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Cloud Computing: EU Announces Support for the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

In the US, the Obama administration over the last year has been pushing cloud computing hard across federal agencies.  Now in the EU, a similar call is being made for European governments to adopt cloud computing. Neelie Kroes, Vice President

Cloud Computing: Engineers and Manufacturers Feel the Force of the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

Cloud computing and Social Computing technologies are beginning to have an effect on the areas of Engineering and Manufacturing. Just one example of this trend is the announcement by AutoDesk in December that they are entering the Product Lifecycle Management

Cloud Computing: The Easy Stuff is Done with Tough Challenges Ahead

By Dick Weisinger

For the cloud, “the easy stuff is done,” declared Art Wittman in an InformationWeek wrap-up article re-capping the technology highlights for 2012.  Challenges in the areas of integration and security lie ahead for the cloud.  And those challenges are beginning to

Cloud Computing: DoD Mandates a Migration to the Private-Sector Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

The FY2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes detailed instructions for how Congress wishes the DoD  to fund IT initiatives, and it contains specific instructions that affect how agencies under the DoD can employ cloud services. Many of the instruction

Mobile + Social + Cloud == A new Post-Modern World of Technology

By Dick Weisinger

The world has moved into a new era, declared Gartner’s Peter Sonderguard, senior vice president of research at Gartner,  at the Gartner Symposium 2011 held in Orlando in November.  “This new era brings with it urgent and compelling forces. They