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Hybrid Cloud Computing: Private Clouds to Mutate into Hybrid Ones?

By Dick Weisinger

Hybrid cloud computing is a combination of infrastructure and services built from combinations of public cloud-computing, a private cloud computing and an on-premises network. Jeff Wilson, principal analyst for security at Infonetics Research, when summarizing the findings of a study…

Technology: The Staggering Costs of Failure

By Dick Weisinger

79 percent of companies say that they experienced at least one ‘major’ technology fault in their systems within the past year, and 51 percent said that they’ve had a major roblem within just the last three months. 75 percent say…

Mobile Computing: Free Apps Dominate the Mobile Market

By Dick Weisinger

Mobile apps were downloaded 64 billion times in 2012, and Gartner is forecasting the number of downloads to reach 102 billion this year. Even with 91 percent of downloaded apps being free, total revenues from mobile apps is expected to…

Big Data: Still Years Away From Seeing a Big Impact from the Technology

By Dick Weisinger

Garter has characterized Big Data as “a disruptive phenomenon destined to help organizations drive innovation by gaining new and faster insight into their customers.” Headlines seem to imply the technology is revolutionizing businesses of shapes and sizes, but reality is…

Mobile Computing: Phablets take on Tablets

By Dick Weisinger

Shipments of desktop PCs are expected to touch 134.4 million units by 2013 and 123.11 million by 2017, while, that of portable PCs are expected at 180.9 million units by 2013 and 196.6 million by 2017. By 2017, 87 percent…