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Cloud Computing: EU Drafts Guidelines for Cloud SLAs

By Dick Weisinger

The European Commission  recently released a draft of a set of guidelines that are aimed at reducing costs and increasing trust in cloud computing vendors.  The report describes details of requirements for vendors on service availability, the quality of support,…

Enterprise Software: Businesses Slowly Migrate ERP to the Cloud for Greater Flexibility and Cost Savings

By Dick Weisinger

Right now only 2 percent of businesses are running their ERP systems in the cloud, but half of companies have indicated that moving their ERP systems into the cloud is a move their planning to make within the next five…

Internet of Things: Pushing Enterprises into Big Data and the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

As we move into an era of the Internet of Things (IoT), devices will get continually smarter and will collect ever more diagnostic and environmental data.  The data generated by IoT devices will be further incentive for businesses to invest…

Software Licensing: Is SaaS the Solution to End Software Piracy?

By Dick Weisinger

Pirated software is a problem.  But the size of the problem can be a real shocker.  A recent survey by IDC/BSA found that 43 percent of the software installed on PC’s globally isn’t properly licensed.  Nearly three quarters of the…

Hybrid Cloud Computing: Providing Incremental Movement Towards the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

In yesterday’s blog we reported on the hypergrowth that the cloud computing industry is experiencing.  IDC estimates that in 2014 more than $100 billion will be spent on the cloud. While the speed of transition to the cloud has been…