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Cloud Computing: Companies Worry about Unexpected Costs and Fees

By Dick Weisinger

A major benefit of using the cloud is the potential for big cost savings.  On-demand services provide exceptional value for use cases that requires periodic use of computing resources. Estimating the costs of cloud computing can be tricky.  Just because

Cloud Computing: Interdependent Services Could Lead to Domino-Effect Failures

By Dick Weisinger

Cloud computing is supposed to make things cheaper and simpler.  In many cases that’s true.  But bigger businesses are finding that as they move more operations and services into the cloud, there begin to be difficult problems in globally managing

Government IT: Budgets to Shrink Over Coming Years

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner is predicting a drop in US government spending on IT by as much as 8 percent in 2013.  IT spending for 2012 is forecast to be $79.2 billion, but in 2013, that’s expected to slip to $75.2 billion.  In

Cloud Computing: Europe Lags US by Two Years

By Dick Weisinger

While businesses located all over the world are showing interest in cloud computing, special circumstances in Europe are slowing adoption there. Paolo Malinverno, Research Vice President at Gartner, said that “The opportunities for cloud computing value are valid all over the

Cloud Computing: Use of the Cloud and Mobile Improves Disaster Preparedness

By Dick Weisinger

Benefits liike greater flexibility and cost savings are often attributed to new technologies like virtualization, the cloud and mobile.  But there may be another hidden benefit for using these technologies.  That’s better preparedness for disasters.  A recent study by Symantec