Cloud Computing

Why Cloud Computing Is Good for the Environment

Do you need another reason to investigate cloud computing? It turns out that cloud computing is not only good for business, it's also good for the environment.

Top B&L Blog Posts for October

The Top 5 Blog Posts from B&L Associates for October 2010.

How the Cloud Is Spurring Reform of Federal Law

The cloud is bringing endless efficiencies to business and consumers, however it also brings up challenging privacy and law enforcement issues that need to be addressed.

IT Pros Embrace the Cloud, But Security Is Still an Issue

While perceptions about security and integration continue to arise in big picture discussions about cloud computing, a survey of IT pros paints a different picture about the nimbus once an organization commits to the technology.

The (5.2 Billion-Dollar) Future of the Mobile Cloud

Mobile devices will be playing a major role in the expansion of cloud computing in the coming years, according to ABI Research, a technology analysis and forecasting firm based in New York City. In a report released earlier this...

How the Cloud Cuts Costs

Anyone with even the faintest brush with economics knows about the magic of scale. Actually, there’s noting magic about it at all. The principle is simple: the more of something you produce, the less it costs to produce it....

Should the cloud be more regulated?

Should the federal government regulate the cloud? Apparently, Microsoft thinks so. Softzilla is asking Congress to pass legislation to regulate cloud computing.

Development & Testing May Be a Rich Area for the Cloud

It’s been estimated that 50 percent of the typical enterprise’s technology infrastructure is reserved for development and testing. Thing is, 90 percent of the time those reserved resources are idle. If that sounds to you like a problem dying...

Five Future Developments for Greener IT

  For years many corporations have been content to pick the low-hanging fruit when it comes to green computing. Now the time has come to move the process to the next level. What does that mean? Here are five...

Cloud Fails to Win Hearts & Minds of Consumers

Cloud computing–the ability to perform online functions typically in the domain of the desktop–has created a deafening buzz in corporate circles but consumers appear to be less than enamored with the technology. A recent Harris Interactive poll, for instance,...