Cloud is flexible. Because of this core reality, a second truism also comes to light i.e. there is no R in cloud, except there is. Because the cloud computing model of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ...

Generally speaking, up until now, the IT department’s responsibility has been to maintain the organisation’s infrastructure regardless of cost. With IT providing the backbone to any thriving business, ...

Perhaps the biggest story about cloud computing in 2009 was cloud computing itself. Even as some pundits continued to debate the definition of cloud computing, virtually every IT hardware, software ...

One of the most popular examples of cloud-based SaaS offerings are Google’s suite of productivity applications, including Gmail and Google Calendar. You've probably been hearing a lot about "the cloud ...

From security to ease of access, virtualization is a way of organizing cloud systems and successfully conducting business. Cloud computing is a viable option for many businesses. This ever-growing ...

Just as rumors that IBM is considering an acquisition of Sun Microsystems cropped up Wednesday, Sun announced a new cloud computing service that will compete against Amazon’s online storage and ...

Not so fast. Mainframes have more staying power than most understand. Let’s look at the realities of mainframe technology and the people who operate it. One of the things that has often driven me nuts ...