Cloud Computing

3 CIO considerations from IDC’s 3rd platform

Top 10 Tech Upgrades to Make Your Small Business Run Faster

If you want your employees to get things done faster in 2013, they need technology that will keep up with them. Here are 10 technology upgrades that promise to give your small business an impressive return on your IT investment.

Tech Earnings Show If You Live by the PC You May Die by It

These days companies that depend too much on the PC are losing out to mobile and cloud innovators, as indicated by the recent spate of tech earnings reports.

How the Social Campus Enables Tomorrow’s Workers Today

Collaboration is the key to getting anything done. Social technologies are all about enabling that collaboration. Combine social with mobile and sprinkle in technologies like VPNs and SSO, and the idea of 'social' moves to a whole new level

As CMOs Grab IT Budget From CIOs, Cloud CapEx and OpEx Shift

If analysts are correct, and the CMO eventually wrests control of the IT budget from the CIO, then spending on cloud computing will get a lot less predictable and a lot more complicated.

Government IT’s Move to Cloud Slowed by Security Concerns, Misconceptions

Experts explain the importance of demystifying cloud computing for federal agencies, stressing that security worries and concerns are a matter of implementation.

How a Private Cloud Saves Money and the Environment

When Ricoh Europe realized its IT environment was both spiraling out of control and environmentally unfriendly, it turned to a IT services provider for help. Working with Infosys, Ricoh developed a private cloud that helped it consolidate nine data c

6 Hidden Costs of Cloud and How to Avoid Them

As organizations flock to the cloudu201494 percent of enterprises are at least discussing cloud or cloud servicesu2014they are encountering a host of hidden costs. These costs can be avoided with a bit of planning.

How Consumerization of IT Led Kaplan to Google Apps

At Kaplan, a genuine enthusiasm for technology comes from the top: Its CIO embraces the consumerization of IT and wants employees to be as excited about technology as he is. That culture led Kaplan to migrate from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps an

Feds Look to Big Data to Position ‘Government as a Platform’

As Federal IT's march to the cloud continues, a new digital government strategy calls for departments and agencies to open their data sets to create a platform for innovation.