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How the Cloud Will Save the EconomyPosted by Marco D'Ercole, Friday, November 4th, 2011
In fact, the looming cloud heralding the next stage of corporate computing, the same one that’s sent nervous naysayers into all manner of anxious fits, has a broad silver lining that these fretful types probably haven’t considered. (more…) 
The Silver Lining Around Apple’s iCloudPosted by Infrastructure Team, Wednesday, 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’.
360 Visibility Inc. Wins A Pair of Prestigious Prizes In One WeekPosted by 360 Visibility, Thursday, October 20th, 2011
High-Performing Microsoft Gold Certified Partner wins Microsoft Partner of the Year – Ingram Micro (VTN) VentureTech Network Award; CEO recognized on Profit’s list of 100 top female entrepreneurs. Toronto, 20 October 2011 — It’s been a banner week for 360 Visibility and its CEO, Lynn Cooke. First, Cooke was recognized with a berth on Profit magazine’s W100 list, which celebrates successful Canadian female entrepreneurs. Next, the company Cooke co-founded with Marco D’Ercole was selected by Microsoft for its esteemed Ingram Micro (VTN) – Microsoft Partner of the Year Award.
Go Cloud, Save the WorldPosted by Lynn Cooke, Friday, October 14th, 2011
With more and more organizations opting to store their data on cloud computing systems rather than under their own roofs, outsourcing data centres are springing up like mushrooms to answer the demand. (more…)
There’s Safety in the Cloud After AllPosted by Marco D'Ercole, Friday, October 7th, 2011 It’s not unheard of, the idea of people embracing the very thing that once sent them into spirited flight. Consider the broccoli example. Consider, too, the very prickly subject of cloud security, heretofore much maligned for its apparently inherently contained contradiction but, in a recent show of enlightenment, perhaps rewritten as saviour rather than villain. Big Picture Author In this Wall Street Journal article, a big-picture pundit introduces the extraordinary idea that the cloud may in fact be the safest place to store our data, the deafening cries that have long argued the opposite notwithstanding. (more…)
Leverage Resources to Help See Clearly Through The CloudPosted by Infrastructure Team, Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
10 Things You Need to Know About PSOs, PSAs and CRMsPosted by Lynn Cooke, Wednesday, September 28th, 2011  10 Things you need to know about PSOs 1. The global PSA software market will hit a staggering $7.63 billion by the year 2017, according to new research from Global Industry Analysts, Inc. The news is surprising, considering the hit this market took during the recent global economic dip, as those companies purchasing such products opted to hold back their purse in infrastructure-enhancing purchases. 2. The tide is turning on this front in a significant way. Indeed, PSA software suites are increasingly emerging as bona-fide recession-proofers for corporate IT department principals inside professional services organizations anxious not to suffer the same shortfalls again. (more…)
Remote Desktop Services – The Secret Weapon for Small to Mid-Size BusinessPosted by Infrastructure Team, Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 Microsoft’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 101Posted by Marco D'Ercole, Monday, 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 UCPosted by Marco D'Ercole, Monday, 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…)
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According to clean tech market research and consulting firm Pike Research, the delirious reassignment of corporations’ computing operations from in-house equipment to the cloud could well prove a boon to more than just the bottom line of the business in question.
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.