Category: News

“May you live in interesting times.”

In a previous post, David Nichols, principal and CIO services leader for Ernst & Young IT Advisory Services, outlined some compelling business cases for the cloud, and described the threshold many enterprises have yet to cross before they become cloud-intensive enterprises. But what’s it doing to our important relationships — between companies, IT managers, business managers, and even outsourcers?

For anyone involved in technology development and delivery, these are exciting times, says Nichols. Cloud computing is reshaping the way businesses relate to technology, managers and professionals relate to each other…

Softletter, the leading source of business insights and data analysis for software developers and publishers, announced today that its groundbreaking SaaS University Conference will be held February 28-29 with optional workshops on March 1 at the Marriott Austin South Hotel in Austin, TX. The SaaS University Conference series is recognized as the most comprehensive program in the industry and as a knowledge base for successfully launching and running a Software-as-a-service firm and/or transitioning to Software-as-a-service from a licensed model. The conference also provides a much sought-after opportunity for executives in this industry to network and share ideas and experiences.

“SaaS University offers a great opportunity to have a quality forum where we can address the important aspects of the Cloud.”

"How resilient are the cloud computing solutions being sold today?" This appears to be a question not asked often enough by those who are immediately lured by the hyped positives of the concept before there is enough data to substantiate the claims made by the vendors as well as the documentation of failures of applications.

One concept that I have preached and that has held true for decades is "leading-edge organizations do not maintain their position with trailing-edge technologies." The need to constantly evaluate, assess, select and apply new technology-driven capabilities is a continual process. This holds true for cloud computing and our competitive global markets today.

That being said, according to experiences of executive reviews of procurement of Information Technology products and services, which include cloud computing, universal solutions are never universal. There are applications that work and applications that simply cannot be melded into the hyped "one-size-fits-all" solution for organizations that many vendors seem to sell…

In a few short years, cloud computing has gone from a curiosity that most corporate IT departments wouldn’t touch or trust to one that’s being tested and deployed in more and more enterprises.

Led by applications like CRM, payroll and productivity apps, cloud computing has evolved to the point where it’s become part of the enterprise IT conversation — and analysts forecast strong growth in cloud services for years to come. Gartner recently predicted that more than half of Global 1000 companies will have stored sensitive customer data in the public cloud by the end of 2016…

ITpreneurs, the leading provider of competence development solutions for IT best practices, is now the first company in the world to offer cloud computing training materials for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials Certification. Both the eLearning and classroom courses are open for registration and have received the ProCert quality assurance as well as the CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum designation.

The Cloud Essentials course covers core cloud computing and virtualization concepts. The balanced, real-world curriculum addresses both the business and technical knowledge required, including how to adopt, operate and govern the cloud.

"The cloud industry is growing exponentially and there are thousands of positions that require cloud competence," said Sukhbir Jasuja, CEO, ITpreneurs. "This course will help IT professionals, from support staff to top management, gain the knowledge required to successfully prepare for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials examination."…