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Cloud Computing and SaaS: Reasons Why So Many Businesses are Satisfied

By Dick Weisinger

While there are reasons to complain about SaaS-deployed software, like poor customer service and worries about security, the benefits appear to be out-weighing the negatives.  In fact, a recent survey by TechRepublic found that an overwhelming 91 percent of organizations using

Cloud Computing: As Businesses Move to the Cloud, Private Clouds Gain Popularity

By Dick Weisinger

IDC estimates that global private cloud spending was $5.5 billion 2012, compared to $40 billion being spent on public clouds. IDC’s prediction of private cloud spending for this year of $9.1 billion is a 64 percent over 2012.  By 2016,

Cloud Computing: Blistering Growth Projected for IaaS in 2013

By Dick Weisinger

The global public cloud computing market will grow 18.5% in 2013 to $131 billion, up from $111 billion in 2012, according to Gartner analysts. So cloud computing is hot, and some sectors of the market are boiling.  Infrastructure as a

Cloud Computing: Cloud Security and Messaging Poised for Rapid Growth

By Dick Weisinger

Increasingly businesses are migrating their applications and pieces of their IT infrastructure to the cloud. Bryan Britz, research director at Gartner, said that “Public cloud adoption is accelerating and public cloud services do, and will, cannibalize IT services spending in the

Cloud Computing: On-Premise versus Cloud uptimes

By Dick Weisinger

While having all your applications running in your own data center may give you a better sense of control compared to a scenario where they’re running in the cloud, the uptimes of major cloud players typically exceed the uptimes provided