Cloud Computing

Predicting the future: Customer-driven innovation

California Firefighters Battle Blazes With Data From the Cloud

Crews on the ground use mobile devices to access digital images and data streams as they plan their strategies for responding to California wildfires.

5 Things CIOs Need to Know About Hybrid Clouds

Five Predictions

In this era of third-party IT delivery, I wonder how many enterprises any longer manage their own infra or write their own code, says Vijay Ramachandran, Editor-in-Chief, IDG Media.

IT Execs Share Experiences With Google for Work

Many companies are still slowly shifting toward cloud-based infrastructure, but the organizations that take the plunge see a number of potential business benefits and productivity gains. Here are some of the ways CIOs and technology executives squeez

How a Hybrid IT Cloud Service Helped Findly Reach New Heights

When social recruiting firm Findly acquired an on-demand talent communications company its client base doubled overnight. IT execs knew a serious infrastructure change was in order. Hereu2019s how a hybrid cloud solution addressed Findlyu2019s new ne

The Death of the SLA

CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden writes that if youu2019re devoting effort on a contractual SLA, youu2019re not only wasting time, youu2019re focusing on the wrong thing. If there ever was a practical benefit to the SLA, itu2019s gone.

How an Outsourcing Contract Can Boost IT Service Provider Performance

IT Outsourcing customers look to service providers to cut costs and improve efficiency, in addition there is the increasing expectation for providers to also deliver business results. Here are some secrets to using your outsourcing contract to set go

With version 8, ownCloud becomes a viable Google Drive replacement

Easier sharing, improved search, and support for third party apps make ownCloud a cloud storage contender.

What Ramen Noodles Can Teach You About Digital Innovation

In developing a digital strategy, the balance between innovation and quality is at risk of being totally out of whack.