressing them in advance can help, but that's not enough.  Doubt and prior

A social media contrarian speaks out on the limited value of tweet analytics Quote: Tools are becoming more powerful and easier to use, so we have that.

Last week, I read with interest the announcement that IBM was opening up their Watson computing platform to outside organizations and developers to use to

I just read Why IBM Will Win the War With Amazon Web Services over on CIO.com and felt the need to publish my own thoughts. In that article, the author

The cloud is quite hyped these days - and rightfully so. The cloud brings quite a bit of productivity and cost savings to organizations as well as a

Open cloud technology lets companies build their own cloud platform while making it available to partners and other organizations for collaboration.

IBM just published a very nice video focused on the Midmarket and working with Managed Service Providers (MSP's). I've embedded the video below - please

Last week, I had a conversation with a CIO of a mid-sized firm. The organization has been struggling with incorporating the cloud into their technology

Originally published on Its All About Recovery as Service Level Agreements – Real Guarantees or Empty Legalese? I had a conversation recently with the CIO

After Sandy, SMBs Should Consider Following Wall Street into the Cloud | SMBSource Quote: As Hurricane Sandy showed, the possibility of massive system

The cloud is here to stay, but let us stop calling it the next big thing. It is simply another infrastructure option for organizations.

This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. Cloud computing is here to stay. Oh wait...I hate statements like that.  Sorry about that.

I've been a long time user of Dropbox...I love that service. That said, I don't put anything in my Dropbox folder that I wouldn't mind other people

This post sponsored by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP. I just finished watching an interview titled Cloud benefits are speed, simplicity and resource