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Federal Cloud Computing: Mixed Reviews on CloudFirst Progress – Security Concerns are a Road Block

By Dick Weisinger

Last year the US Federal government spent nearly $2 billion on cloud computing according to IDC.  The Federal government is attempting to implement a CloudFirst policy which it says that “our responsibility in government is to achieve the significant cost, agility and innovation

Cloud Computing: We’re All Creating Our Own Personal Cloud Blend Says Gartner

By Dick Weisinger

Cloud computing comes in a variety of flavors.  There’s public, private, and hybrid.  But now, some are talking about the “Personal Cloud“.  It’s a term that Gartner and some analysts are using to describe cloud data and services that are accessible

Cloud Computing: IDC Says the “Second Wave” of the Cloud is Coming but Only 1 Percent Fully Prepared

By Dick Weisinger

Businesses no longer see the cloud as just a way to reduce costs.  They are turning to the cloud to achieve innovation, growth and disruption, according to a new report by IDC sponsored by Cisco. The report said that companies

Cloud Computing: Governments Ripe for the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

All levels of government are expected to move their data from legacy on-premise systems to the cloud from now until 2020, according to a survey by Socrata and sponsored by EMC Research. 79 percent of government agencies say that most

Hybrid Cloud Computing: Still Five Years Before Commonly Used

By Dick Weisinger

Autonomous Vehicles and the Internet of Things (IoT) are cited as being at the peak of inflated expectations in Gartner’s 2015 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies.  Hybrid Cloud Computing also shows up on the list, but it’s moved significantly past its point