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Cloud Computing: Azure is Speedy but AWS is More ‘Enterprise-Complete’ and Continues to Dominate the Market

By Dick Weisinger

How do the major cloud computing infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) vendors stack up? Recent reports show, unsurprisingly, that Amazon’s AWS is the clear leader. Synergy Research reports that in Q2 2013 that Amazon

Software Developers: A Profile of the Modern-Day Developer

By Dick Weisinger

Forrester Research recently looked at the types of projects and technologies that software developers are currently working on to get an idea about which technologies are gaining traction and what kinds of applications we might expect in the near future.

Cloud Computing: Businesses Rethink Use of the Public Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

While Amazon’s public cloud has achieved great success, some businesses are becoming disillusioned with its services. A survey by RackSpace found that 60 percent of businesses using the public-cloud are considering pulling back from their use. 41 percent say they

Cloud Computing: Adopters are Looking for Ways to Achieve Business Innovation

By Dick Weisinger

$47.4 billion will be spent on global public IT cloud services in 2013, and that is expected to top $107 billion in 2017, growing at an annual rate of about 23.5 percent, according to IT research firm IDC. Today 56.9

Federal IT Budgets: Looking to the Cloud to Meet Budget Shortfalls

By Dick Weisinger

Federal IT spending is expected to drop at an annual rate of 2 percent through 2018. The spending level of about $112.5 billion in 2013 will drop to $102.1 billion in 2018. ECommerce Times reporter John K. Higgins quoted Kyra