/// Archive for: Cloud
Sage One takes accounting to the cloud
Sage, the old-fashioned software goliath, has joined the modern world by launching a software-as-as-service (SaaS) accounting package. Sage One, which is aimed at sole traders...
Commoditising IT to differentiate your business
Just as offshore outsourcing was greeted with suspicion and scepticism in the late 90’s, the concept of putting business critical applications into the cloud has...
Less cloud, more cloud computing clarity please
Like the runaway bus in Speed, ‘cloud’ looks set to dominate the news agenda throughout 2011. We’re only just passed the midpoint of January and...
Redstor introduces three online cloud storage services
There are several kinds of cloud computing service offerings masquerading behind a growingly confusing array of acronyms (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, DaaS, anyone?). One of the...
The sky’s on the horizon for global law firms
The effective storage, management, and security of data continues to be a priority for IT decision-maker in the legal profession. New challenges mean law firms...
PCI DSS compliance in the cloud
The PCI Security Standards Council – a global industry standards body managing PCI DSS – has announced the start of Phase Two of the standards...
Google Apps isn’t “business grade”
Change is hard. The adult human likes what they know, and feels quite uncomfortable when they are in unfamiliar territory. Just think about when you...
Finding the G-Cloud
A report released this month by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has investigated the utility and applicability of cloud services for governments...
Oracle patching needs fixing
Oracle patching needs fixing. In the past, Oracle provided a solid process of receiving reports, validating and scheduling fixes. Oracle had a lot of momentum...
Springpad is so much more than Evernote Lite
Evernote is quickly becoming the de facto note taking and webclipping service on the web and mobile devices, and quite deservedly so. The manner in...
How Salesforce.com has changed and how to make the most of it within your organisation
As you may know back in December Dreamforce 2010 kicked off in San Francisco with an opening speech by former President Clinton and live entertainment...
UK cloud regulation services are a step ahead of the Australian government
Security, legal and contractual concerns associated with the Cloud have been communicated by the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) in a recent discussion paper....
Salesforce’s DimDim buy: A typical proprietary move
Many have probably seen that Salesforce.com has acquired web conferencing tools provider DimDim for $31m. (The rumors of this deal had been percolating since before...
Amazon raises the bar and lowers the cost
As the public cloud space becomes an arena for competition, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing pioneer, has set the standard even higher. With...
The Internet Evolved
We are witnessing the next major evolution of the Internet with a switch in focus from delivering content to delivering capability. We are moving to...
