IBM recently published the results of its “2011 IBM Global CIO Survey,” the most recent biennial CIO survey. An important revelation of the survey was a chart that explains the increasing priority that CIOs are putting on both mobility solutions and cloud computing. According to the IBM study, “both mobility solutions and cloud computing have […]
IBM has recently proved it can conserve water with cloud computing. The city of Dubuque deployed IBM’s analytics and cloud computing technology in 2010 as part of its Smarter Sustainable Research Program. IBM was able to reduce water utilization by 6.6 percent and increased leak detection and response eight-fold for Dubuque. For 9 weeks, IBM […]
As changing perceptions of cloud computing is changing, more industries are embracing the cloud. The financial services industry is one industry that is embracing cloud computing. Companies that deal with sensitive data such as the financial service industry are becoming more comfortable with having their data stored in the cloud, a remotely managed server. Chief […]
What is Hybrid Hosting? Hybrid hosting is a combination of dedicated, colocation, and cloud servers that are delivered through a private dedicated network. When choosing hybrid hosting, users have the ability to have standalone components run on a segment of a whole network or run independently. The benefit to the user is there is greatly boosted […]
Government Agencies Confused By The Terms ‘Virtualization’ and ‘Cloud Computing’ A new study that was conducted by Quest Software’s public-sector subsidiary found that “nearly two-thirds of state and local respondents indicated that there is confusion in their organizations about what constitutes the two technologies – ‘Virtualization’ and ‘Cloud Computing.’ Paul Christman, Quest Software’s vice president […]
Because Cloud computing has seen significant gains in popularity recently, the research firm Gartner says “cloud contracts still contain areas of risk for IT decision makers.” Research VP at Gartner, Alexa Bona, said in a statement that “IT decision makers should not judge cloud contracts at face value.” In addition, Gartner reported “key contractual areas […]
For those unfamiliar with the cloud, it can seem a bit difficult to understand. Basically cloud computing is dynamic visualization of web hosting. In other words, Cloud computing is a way for shared servers to deliver services from an external location, particularly data storage. There are many benefits to cloud computing such as having a […]
More studies are now showing that more businesses are seeking to take advantage of cloud computing in an effort to gain a competitive edge. According to a recent IBM survey of 3,000 global chief information officers (CIOs,) “60 per cent said they planned to use cloud services in the next five years to gain a […]
Recently defense and intelligence agencies have begun to adopt cloud computing. This in part is due to the higher efficiency cloud computing provides and the cost saving benefits. However, there are a number of other reasons why the DoD is moving to the cloud. Information management is an essential reason why the DoD is embracing […]
Cloud hosting has become a force in the web hosting industry and is changing how businesses expand their operations. Cloud computing consists of a network of servers that are used to provide redundancy and the allocation of tasks in order to continually provide a high performance website. Cloud hosting is a revolutionary type of hosting […]