Category: Strategy
What CIOs Need to Know About Cloud Integration
Cloud computing promises the ability to move applications and systems to the location and platform that makes the most sense–in terms of risk and economics–at any given time. Retailers, for example, can buy extra transaction-processing capacity during holiday shopping season and give it up when sales ebb. Financial services companies might buy infrastructure in which [...]
Mark Cuban thinks that Netflix’s streaming success is unsustainable
Let me start by saying I am a HUGE Mark Cuban fan so this article caught my eye a couple of weeks ago. I just remembered to show it to you guys… He basically has been right on a few BIG things and feels he is right here again about the long term non-viability of [...]
Mark Cuban thinks that Netflix's streaming success is unsustainable
Let me start by saying I am a HUGE Mark Cuban fan so this article caught my eye a couple of weeks ago. I just remembered to show it to you guys… He basically has been right on a few BIG things and feels he is right here again about the long term non-viability of [...]
Government IT advisor says privacy, security different for cloud
Interesting article about the government’s view on cloud computing… The government may have to make sacrifices in such treasured concepts as privacy and sovereignty, so that public sector organisations can take advantage of the “convenience” of the cloud, says a Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) project manager. Adam Stapleton is managing a project for DIA’s [...]
Air Force to establish cloud computing research center of excellence
U.S. Air Force researchers want to establish a research center of excellence in assured cloud computing, and they are looking to partner with a college or university to host and collaborate in assured cloud computing research. The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate in Rome, N.Y., issued a broad agency announcement (BAA-10-10-RIKA) Friday, which seeks [...]
Google not too concerned about Microsoft’s threat in the cloud
Great article from PCworld: Of the challenges that could keep Google from reaching its goal of using Google Docs to move in to the enterprise, Microsoft may be one of the biggest barriers. Google and rival Microsoft are battling on several fronts: search, browsers, operating systems and office software. And the office software front is heating [...]
Google not too concerned about Microsoft's threat in the cloud
Great article from PCworld: Of the challenges that could keep Google from reaching its goal of using Google Docs to move in to the enterprise, Microsoft may be one of the biggest barriers. Google and rival Microsoft are battling on several fronts: search, browsers, operating systems and office software. And the office software front is heating [...]
SaaS Strategy: What upper management Wants To Know
You’ve made countless presentations during your career, but there’s something about this one that has you particularly anxious. The CEO asked you to put together a presentation for the board about the company’s software-as-a-service strategy and “the cloud.” The request nags. Why now? What have they been reading? What do they want to know? And [...]
The Maturing View Of Cloud Computing
Our latest survey on cloud computing deals with return on investment (the full report will be out this summer). In many ways, thinking about ROI of any new technology forces decision makers to cut through both their own hype and the stuff vendors manufacture to take a studied look at benefits and risks. It’s one [...]
