Can Your IT Department Survive: “No Word on When Power Will be Restored?”
In a recent ClickOnDetroit.com article entitled “Community Alert: 3,500 Without Power In Southfield” they explain how a simple outage can lead to the dreaded conclusion of “No word on when power will be restored.” It just continues to demonstrate that if you still have your production Information Technology equipment in an unprotected environment, your are [...]
Cloud Computing: Your Company’s Game Changer?
In the April 19th edition of NETWORKWORLD there is an article entitled “Cloud Computing is the big story at Interop Las Vegas”. The article written by Brad Reed states ”Clearly cloud computing is a game changer and it’s one technology that we think people should know about”. We at Online Tech feel the same way. [...]
Making Life Easier for IT Executives Upgrading Their Data Centers
In the March 22nd edition of NETWORKWORLD there is an article entitled “10 hot tools for the data center”. The article suggests that by implementing this list of the 10 hot tools it will make life easier for the IT executives who are upgrading their data centers. One of these tools costs as much as [...]
Can The Cloud Help Startups?
While reading an article in the March 22nd edition of NETWORKWORLD by Jon Brodkin entitled “DEMO start-ups for the cloud”, I made note of a particularly interesting quote by Jeff Crown, president of DEMO, presenter at VenueGen, that “ this is a tough time for start-ups looking raise venture capital.” Venture capitalists are looking for [...]
The Maturing Cloud: Is Your Organization Ready to Cross The Chasm?
At the IDC Directions 2010 conference a few weeks ago there was a presentation entitled “The Maturing Cloud: What it will take to Win” Frank Gens explained that the most significant growth opportunities in the IT market will be in cloud computing and Software as a Service ( SaaS ) solutions. He contends that this [...]
Commentary on The Evolution of Application Software Development
In the 3/26/10 article on the “Practical Advice on Saas Marketing” blog there is a great reference and comparison to how cars were built at the Ford Motor River Rouge complex and the evolution of application software development. Strange as that may seem, the article goes on to suggest that software development is on a [...]
Commentary on Network World’s Article on “Cisco Secures Mobile, Cloud Apps”
In the March 8, 2010 edition of NETWORK WORLD there is an article on page eight entitled “Cisco secures mobile, cloud apps”. The article talks in depth about Cisco’s announcement and launch of their Secure Borderless Networks initiative. Secure Borderless Networks is designed to provide “always on” security for mobile devices and establish controls over [...]
SaaS Drives Down The Cost of Computing In Education
In the 3/24/10 edition of the “Great Lakes Innovation and Technology Report” an article was written about Healthmaster Holdings LLC. Healthmaster Holding LLC is a company that provides electronic medical record software and Medicaid billing for schools. A quote from the article says, “The move to SaaS provides key advantages to school districts such as [...]
Why You Need A SaaS Strategy – Information Week Commentary
In the January 10, 2010 INFORMATION WEEK article written by Michael Biddick titled “Why you need a SaaS strategy” he writes, “Three-fourths of companies using SaaS consider application services extremely or critically important to their organizations, according to our InformationWeek Analytics survey of 281 business technologists, including 131 who now use SaaS. About one-third describe [...]
Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy: Where do you fit in?
By Bill Ryan on August 24, 2010
In the 5/3/10 InformationWeek article “Microsoft’s Cloud Plan: What’s In It For You?” by Chris Murphy, he says that Microsoft is all in. The article suggests they are actually trying to help people do what they really will need to do for the modern time. I guess if you are a complete Microsoft shop there [...]
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