Cloud Computing

The Tech Tug-of-War

This week, I interviewed Joel Feldman, senior director of financial planning and analysis at baked goods company Otis Spunkmeyer. He talked about the move from Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to a SaaS-based system for budgeting. Interestingly, he said

Two Open-Source Cloud Standards: What It Means to You

VMware's new CloudFoundry platform emerged last week, marking a new alternative to the existing OpenStack standard. What's really going on here and what does it mean to your cloud migration plans?

Why You Don’t Need a Cloud Computing Strategy

You must view cloud computing as part of a complete IT strategy, argues Peder Ulander, CMO of Cloud.com. He shares five guidelines to use as you identify the right areas for cloud adoption your business.

NAB private Cloud builds new paradigm: Part 3

NAB private Cloud builds new paradigm: Part 2

Risk Management in Cloud Computing

The rewards of cloud computing can be tremendous if the risks are well managed. E-Com Canada's Sri Prakash discusses how best to manage the risk when planning to move assets to the cloud.

Don’t Buy Into the Cloud-Based Call Center–Yet

The fully cloud-enabled call center is a few years off, but that isn't preventing vendors from pitching their "call center in the cloud" solutions. Here's what's really available today and five questions you should ask yourse

Q&A: Cisco CIO Offers Tips for Talkin’ Business

In this Q&A, Cisco CIO Rebecca Jacoby shares advice on how IT pros can translate technology needs into business terms, manage the devices employees bring to the office and make a variety of collaboration tools work together.

Cloud CIO: The Next Generation Cloud Offering

Recent announcements from Facebook and VMware reflect how profoundly cloud computing will change the nature of corporate IT in the future. CIO.com's Bernard Golden discusses what the takeaways from these announcements are for cloud CIOs.

CIO priorities reflect NBN opportunities in ANZ: Gartner