Cloud Computing

How to Reevaluate Outsourcing Contracts Best Practices

In order to effectively address contractual protections for threats existing in today's environment Forrester urges sourcing professionals to consider variations on time-honored outsourcing contractual best practices.

Federated Cloud Strategies: What CIOs Need to Know

As cloud computing adoption skyrockets and business functions increasingly look to external cloud providers to provision IT services, CIOs need to consider federated cloud strategies to integrate and manage this mixed bag of cloud computing environme

Strategies for Pruning Data in the Cloud

In terrestrial systems, you don't think about disk space. In the clouds, you have to, if you don't it will cost you.

Cloud Computing and the Truth About SLAs

SLAs don't provide much protection against cloud-related outages, writes CIO.com blogger Bernard Golden. They merely credit customers against the cost of a service. To prevent outages, IT departments would better spend their time planning appli

Microsoft’s ‘Family’ TV Ads Show the Power of Syncing Data

Microsoft gets its act together in new TV spots, conveying clearly and with humor how its Windows-based devices work together with the cloud to get stuff done.

iPad in Healthcare: Not So Fast

One hospital hasn't jumped on the iPad-in-healthcare craze yet. Critical desktop apps just don't render well on the iPad, while iCloud's security concerns cause "trepidation," the CTO says.

Enterprise Social Software: What Businesses Need to Do Next

A Forrester Research report says that while social software is gaining steam in the marketplace, businesses are nowhere near close to seeing a social revolution. Here's a look at the report's key findings, plus five tips for mapping out the

The Future of Productivity, According to Microsoft

A Microsoft concept video offers a compelling vision of the future of productivity, but is it just a fantasy? And why isn't anybody having fun?

Dropbox for Teams Adds Another Tool to Your Collaboration Toolkit

A Chance to Penetrate the Cloud

A Wednesday webinar, geared to finance executives, seeks to explore the cloud computing questions that are most on CFOs' minds.