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SaaS: IDC Questions Cost Effectiveness of SaaS

By Dick Weisinger

The delivery of applications via SaaS saw exceptional growth in 2009, and many analysts expect similar growth for SaaS in 2010. A recent survey by GlassHouse found that 60 percent of CIOs already have used or are planning SaaS/Cloud Computing…

Scanning: 2010 Data Capture Trends

By Dick Weisinger

AIIM recently highlighted trends in data capture.  It is a great free report.  Here are a few of those highlights: Today only 38 percent of paper-originated documents are being scan captured. Most organizations have or are in the process of…

Compliance: High Failure Rate of DB Security Audits

By Dick Weisinger

Tough times and lean IT budgets mean that many companies are skimping on data security. And that has led to what some are calling a crisis in data security. For example, nearly 40 percent of enterprises fail internal audits of…

Storage: Private Storage Clouds

By Dick Weisinger

Amazon S3 and other public storage offerings have popularized the public storage cloud.  But companies are investigating cost savings that can be derived from their own private versions of cloud storage. Many storage vendors are offering private cloud storage.  The…

Social Computing: Followers versus Fans — Same, but Different

By Dick Weisinger

Two of the hottest social computing technologies going today are Twitter and FaceBook.  Twitter has its followers and Facebook has fans.  And businesses are doing their darnedest to turn the knobs of these high-tech tools to steer as many fans…