Cloud Computing News & Articles

Unless one of the other vendors slips a sneaky acquisition under the door by the end of the year, the announcement by IBM that it is buying StoredIQ early in the new year has to be the last throw in consolidation of the information management market for this year.

Businesses of all sizes are adopting cloud based applications for several reasons, but there's no one thing that is pushing them to do so, a report by Host Analytics found recently.

McKinsey Global Institute published a very comprehensive study this past summer in which they claimed that the use of social technologies within businesses has the opportunity for US$ 900 billion - 1.3 trillion of value creation. And this isn't just social technologies as in your company has a Facebook page -- they are talking about transforming the way companies interact, collaborate and share data, information and knowledge with their customers, suppliers and employees.

A UK government approval system called G-Cloud has given the thumbs up to the TERMINALFOUR Web CMS system for use in all public sector systems.

Technology is becoming more important in terms of brand promotion and customer experience, but despite their efforts, many businesses lack the proper training and skills needed to succeed in the industry.

Economically, we still haven’t left the Great Recession behind. It’s everywhere; in every enterprise balance sheet, in every merger and acquisition, in R&D departments on both sides of the Atlantic. That said, it hasn’t really dampened enthusiasm for buy-outs and there were many this year across the entire IT spectrum.

In the world of cloud computing a lot has changed over the past 12 months, it looks like things won't be slowing down any in 2013. James Staten of Forrester took a look at the state of the cloud computing industry and offered ten predictions for the coming year.

EMC has announced that it has joined the OpenStack Foundation. Chuck Hollis, the VP of Global Marketing CTO with EMC explained why in a blog post today.

There have been numerous reports over the years on how cloud computing has developed, how businesses are taking to it, and how it is being used in the home. However, little enough research has been done to assess what vendors think about it. A new report aims to remedy that.

Only a few DAM weeks left in 2012 … and, in recent news from the world of digital asset management, Brightcove gets together with ADAM, DAM Coalition relaunches, Axle stays simple, clouds challenge earth, North Plains buys another company and Santa gets updated.

As we move into a new year, one thing is certain for enterprise IT: the consumerization of enterprise technology is not a trend ... it's a reality.

Smart devices connected to the cloud could number 50 billion by 2020, and that means the security problems associated with BYOD offer but a small window into the potential hacking onslaught ahead.

One needn’t go far to find a juicy argument that pits Cloud-based (SaaS) digital asset management against on-site (on-premises) or installed solutions. The debate is everywhere, and it seems the primary arguments are always the same.

Microsoft developers now have the option to deploy their Windows Server based applications in the Amazon Web Services, and it's just the latest Amazon move to solidify its position as the true cloud leader.

The fun part of every December is to look back at the year and think through all that has happened. Looking at all the ups, the downs and the unknowns can really be an eye opener to get you ready to make the resolutions and plans for the next year, because there really is no point in looking back if you don’t take the extra steps to plan forward.