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Cloud Computing: 2011 Will be the Year of Failures

By Dick Weisinger

Forrester is predicting that 2011 will turn out to be a year of Cloud Computing failure.  Hype and unrealistic expectations will lead many organizations to jump into the Cloud Computing fray before they are fully prepared, and that will lead

Cloud Computing: Feds Push Hard for Cloud Solutions

By Dick Weisinger

Despite Federal CIO Vivek Kundra own warning that “agencies should make risk-based decisions which carefully consider the readiness of commercial or government providers to fulfill their Federal needs,” the new federal budget is pushing hard to adopt cloud solutions where

Cloud Computing: What's to Stop You From Moving to the Cloud?

By Dick Weisinger

While the benefits of Cloud Computing are compelling, the risks and problems associated with the move can be difficult to overcome.  In March 2010, the Cloud Security Alliance compiled a list of the top seven risks that threaten the future

Cloud Computing: Growing Five Times Faster Than All Other IT Spending

By Dick Weisinger

A recent IDC report finds that global IT spending is on track to grow by about 6 percent in 2011.  Pretty respectable.  But that rate of growth is dwarfed when compared to what is happening in the area of cloud

SaaS: More and More, Small and Medium Companies Take the Plunge

By Dick Weisinger

SaaS is gaining popularity with small and medium sized companies. Just how fast is shown by some recent surveys made available by AMI Partners.  AMI has forecast 25 percent compound annual growth for hosted business applications used by small and