Cloud Computing Seen as a Driver for CIOs Looking to Advance to the CEO Role
Grazed from PR NewsWire. Author: PR Announcement.
CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today released a new global report revealing how cloud computing is transforming how CIOs view themselves and their role in their business. Of the CIOs surveyed, 54% believe that cloud computing has enabled them to spend more time on business strategy and innovation. In theory, the likelihood of CIOs making the transition to CEO is increasing, but in reality, only 4% of CEOs have raised from the CIO ranks, suggesting that CIOs are being overlooked for top leadership roles in most companies…
Under-the-Radar Cloud Usage Leading to ‘Cloud Sprawl’
Increasingly, groups within enterprises are using cloud-based services without the involvement of IT. This is possible because cloud solutions are typically available via a low-cost subscription or with a pay-as-you-go plan, which means that cloud computing costs start low and easily fit within group or departmental budgets. Cloud services and applications are attractive. They’re frequently described with adjectives like ‘faster’, ‘cheaper’, and ‘easier’. But, unfortunately, what may seem like a good idea today may be the source of a headache tomorrow…
User group to clarify SAP cloud offerings
The majority of SAP users recognise the potential of cloud computing, but are a lot less clear on how SAP can help them with that, a survey has revealed.
Some 80% of organisations polled by the UK & Ireland SAP User Group predicted that their future SAP implementations would be a mix of on-premise, on-demand and on-device services…
Cloud and “in memory computing” top Gartner list of top 10 technologies for 2012
Gartner has announced its top ten strategic technology trends for 2012, at the Gartner Symposium currently being held in Orlando. Among the technologies expected to have an increased impact on the enterprise next year were cloud computing, mobile devices, analytic tools for big data and “in memory computing”…
Western Digital Deliver Secure Cloud Computing To Mobiles & TVs
WD TV Live streaming media player can be connected via WiFi (802.11n) or through an Ethernet connection to play the multimedia you have stored on your disk drive on your television, in Full HD 1080p quality.
Once connected it will deliver video services, internet radio and a variety of social networking applications, such as Facebook, YouTube and TuneIn Radio, directly to your TV…
iCloud’s big implications for cloud computing
Apple’s iCloud is out. Like many of you, I spent part of the day playing around with the new features such as applications, data, and content syncing. I even purchased 20GB of cloud storage and sent a few items back and forth among my iPad, Mac, and iPhone. It’s a good upgrade, but not a great one…
LeadMaster Partners with Jamcracker to Offer Cloud Lead Management / CRM
LeadMaster, the SaaS Lead Management / CRM solutions company, and Jamcracker, the cloud services brokerage enablement company, today announced that LeadMaster will be distributed through the Jamcracker Services Delivery Network (JSDN).
LeadMaster’s on-demand customizable SaaS solutions combine sales lead management software, lead tracking solutions, sales force automation tools (SFA) and customer relationship management features (Sales CRM) in a seamless easy-to-use online application. This powerful web-based application has helped companies large and small from virtually every industry increase sales. The LeadMaster solution makes it easy to increase sales revenue by helping to qualify, track and convert leads…
Can the cloud bail enterprises out of IT debt?
Cloud computing and the operating model that goes with it will be adopted because businesses are crumbling under complex infrastructure acquired over the last 40 years.
“We are in a hole and we need to stop digging,” said Cameron Haight, an analyst at Gartner. “We need an infrastructure that has no allegiance to a vendor or a framework.”…
Federal Agencies overcoming cloud security fears
The chief technology officer of the CIA isn’t overly concerned about securing the spy agency’s data in the cloud.
In fact, Gus Hunt said cloud computing may be more secure than the typical client-server approach to technology.
And Hunt wasn’t alone Tuesday in promoting the security of cloud computing and in telling an audience dominated by federal employees to overcome their cyber fears…
Infosys kicks off its cloud drive with Microsoft partnership
Grazed from ComputerWeekly. Author: Karl Flinders.
Infosys has accelerated its cloud computing drive through a deal with Microsoft that will see it combine its knowledge of business requirements with Microsoft’s cloud computing technology platform.
The partnership, under which Infosys will combine its understanding of what businesses want with Microsoft’s technology, will typify how cloud ecosystems will begin.
Microsoft will underpin the services with its Azure cloud technology, Microsoft private cloud and Office 365. Meanwhile, Infosys will act as a cloud integrator…