I read a great article on Microsoft’s new survey, “Cloud Computing and Sustainability: The Environmental Benefits of Moving to the Cloud.” In that study, Microsoft suggests that large businesses could cut their direct energy consumption and carbon emissions by up to 30% by moving certain on-premise applications into the cloud. From its study, Microsoft found… Read the full post

Found a wonderful little advice piece for small businesses weighing whether to migrate to cloud computing. I liked it so much because the advice is really simple and down to earth. There is no complicated and confusing IT jargon – which I bet you a dime to a dozen most small companies are unfamiliar with,… Read the full post

Again, as I’ve said before on this blog, if I had some extra cash…the money I could make in cloud-based stocks. For example, I could have made a bundle today on Baidu, Google’s platform rival in China. Shares shot up 3% for Baidu, and Google’s fell by that proportion, as it became more certain that… Read the full post

Do you have a vision of IT staff disappearing as cloud computing develops and ushers in more automation and self-functioning tools? This implies that there won’t be anything to manage in a network. In a recent InformationWeek blog that I came across, the author says that about three-quarters of the systems people she spoke with… Read the full post

Imagine yourself as an IT superman, and on your best day, configuring 50 or so desktops at your company. That would be pretty impressive, I’d say. Now, imagine process automation that can ramp up thousands of virtual machines in less than a month. In this age of virtualization, this is a reality now with products… Read the full post

Analysts Gartner released a report that says IT spending globally will grow this year a total of nearly 5% over 2009 and reach $3.4 trillion. From a “Great Recession” point of view, that’s good news because IT spend actually fell by nearly that much from 2008 to 2009. Plus, it’s a change from Gartner’s previous… Read the full post