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Cloud Computing: A Storage Dilema for Federal Agencies

By Dick Weisinger

Enterprises of all size are being hit hard by the huge growth in the amount of data they they need to manage.  And federal agencies are no exception.  Federal agencies are managing 14 times the amount of data that was

Cloud Computing: A Move Towards Reforming Privacy Laws

By Dick Weisinger

The laws governing the privacy of data stored in the cloud were written almost 24 years ago.  A lot has changed over those 24 years.  And now many cloud-based vendors are lobbying congress to update those laws to the reality

Open Source: SaaS Threatens the future of OS

By Dick Weisinger

Dries Buytaert, founder of the popular Open Source CMS Drupal product, says that cloud computing has done an ‘end run’ around the Open Source community.  His point is that while SaaS and Cloud computing is offering up a totally new

Records Management: NARA Warns Agencies About Cloud Computing

By Dick Weisinger

NARA has issued federal agencies guidelines and warnings about the use of cloud computing for managing their record keeping.  The Obama administration has encouraged agencies to consider adoption of cloud-computing.  In response, NARA has presented their perspective of how agencies

Cloud Computing: Can You Trust Your Data in the Cloud?

By Dick Weisinger

SaaS and cloud-based computing are one of the fastest growing sectors of IT.  Check the top five trends of almost any IT analyst and you’re almost certain to see SaaS and Cloud Computing in the list.  But despite the growth