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Latest Infrastructure Technology PostsSpeaking Cloud and ClearThursday, November 24th, 2011
Let us breathe, then, and draw in some of the new language this upheaval has brought into our revised realities. (more…) 
Cloud Cuts CarbonFriday, November 18th, 2011
We’ve said it before and we will again. Cloud computing is a saviour of sorts—and for more than just your bottom line and overtaxed systems. No, cloud computing has a larger calling than that. One might even say that cloud computing is poised to deliver the world to a finer place, one in which waste and excess are recalled as sins of a more reckless age. With this communal data-storage marvel, the carbon emissions that would otherwise be sent heavenward from a churning-away corporate entity can be slashed meaningfully, and the world thus scores a significant reduction to its reliance on carbon. (more…)
The Silver Lining Around Apple’s iCloudWednesday, October 26th, 2011
Apples recent public release of IOS5 and iCloud has been widely anticipated for quite some time. Yes…I know; “it’s not iPhone5″ you might say, but it is still a move forward in the Apple world and worth investigating. Up until now, there have been; let’s call them ‘deficiencies’ in mobility management for small or medium businesses. As with all things cloud, we are now one step closer to the technology utopia that we are all secretly dreaming about. Utopia may not be attainable, but I am tired of being plagued with evil thoughts when it comes to any sentence containing the words ‘iPhone’, ‘backup’, or ‘centralized’. Even now ‘iCringe’.
Leverage Resources to Help See Clearly Through The CloudTuesday, October 4th, 2011
Remote Desktop Services – The Secret Weapon for Small to Mid-Size BusinessTuesday, September 20th, 2011Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Services (RDS) have come to the forefront with RemoteApp, an RDP-based approach to serving published applications and desktops to the enterprise included in Windows 2008 R2. Now with the RDS server service role in Windows 2008 R2, you can host Applications that run on the server and get pushed to the desktop using the Remote Desktop protocol and Published Applications.
Cloud Standards 101Monday, September 12th, 2011 Are a new set of cloud standards starting to form? So it is with the developing shape of cloud computing. Definition is starting to emerge in the skies with the establishment of a set of standards seeking to best facilitate its adoption. Will they eliminate the confusion that currently shrouds the stuff? It’s a subject that’s scored a whack of attention from folks anxious to corral usability within manageable parameters. We take a look at some of the organizations trying to set the tone for this game changer. (more…)
Come Together: The Enduring Value of UCMonday, September 5th, 2011 Cloud computing - know your business No sooner have you draped yourself with the very latest in technological bling then the calendar pages catch the breeze and you’re out of step once more. Bellyache all you want, but this constant condition of obsolescence is par for the course in today’s ever-evolving technical landscape. It would be a tyranny to imagine keeping every last corner of your corporate house in technological currency. Still, it behooves all corporate citizens to take regular stock of the place, and to work to update at least the most outdated of their systems, regarding them particularly in light of how they support the shifting tasks and styles of the people who use them. (more…)
But Who Owns my Stuff? The Dropbox ExampleWednesday, August 31st, 2011 Will the Dropbox privacy storm abate? The storm began not in a teacup, but in a Dropbox, and it was a doozy. The Web-based file-hosting service that allows users to share files and photos across the Internet courtesy of cloud computing is still sweeping up from a summer squall that was set off with nothing more spectacular than some poorly chosen words. Dropbox set the leaves in motion in June when it sought to tweak its terms of service to better explain its position on a range of platforms, including the thorny business of its ownership of the data it hosts. But its reworked explanation just served to muddy the scene, arguably further damaging cloud computing technology’s more widespread adoption. (more…)
The Economics of the Cloud – Leaving the Horse Whip BehindThursday, August 25th, 2011 Predicting the effects of new technology can be a challenge Although it’s still early days, from a long-range historical point of view, the cloud has actually hovered above our various computer-powered preoccupations for a good few years now. Adoption rates for this game-changer motor ever forward, with bugs being identified and addressed, and capabilities being increasingly celebrated. But it’s worth noting that we remain far from an end point in our understanding of, and appreciation for, this paradigm-shifting newcomer to our daily lives. The Microsoft-produced white paper, The Economics of the Cloud (TK), offers some insight on how this new age might evolve, and urges its proponents to take the long view and see the underlying economics as having the biggest impact on long term take-up rates. (more…)
Heal Thyself, and Thy Technology InfrastructureMonday, February 8th, 2010
The tickle in the throat. The scratch in the chest. The leak in the nose. Far from down and out, you’re functioning just fine, thankyouverymuch. Still, there’s trouble around your edges and every reason to believe you could be performing at levels much closer to the top of your game. But wait. Before congratulating yourself on the wisdom that delivered tickly, scratchy, leaky you to the doctor’s office in pursuit of a clean bill, consider that other parts of your life could benefit from similarly preventative attention. An information technology health check is common sense, (more…)
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Sometimes, a revolution takes hold of a situation with such commanding force and resolve that its witnesses are barely able to catch their breath in the maelstrom—let alone get a handle on the terminology. So it has been with the all-consuming and increasingly endowed miracle that is the cloud.
It’s been said that there are only two things we as individuals can be certain of in life; death and taxes. From a business perspective, it’s clear we can also be certain about the ever changing face of technology. The life cycle of technology seems to be getting shorter. User demands continue to rise, new devices are being released at exponential rates, and software vendors spend more time talking about the next version than they do about the product that’s currently available; in an effort to start the process all over again. 
You know the feeling.