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Cloud Computing: IDC Predicts Cloud 2.0 to Continue to Drive Huge Growth

By Dick Weisinger

Spending on the Public Cloud is expected to tick upwards by nearly 25 percent this year to $122.5 billion, predicts IDC, a rate that is nearly seven times the overall growth rate for IT. Their report says to expect the

Cloud Computing and Security: Enterprises Do an About-Face and Embrace Public Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

Over the last few years the majority of businesses have done an about face on their thinking about the public cloud.  Security fears had led many to pursue implementing of private cloud infrastructure.  A new report from Intel Security says

Big Data in the Cloud: Businesses Deploy Big Data in the Cloud for Strategic Operations

By Dick Weisinger

In 2016, Big Data was a $130 billion market, estimates IDC.  Further, they expect the Big Data market to grow to $203 billion by 2020, a nealry 12 percent annual growth rate. A recent study by AtScale looked at businesses,

Cloud Computing: Public Cloud Gains Momentum. Azure Stumbles.

By Dick Weisinger

Use of cloud computing has become the norm for most businesses.  According to the Interop ITX 2016 State of Cloud Computing Survey, 70 percent of businesses are using SaaS, 57 percent are using IaaS, and 44 percent use PaaS. 15

Cloud Computing: Slowdown in Moore’s Law Promotes Move to the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

“Moore’s Law is slowing down,” says Urs Hölzle, Google’s senior vice president for technical infrastructure.  While developments like Quantum Computing might transfer Moore’s Law to a new generation of computing technology, that still is likely some time away.  Instead, in