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Cloud Infographic: Cloud Drivers For Adoption

cloudtweaks — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:27:42 +0000

Cloud Infographic: Cloud Drivers For Adoption Informative infographic found over at Dell illustrating why cloud computing has recently grown in relevance to IT managers and business leaders. Source: Dell Tags: adoption, business leaders, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud drive, community, Computing, DELL, Drivers For Adoption, Infograph, Infographic, IT, IT manager, small-business, Social Issues

Big Data: 5 Signs of a Successful Data Scientist

Muz — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:32:19 +0000

Big Data: 5 Signs of a Successful Data Scientist In 2012, the amount of data forecasted to be created and stored will be a stunning 3.6 zetabytes. Based on the fact that last year’s amount of 1.8 zetabytes and that this amount will double per year, 2012 is set to be the year of Big [...]

Women and Cloud Computing, Part II: Four Leading Ladies in the Cloud Conversation

Jeff Norman — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:21:59 +0000

Women and Cloud Computing, Part II: Four Leading Ladies in the Cloud Conversation This series of articles shines a light on impactful female figures in cloud computing and seeks to spark a conversation on the place of women in technology. Two thousand twelve looks to be a breakout year for several standout members of the [...]

The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – Cloud Therapy

David — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:01:13 +0000

The Lighter Side Of The Cloud – Cloud Therapy By David Fletcher Enjoy Our Full CloudTweaks Comic Collection Tags: Cloud, Cloud Computing, CloudTweaks, David Fletcher, humor, IT, the cloud

TOSCA Hybrid Cloud Standards Committee: Google, IBM, Cisco…

Muz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:41:51 +0000

TOSCA and Friends setting up Hybrid Cloud Standards In a move that reminds me a lot about the movie quote “When there’s no way out, you find a deeper way in“, TOSCA, IBM, EMC and Cisco have indicated their support for Hybrid Cloud portability standards and specifications. Following on the heels of TOSCA or Topology [...]

Cloud Computing In Financial Service Organizations

Rick — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:08:35 +0000

Cloud Computing In Financial Service Organizations While technology seems to be the cost and time efficiency driver in many industries, cloud computing is the emerging solution for the financial service industry, especially capital markets. In order for their assets to be used optimally by multiple consumers, financial organizations require ad-hoc access to significant computing resources, [...]

The Social Cloud: Facebook IPO – Is This MySpace 2.0?

cloudtweaks — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:47:18 +0000

The Social Cloud: Facebook IPO – Is This MySpace 2.0? History repeating: 2000 Bubble, Myspace, 2012 Facebook IPO, NBT (Next Big Thing…) Investors are expected to sink $5 billion into the Facebook IPO. Wow. Well, from a pure spreadsheet perspective it makes some sense. If you take the 800 million Facebook users multiplied by a value [...]

Battle of the Document Cloud Apps: Google Docs, Apple iWorks…Which One Truly Reigns?

Jeff Norman — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:40:05 +0000

Battle of the Document Cloud Apps: Google Docs, Apple iWorks…Which One Truly Reigns? Throughout the 1990s, 2000s, and today, Microsoft Word has served as the final word in applications designed to maximize the efficiency and output of both businesses and individual computer users regarding their documents. Attempts to unseat its status as the number-one program [...]

University Down Under Offers To Make Students Cloud-Capable

sourya — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:31:39 +0000

University Down Under Offers To Make Students Cloud-Capable Sometime back I had postulated that the true success of cloud computing in entering the mainstream is dependent on the technology being not only part of our everyday lives, but also a part of our education system (See: Cloud Computing Goes Mainstream with University Certification Course). Thus, [...]

How Cloud Computing is Like Transforming a ’68 Dodge Dart

cloudtweaks — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:47:34 +0000

How Cloud Computing is Like Transforming a ’68 Dodge Dart I’ve spent a lot of time lately in front of customers trying to help them understand what cloud technology means and, more important, how it can help their businesses be more efficient, effective and better able to meet or exceed their goals and objectives. In [...]