Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing: Wasting Resources, Redefined

Many companies squirm when they hear about cloud providers' use of commodity hardware. But organizational process waste is the real enemy now, says CIO.com's Bernard Golden.

Cloud Computing in 2011: 3 Trends Changing Business Adoption

The various cloud markets and services will start making more sense to business buyers in 2011, according to a new Forrester report, with the midmarket embracing public clouds and enterprises sticking with virtualization as a prelude to private cloud

Cloud-based CRM: Beware Bad Data and Silly Object Models

The marketing around cloud-based CRM systems is all about how fast they can be created and deployed, how they can scale up (or shrink to fit) to any business situation. But theyu0019re still IT systems, and a lack of discipline still spells trouble.

The Cloud CIO: A Tale of Two IT Futures

Will the IT group of the future emphasize commodity, or play a vital role in business offerings? CIO.com's Bernard Golden says both views are true -- and the CIO of the future has to push one to make room to achieve the other.

Salmat to embark on massive data centre consolidation

Inside an Enterprise Salesforce Chatter Rollout

Take a look at lessons learned by Den-Mat's IT department as it moved from a 30-year-old legacy system to Salesforce.com's Chatter. This dental manufacturer slashed its employee turnover rate, eliminated antiquated processes and helped sta

How Secure is That Cloud Vendor? Part Two

Among the several dimensions of managing security across cloud applications, the trickiest one is "who gets to see and do what?" Here's the low-down on access control options.

Cloud CIO: How Cloud Computing Changes IT Staffs

How will cloud computing change the various roles within an IT organization and how will it change their importance, relative to one another? CIO.com's Bernard Golden explores some key issues.n

ITIL vs The Cloud: You can do both … if you’re very, very careful

You can have ITIL and The Cloud ... sometimes, with some vendors and your own engineering

From Green Screen Apps to the Cloud: One CIO’s Challenge

How do you drag a company running core business processes using green screen apps circa 1990 into the age of cloud? One CIO discusses his strategy.