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Cloud Computing: Are Cloud Standards Standardizing the Cloud?

By Dick Weisinger

The adoption of standards for a particular market can be  a good thing.  The ISO standards body, for example, notes some of the benefits of standards are that they can help make business operations more efficient, they can result in

Cloud Computing: Shrinking Budgets and Increased Efficiencies Lead DoD to Transition Unclassified Email to the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

In an effort to save money and to modernize systems, the Department of Defense (DoD) has embraced the cloud for handling unclassified emails.  In early March, the DoD migrated the one-millionth user onto a new cloud-based email system, DOD Enterprise

Cloud Computing: Country Rankings for Cloud Readiness

By Dick Weisinger

Globally, where’s the best place to start a cloud-computing business?  That’s a question BSA asked.  Their research evaluated characteristics of different countries that included data privacy, cybersecurity, cybercrime, intellectual property, technology inter-operability and legal harmonisation, free trade and information and

Cloud Computing: Mobile and Social Help CRM Power Past ERP to Become Top IT Spending Category

By Dick Weisinger

ERP has dropped as the top IT priority for most businesses.  CRM, rather than previous front-leader ERP, is now the top IT investment priority for businesses.  The top three priorities are now CRM, ERP, and office productivity tools.  The Gartner

Cloud Computing Security: Is it getting Better or Worse?

By Dick Weisinger

Perhaps the biggest concerns voiced about Cloud Computing is the worry about the security of data managed by the exposure of the cloud servers to the internet.  With daily headlines of data breaches occurring, there is obviously a need to