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Cloud Computing: Obama Pushes Towards the Cloud. Government Agencies Push Back.

By Dick Weisinger

The federal government has begun a review of its data centers with the goal of consolidating the facilities to achieve greater efficiency.  The government is also trying to see if it’s possible to consolidate data center usage among multiple agencies.…

Cloud Computing: Actual Growth is Living up to Hype

By Dick Weisinger

Worldwide cloud services will reach $68.3 billion in revenues this year, up 16.6 percent from $58.6 billion last year, and by 2014 revenues will climb to as much as $148.8 billion.  It seems to be a clear sign that the…

IT Spending: Despite Euro Woes IT Spending Picks Up

By Dick Weisinger

2010 hasn’t been a good year for the economies of Europe.  The Euro is down by as much as 25 percent from year ago values.  But despite those troubles, IT spending looks as if it will be on the upbound…

Health Records: Security Data Management Top Priority for Health IT

By Dick Weisinger

Security Data Management is a top concern of global Hospitals.  In a survey taken by UK-based Bridgehead Software, hospitals selected their top three priorities as follows: 44 percent – Disaster Recovery 38 percent – Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)…

Compliance: Has it Been Worth it?

By Dick Weisinger

Sarbanes Oxley.  It’s eight years since it has been on the books.  Small companies have tried their hardest to avoid having to comply with it.   Many large companies have questioned whether it was worth it.  And foreign companies have…