Data

Gentlemen, Start Your Cloud Predictions

 In keeping with our end-of-the-year-predictions theme, it’s time once again to crank up the crystal balls and make fearless predictions about what will happen in the coming year. This time we look at cloud computing.

Who you gonna trust? Apparently not Google.

As Google tries to expand beyond the search engine business, it’s meeting resistance from some IT quarters. On the surface it may seem that IT managers are worrying about their job security as the King of Search tries to...

Why Cloud Computing Makes Sense…for Some.

One of the key selling points of cloud computing is that a company can pick and choose IT services from a provider (or, ideally, several providers) as needed, but not have to invest in building up its own IT...

A Cloud by Any Other Name…

Cloud computing: is it the best new IT idea today or just a shiny repackaging of familiar services? The answer likely depends on who you talk to. Debate over the virtues of cloud computing has received a good deal...

Preparing for Disaster

I was reading an article today that perfectly outlines the importance of developing a solid disaster recovery plan. It provides some do’s and don’ts about disaster recovery. I especially liked their Top 10 Tips. Of course, the one that...

Why are organizations still losing data?

Every time I see a headline about another organization losing customer data the only question I have is: how? Seriously. How in this day and age with all the technology we possess are companies still losing data and tapes? B&L...

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

I’ve been reading about data portability as it applies to social technologies. The basic idea is that with so many social technologies out there, people are trying to create interfaces that brings them all together and negate having to visit...