Corporate IT may no longer be cheapest purveyor of application hosting, infrastructure, storage and other services.
Tags: IT, Cloud Computing, Enterprise, Economics
64% of CIOs Cite Poor End-User Experience as Biggest Management Concern With Cloud Computing
Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Aug 1, 2013
Tags: Management, Cloud Computing, CIOs, End-User Experience, Concern
As virtualization becomes more affordable and easier to manage, even the smallest IT shops are finding value in the virtual world. Small businesses process and store data.
Tags: Virtualization, SMBs
Here is a list of questions you should consider asking when developing your cloud strategy
Tags: Tips, Navigating Cloud Computing
Researchers Create Optical Switch With Graphene Semiconductor, Could Boost Internet Speeds
Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Jul 28, 2013
“We’ve seen an ultrafast optical response rate, using ‘few-layer graphene’ has exciting applications for the development of high speed optoelectronic components based on graphene. This fast response is in the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum, where many applications in telecommunications, security and also medicine are currently developing and affecting our society.”
Dr. Enrico Da Como, Lead researcher
Tags: Researchers, Optical Switch, Graphene Semiconductor, Internet Speeds
Apple unveils 18-megawatt solar farm to power cloud data center
Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Jul 27, 2013
Apple Inc. (NSQ:AAPL) said it plans to build a new solar farm with NV Energy Inc (NYS:NVE) for power supply to its new data center in Reno, Nevada, a major step towards its goal of having its data centers run on renewable energy.
Tags: Data Center, Cloud, Power, Apple, 18-megawatt solar farm
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LinkedIn’s domain name was temporarily redirected to a third-party server Thursday. This resulted in a service outage and potentially put user accounts at risk of compromise.
LinkedIn provides a a useful service for professional interaction, yes, but it could be done so much better.
Tags: LinkedIn, outage, security concerns