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Cloud Computing: Data Center Traffic to Triple in Five Years

By Dick Weisinger

Over the next five years, global data center IP traffic is expected to triple, based on the Global Cloud Index report from Cisco Systems, reaching 8.6 zetabytes (ZB or a trillion gigabytes) per year.  An Infographic illustrating Cisco’s findings is…

NoSQL Databases: Niche Tools Slowly Taking Their Place in the Enterprise

By Dick Weisinger

NoSQL databases store and retrieve data using techniques other keeping data in structured tabular format like that used in traditional relational databases.  Compared to relational databases, NoSQL databases are often simpler in design, can scale more flexibly, and enable very…

Cloud Computing Security: Businesses Aren’t Proactive in Securing their Cloud Resources

By Dick Weisinger

Almost three quarters of organizations say that they’re having a hard time trying to protect sensitive data stored in the cloud, and nearly half say that it’s very difficult to restrict end-user access to data in the cloud.  70 percent…

IDC Predictions for the CIO 2015 Agenda

By Dick Weisinger

IDC has release their predictions for how they see the agenda will be changing the role of the CIO over the next five years, including a prediction that by 2020 nearly two-thirds of them will be out of a job.…

Cloud Computing Myths: What’s True and What isn’t about Cloud Hype?

By Dick Weisinger

While cloud computing is becoming ubiquitous, it’s often hard to know how much of the hype around the technology you should actually believe. David Mitchell Smith, vice president and fellow at Gartner, said that “cloud computing, by its very nature, is…