First, let me explain what the digital cloud actually is. Imagine a network of interconnected servers and data centers, all talking to one another and to your favorite digital devices over the ...

What is cloud computing? We recently asked a number of people in our industry, and got back a range of interesting, and sometimes self-referential, responses. According to our respondents, cloud ...

Generally speaking, up until now, the IT department’s responsibility has been to maintain the organisation’s infrastructure regardless of cost. With IT providing the backbone to any thriving business, ...

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Cloud computing will alter IT operations and costs, these changes mean that two very strong friction points for applications — resource provisioning and funding — will dwindle. What does this mean for ...

First, we have the ability to move services around as required by the architecture in support of the business. For example, we can move customer transaction processing from an on-premise application ...

Desktops are diversifying. Long after we all collectively moved off of the traditional desk desktop (i.e the mostly wooden one, where you might still keep your coffee, spectacles and pens these days), ...

Ask any five IT specialists what cloud computing is, and you’re likely to get five different answers. That’s partly because cloud computing is merely the latest, broadest development in a trend that’s ...