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Cloud Computing: Four Trends for 2014

By Dick Weisinger

Werner Vogels, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Amazon.com, recently described to the Guardian the top four trends that he sees for Cloud Computing in 2014. Cloud content will follow you wherever you go.  Data in the  cloud means that

Platform as a Service (PaaS): One way to Cut Infrastructure Costs and Speed Application Development

By Dick Weisinger

The public platform-as a service (PaaS) market is expected to double in the next four years, according to research by IDC. PaaS cloud-based provider services include a base computing stack of components, that include the hardware, operating systems, storage, and

Cloud Computing: Open Source OpenStack Gains Traction But Still is Rough Around the Edge

By Dick Weisinger

OpenStack is an Open Source infrastructure product for creating private cloud environments. It’s currently received considerable buzz in the media and is supported by vendors like HP, Red Hat, Cisco and IBM. More than 64 different companies have contributed to

Cloud-Based Security: Growth of Cloud Security Surges

By Dick Weisinger

The cloud-based security market is expected to reach $4.13 billion by 2017, according to a report by Gartner. The cloud-based security market includes secure email or web gateways, identity and access management (IAM), remote vulnerability assessment, security information and event

Cloud ERP: Businesses Ready to Move Mission Critical to the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

70 percent of businesses say that the benefits of cloud computing are enticing them into considering a move of at least some of their mission-critical applications to the cloud within a year. This is happening despite nagging concerns these same