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Cloud Computing and SOA: Converging Technologies

By Dick Weisinger

The Cloud and SOA.  Two technologies and two hot buzz words.  Now increasingly, analysts and architects are beginning to see the synergies that are possible by pairing the two.  The Cloud brings efficiencies of cost and scalability while SOA provides

Economics of Cloud Computing: When Does Moving to the Cloud Make Sense?

By Dick Weisinger

Moving IT operations to the cloud saves money when compared to using on-site computing facilities.  That’s a premise that’s increasingly believed, but the truth of which actually depends on a number of parameters.  A group of academics from the Pennsylvania

Cloud Computing: Community Clouds Begin to Gather

By Dick Weisinger

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines a Community Cloud as follows: The cloud infrastructure is shared by several organizations and supports a specific community that has shared concerns (e.g., mission, security requirements, policy,and compliance considerations). It may be

SaaS and Cloud Computing: CIO's Increasingly Marginalized

By Dick Weisinger

We reported recently that increasingly CFO’s are calling the shots for how IT budgets will be spent.  Parallel to that trend is the fact that more CIO’s are reporting directly to the CFO.  Now Liz Herbert, principal analyst at Forrester Research,

Cloud Computing: Cloud Governance Out of Control

By Dick Weisinger

There’s another survey out on cloud computing, this time by Avenade, a technology services company.  The results duplicate the results of a number of other similar surveys that have recently been made, but one result is worth looking into.  The