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Cloud Computing: A Fast Ticket to Data Silo Sprawl (DSS)?

By Dick Weisinger

A recent survey from ScienceLogic found that a majority of IT executives expect that cloud computing will reduce the number of their company data silos.  Only 17 percent worried that cloud computing will actually increase the number of islands of

Green IT and Data Centers: Going Global in Acceptance

By Dick Weisinger

Increasingly C-level executives are saying that the Green IT movement has gotten their attention and it now ranks high among business priorities. Green IT, or Green Computing, refers to environmentally sustainable computing; it has broad goals of reducing the use

Cloud Storage: Storing Unstructured Data in the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

Unstructured data is growing at an unprecedented rate, and increasingly organizations are looking to cloud-based storage as an alternative for managing their unstructured data  eWeek’s Chris Preimesberger recently summarized the benefits and tips for cloud-based storage solutions. Cloud Storage Benefits Cloud

Cloud Computing: Open Source Standards for the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

It has been one year since NASA and Rackspace Hosting teamed up to launch an Open Source Apache-licensed project called OpenStack. The project aims to provide cloud standards that will ultimately provide cloud customers a non-proprietary path for  their cloud

Cloud Computing: Smaller Companies find Competitive Advantage

By Dick Weisinger

There is another survey out on cloud computing.  Clearly cloud computing is a hot topic and analysts are trying to capture the overall trends and direction of the technology. This new survey survey by GigaOm and North Bridge Venture Partners