Many people believe that cloud platform performance can’t match the technical excellence of dedicated hardware. But in addition to benefits like mobility and cost savings, an optimized cloud can provide unmatched speed, scalability and reliability – all of which are...
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May 29, 2013
Recovery-as-a-Service, or “RaaS”, is the latest disaster recovery solution. Cloud-based RaaS allows organizations to recover their IT resources efficiently and effectively when an adverse situation strikes. When compared to traditional disaster recovery solutions,...
May 28, 2013
Aston Martin, the iconic British sports car manufacturer, now counts cloud computing among its many forward-looking initiatives that continue to boost the car company to the forefront of automotive design and performance. The cloud is finding itself involved in both...
May 20, 2013
Cloud computing seems to be on a trajectory similar to that of smartphones and tablets. One day, only a handful of those on the edge of technology seemed to have an iPhone tucked away in their pockets (or proudly displayed for all to see during after-work drinks) as...
May 14, 2013
Sequestration burst out of obscurity and entered our household vocabulary in 2013. It got our attention because the impact of it is $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts from the Federal budget over the next ten years. About $85B of these cuts will occur by...
May 1, 2013
Call it G.I. Cloud. A TechNavio report reveals that the government cloud computing market will increase by an average annual rate of 6.2 percent through 2016, as governments begin moving their data onto the cloud. The report highlighted governments’ need to reduce...
Apr 25, 2013
It's usually safe to say the more you know in your particular job field, the better off you'll be, certainly in terms of job security. Now it seems the more you know about cloud computing and its related ecosystems, the better paid you'll be. Knowledge is power, and...
Apr 23, 2013
In the below interview, Brad Peters, CEO and C0-Founder of Birst, offers expert advice for organizations looking to measure their true business value through agile data analytics, and highlights the importance of an enterprise caliber cloud BI solution. Q. How have...
Apr 18, 2013
In the below interview, Mike Dickey, founder of Cloudmeter, outlines ways in which organizations today can efficiently transform large amounts of data into actionable information, and accentuates the value of leveraging data to gain better insight into the end user...
Apr 18, 2013
Cloud computing is truly earning its stripes: The latest institution to call on the cloud to cut costs and put its security features to the test is none other than the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Navy will shift its low-impact IT systems and mission functions to commercial...
