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Cloud Storage Gateways: Linking to Data in the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

When it comes to data storage, most companies would prefer to keep their data on-premise under lock and key.  A report by CTERA Networks, the 2015 Enterprise Cloud Storage Survey found that nearly three quarters of enterprises prefer to store their data with a

Cloud Computing: Nearly One Third of IT Infrastructure Spending is Going to the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

Spending on cloud infrastructure now makes up 30 percent of total IT infrastructure according to IDC.  The estimate is based on numbers from first quarter 2015 and is a jump from 26.4 percent in first quarter 2014. Kuba Stolarski, Research

Cloud Computing: Executives Believe that the Cloud is Accelerating Innovation and Productivity

By Dick Weisinger

In an SAP-sponsored report, Oxford Economics found that: 69 percent of organizations are expected to make medium-sized to large investments in the cloud over the next three years 44 percent of enterprises are using the cloud to help create new

Cloud Computing: Cloud Transforms Shop Floor Manufacturing

By Dick Weisinger

“A central force in manufacturing innovation is the emergence of cloud technology,” is the conclusion of a white paper by Plex called The State of Manufacturing Technology. The report found that “the ability to connect and manage all the resources on

Cloud-based Data Warehousing: Snowflake, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Redshift

By Dick Weisinger

Data warehousing traditionally required a company to extract and download huge volumes of data from various business software systems into a central repository for analysis.  The process to prep the data was slow which meant that the analysis was always run against