Is your company thinking of adopting a social media platform to replace its current website? If it is, then your company is part of the majority of companies that have either implemented a social media platform, is planning to implement a social media platform, or will implement a social media platform but has no current… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Cloud Computing
Technology Predictions for 2012
Posted in Almost AdviceWhat does the future hold for technology in 2012? Not surprising, but many of the predictions involve the continued movement to the cloud. Randy Muller of Global Knowledge predicts the cloud movement will be "THE mantra this year and will certainly be more pervasive and louder in the years to come," and that "that SaaS… Continue Reading
Cloud Computing Residue
Posted in Almost AdviceOne of the often touted benefits of cloud computing is the ability to scale. Scale up when demand increases and scale down when demand recedes. Scalability is about doing what you do in a bigger way. It is all about allowing more people to use your application. Generally, when people refer to scalability in the cloud context they… Continue Reading
Security in the Cloud, Your Protection May Be Under Your Control
Posted in Almost AdviceOne of the major reasons for the trepidation with moving to the cloud is security. Data security breaches have garnered a lot of attention in the media and rightly so. Breaches are expensive to remedy and, if the breach involved personal identifiable information, a company needs to restore the confidence its customers may have lost… Continue Reading
The Microsoft Cloud is Entering China
Posted in Almost AdviceThe United States may still be leading in cloud computing sales, but China’s appetite for cloud computing services may be growing faster than the United States. Gartner found that 55 percent of Chinese respondents are willing to spend 10 percent of their total IT budget on cloud computing compared to 42 percent in Europe and 49… Continue Reading
If You Build It, They May Not Come Anymore.
Posted in Almost AdviceOver the years, the increase in Internet use and projections for future Internet use caused a boom in the construction of data centers. Data centers house and link the servers and other hardware that form the backbone of the Internet. And many companies and states want a part of the action. Minnesota, for example, passed a… Continue Reading
Let the Cloud Platform Wars Begin!
Posted in Almost AdviceMicrosoft is joining the battle for cloud platform supremacy through the release of Office 365. In doing so, Microsoft joins the likes of Google and VMware to see who will emerge as the new power brokers of the IT industry. Microsoft held the distinction of being the power broker in the PC era, but the cloud… Continue Reading
International Internet Governance
Posted in Almost AdviceMemorial Day is a time for saying goodbye and, in one sense, saying goodbye around this time of year to a group of people has become automatic for many of us. I am referring to the many graduating seniors from high schools and colleges around the nation. Those institutions say goodbye to one class of students in… Continue Reading
Data Security in the Cloud
Posted in Almost AdviceIt didn’t take long for the lawsuits to start after Sony notified 77 million PlayStation Network and Qriocity online service customers that their credit-card data, billing addresses, and other personal information might have been stolen. On April 27th, Johns v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern… Continue Reading
Will the Outcome of the Net Neutrality Debate Derail the Cloud Computing Train?
Posted in Almost AdviceCloud computing is changing the game on how business is conducted and how businesses operate much like the PC revolution. And the cloud computing trend is roaring forward. A new wave of cheap mobile devices will soon provide many more people with access to the Internet and mobile app market. Then there is the tablet wave that was… Continue Reading
Consolidation in the Cloud: Some Factors to Make Your Company an Attractive Target
Posted in Almost AdviceVerizon Communications Inc.’s recent acquisition of cloud-computing company Terremark Worldwide Inc. caused some analysts to speculate that there may be more consolidation in the cloud-computing industry. Consolidation in the cloud-computing industry would not be surprising since, according to Gartner’s Hype Cycle, cloud computing is at the top. This means there are many market participants in the cloud-computing… Continue Reading
Breaking Up May Be Harder in the Cloud
Posted in Almost AdviceSome of the cloud confusion that I previously discussed must be subsiding because even though only 7% of small businesses were using cloud computing services as of April 2010, that number is expected to exceed 10% by mid 2011 according to technology research firm IDC. Either that or more small businesses feel they need to jump on the… Continue Reading
Open Source Software in the Cloud
Posted in Almost AdviceHere is a fun fact; Facebook is or was based on cloud computing. Cloud computing consists of three types of computing services: (1) software as a service; (2) platform as a service; and (3) infrastructure as a service. Facebook used Amazon.com’s EC2 platform to build its social network website. A computer platform is the computing… Continue Reading
Another Indication that Cloud Computing is Gaining Mainstream Acceptance
Posted in Almost AdviceIf you pay attention to the recent marketing of some big tech companies such as IBM and Microsoft, you will notice that more references are being made to the “cloud.” For example, Microsoft’s television commercials use the phrase “to the cloud.” When references to cloud computing start seeping into marketing material intended for the general public, it… Continue Reading
Are You Suffering From Cloud Confusion?
Posted in Almost AdviceIf you suffer from Cloud confusion, you are not alone. A recent study from Hubspan, an application integration and hosting company, found that about 39% of the companies in the study either planned to move some business application to the cloud or had no interest in to add a cloud or SaaS based project. The top reason… Continue Reading
America Leads Cloud Computing Sales
Posted in Almost AdviceThe United States leads sales for Web-based business software for 2009 accounting for 74% of the $13.2 billion market. While Europe, Africa, and the Middle East were a distant second accounting for 13% of total sales for software-as-a-service (“SaaS”). The difference between the United States and the rest of the world is dramatic, but understandable when you… Continue Reading
The Barbarians Are at the 3PAR Gate
Posted in Almost AdviceHewlett-Packard (“HP”) and Dell are engaged in battle over the acquisition of 3PAR. 3PAR is a small storage company that has innovative technology to handle the amounts of documents, photos, and videos being uploaded to the Internet every day. Just how important is this storage company HP and Dell’s cloud business? Thomson Reuters estimate that 3PAR’s revenue for… Continue Reading
How To Kick The Tires of a Cloud Computing Company
Posted in Almost AdviceRecently, I discussed the importance of thoroughly investigating a cloud computing company before handing over your data or information technology operations to a stranger. This topic begs the question of how to go about investigating these companies. Some of the larger, public companies make some of the relevant information publicly available. For example, Salesforce.com publishes some of the… Continue Reading
Buyer Beware Is Becoming Increasingly Important in the Cloud
Posted in Almost AdviceFor the most part, cloud computing is known as allowing businesses to have access to expensive software programs at a fraction of the cost. However, a relatively new service is now entering the cloud. RingCentral is one of an increasing number of companies offering sophisticated suites of Internet-based voice and fax services that require no hardware or… Continue Reading
Having Your Head in the Clouds May Not Be Such a Bad Thing After All
Posted in Agreements, Almost Advice, ContractsCloud computing is a service that uses the Internet and central remote servers to maintain data and software applications. Cloud computing allows consumers and businesses to use software applications without installation and access to their personal files at any computer with Internet access. Simple examples of cloud computing include Yahoo email or Gmail. It is an option… Continue Reading
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