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Yearly Archives: 2011

Cloud Computing: Community Clouds Begin to Gather

By Dick Weisinger

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines a Community Cloud as follows: The cloud infrastructure is shared by several organizations and supports a specific community that has shared concerns (e.g., mission, security requirements, policy,and compliance considerations). It may be…

Technology: Companies Struggle to Keep Up with Change

By Dick Weisinger

Technology changes are happening too quickly for many companies to keep up.  New technology is revolutionizing just about every industry and profession, from media and journalism to engineering and manufacturing.  61 percent of IT managers say that they struggle to…

Security: Compliance and Threat of Data Breaches Drive Increased Encryption

By Dick Weisinger

Recent hacker exploits at companies and government organizations like Lockheed Martin, Sony PlayStation, GMail and the Canadian Government lead one to the conclusion that once a computer system is attached to a network,  it really can’t be 100% safe. The Ponemon…

Records Management: We Could Do Better!

By Dick Weisinger

It makes sense that businesses which run efficiently have the best shot at success.  90 percent of companies agree with that, based on a survey by Iron Mountain Incorporated.  Those companies said that being efficient is a mission-critical requirement for…

SaaS and Cloud Computing: CIO's Increasingly Marginalized

By Dick Weisinger

We reported recently that increasingly CFO’s are calling the shots for how IT budgets will be spent.  Parallel to that trend is the fact that more CIO’s are reporting directly to the CFO.  Now Liz Herbert, principal analyst at Forrester Research,…