Category: News

July 14, 2011 Off

What Buyers Look for in Cloud Computing Solutions

By David
Grazed from Internet.com.  Author: Jeff Vance.

Cloud computing, with its lower costs and increased flexibility, seems like a no-brainer — until you start scrutinizing the many products and services available in the market today.

There are so many choices that it’s easy to become paralyzed, especially when every tech company under the sun is rebranding itself as a “cloud provider.” Behavioral economists call this paralysis the paradox of choice. Too much of a good thing can end up being just too much.

July 14, 2011 Off

Hybrid approach is the future for Microsoft cloud

By David
Grazed from Cloud Pro.  Author: Tim Anderson.

Microsoft is “all in” for the cloud according to CEO Steve Ballmer, a message which was underlined recently at the company’s worldwide partner conference in Los Angeles. “Our mission, simply put, is to cloud-optimise every business,” said Server and Tools president Satya Nadella.

July 13, 2011 Off

Oracle Takes the High Road with CRM On Demand

By David
Grazed from IT Business Edge.  Author: Michael Vizard.

In terms of application software battles, customer relationship management (CRM) software is one of the most hotly contested, especially when it comes to software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. Usually when it comes to anything involving software, Oracle is usually in the thick of things. But interestingly enough, Oracle seems content to keep is its CRM-as-a-service ambitions limited to the high end of the enterprise IT space.

July 13, 2011 Off

Data ownership becomes fuzzy in the cloud

By David
Grazed from The Register.  Author: Lucy Sherriff.

If Facebook has taught us nothing else, it is that people can be cavalier about protecting their data.

The social networking giant has forced consumers to think differently about their data: have I just handed over the rights to the photos of my kids? Am I going to appear on my friends’ pages endorsing fashion leggings thanks to a throwaway remark about “legging it” to catch a bus?

In the same way, cloud computing forces companies to re-evaluate what data ownership means.

July 12, 2011 Off

Focus on Architecture First Before Moving to the Cloud

By David
Grazed from IT Business Edge.  Author: Loraine Lawson.

The point of enterprise architecture is to look beyond the silos and create a blueprint for the business’ big-picture strategy.

 

As I’ve shared before, I’m somewhat confused about why, exactly, a discipline that originated in IT expects to be accepted as a sort of mastermind for designing business strategy. Isn’t that what CIOs were supposed to be doing?