Cloud computing, consumerization and mobility are blurring the boundaries...
If turning back the tide is not an option, where should organizations start?Once upon a time, work was very much a nine-to-five thing. Of course there were exceptions – workaholics who couldn't leave...
View ArticleAs the cloud, social media and mobile come together, IT is becoming a service...
At no other time since the introduction of the personal computer has enterprise IT undergone as monumental of a shift as it is now. Traditionally thought of as a control center first and service...
View ArticleAntisocial networking - balancing the benefits with the risks
A few weeks ago I was speaking to a travel-related site about some flight bookings. The person on the other end of the line was inordinately helpful, to the extent that they gave a first name I could...
View ArticleSafe Clouds, Many Clouds: How to Get There
The first hospital in Las Vegas was a tent with two doctors. These doctors were generalists that did everything, and they did their best to meet the needs of patients. But, you essentially went to the...
View ArticleHe Said, She Said: IT & employees at odds over cloud apps
The show floor at Cloud Expo West this week is buzzing with discussion around securing data in the cloud. It’s no wonder when you consider just how comfortable employees are tossing corporate data in...
View ArticleShould you be afraid of the big bad data?
Throughout recent decades, cybercriminals have proved to be pretty adept at turning innocent technologies to dastardly ends. From Word macros to Google docs, email to cloud-based processing, each time...
View ArticleSecurity From Cloud Today Can Grow Your Business Tomorrow
There’s a lot of talk about cloud security be it (1) security for the cloud, which protects your cloud initiatives such as data stored in the cloud or (2) security from the cloud, also known as...
View ArticleCloud computing and the utilisation imperative
Concerned about the relative costs of cloud computing? Released earlier this year is a joint report from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Joint Information Systems...
View ArticleHome working – getting the balance right
Home working was once the domain of the few, from teachers with stacks of exercise books, to executives taking home briefcases full of paperwork. In general, the ‘work’ was limited to what people could...
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