The rapid rise of cloud computing has been driven by the benefits it delivers: huge cost savings with low initial investment, ease of adoption, operational efficiency, elasticity and scalability, on-demand resources, and the use of equipment that is largely abstracted from the user and enterprise. Of course, these cloud computing benefits all come with an array of new challenges and decisions. That’s partly because cloud products and services are being introduced in increasingly varied forms … [Read more...]

With the skyrocketing popularity of cloud computing, and with every major vendor talking about cloud strategy, have we reached the point where business software is approaching obsolescence? The short answer, in my opinion, is “no.” In this article we’ll look at reasons why the cloud is going to present new opportunities for business software to reach markets that the on-premise version might not, but also at why those on-premise applications will be around for years to come. The … [Read more...]

What is Managed IT Services? The term “Managed Information Technology Services” covers a range of product offerings that busy IT departments can take advantage of. Third parties offer managed IT services as a way to outsource some aspects of the IT infrastructure in order to save money, cut down on mundane tasks and focus a business’ technology resources and investment on corporate directives instead of day-to-day operations. Some managed services include: *Database … [Read more...]

How many cloud computing companies can you name offhand? Five? Ten? Maybe even twenty?  Do you ever stop to think about how saturated the cloud computing industry has become? In the US, there are well over 100 companies delivering some type of cloud services, be it in the form of storage, PaaS, IaaS, SaaS, or a mix of these offerings.  This market is one of the most competitive new technology industries in the world right now, and with projections for the global cloud industry ranging anywhere … [Read more...]

Internet phone service has slowly taken the market share from the conventional phone services. It has offered many features to its customers that were not offered by landline or cellular networks. Similarly, cloud computing has also taken the world of data centers by storm. Modern VoIP phone service providers are switching to cloud computing for several reasons. Let us have a look at what cloud computing is and how is it playing an important role in future of the VoIP service industry. What … [Read more...]