Features

• Opinion: IT innovation won't be slowed by Cloud concerns

  By Bernard Golden | 31 May, 2012 15:12

  Those who continue to deem the Cloud "rogue IT" fail to see the forest for the trees, according to Bernard Golden. Institutions dead set in their ways should prepare to see smaller, more innovative firms embrace the cloud and race past them.

• Is the Cloud really ready for prime time?

  By Brandon Butler | 31 May, 2012 15:44

  Coupa, a 2006 startup that helps more than 200 customer companies manage purchasing and procurement, doesn't own any IT infrastructure - it is run completely from the Amazon Web Service Cloud.

• Disaster recovery: Save the day

  By Patrick Budmar | 28 May, 2012 11:39

  2011 was a bad year for natural disasters. Several nations were rocked either by earthquakes, tidal waves, or floods. There was even a nuclear accident. But has the tumultuous year convinced businesses to bolster their disaster recovery?

• Tech Watch: Who watches the datacentre?

  By Patrick Budmar | 28 May, 2012 10:58

  The proliferation of datacentres around the world has made the Cloud not only accessible, but also affordable in the process. However, the issue of data sovereignty, the location of where the data is stored, has been an inhibitor.

• CISCO GLOBAL PARTNER SUMMIT 2012: Final wrap - In it to win it

  By Hafizah Osman | 28 May, 2012 08:37

  The message to Cisco’s partners was simple: In it to win it.

• WWDC 2012 forecast: Cloudy with a chance of new MacBooks

  By Ian Paul | 16 May, 2012 04:16

  Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is less than one month away, and speculation is high about whether Apple will announce new iCloud features, refreshed MacBook Pros, overhauled versions of iOS and OS X and maybe even a new smartphone during the conference.

• The IT paradox: A diminished role in technology, but greater clout in the business

  By Nicholas D. Evans | 08 May, 2012 00:08

  There is a paradox in the technology that IT employs and deploys. As it becomes easier to use and simpler to manage, it is actually increasing in complexity. And there is a paradox within this paradox concerning how IT relates to the business. More on that in a bit.

• From IT to ET: Cloud, consumerisation, and the next wave of IT transformation

  By Johna Till Johnson | 23 April, 2012 21:32

  IT as we know it is over.

• Four critical trends in IT business continuity

  By Bob Violino | 03 April, 2012 00:28

  In IT, failure is not an option. Not surprisingly, organizations have made it a high priority to develop and implement reliable business continuity plans to ensure that IT services are always available to internal users and outside customers.

• Is there a 'best' way to set up your private Cloud storage?

  By Jon Gold | 28 March, 2012 06:24

  Given that Cloud computing is still emerging, it shouldn't come as a surprise that opinions vary widely on the best way to architect the storage. In fact, it seems likely that there is no such panacea - different types of private Cloud almost always require different approaches.

• iPhoto vs. Photoshop Touch on the new iPad: Consume or create?

  By Michelle Mastin | 23 March, 2012 00:41

  The Retina display on the new iPad is one of the tablet's defining features, and it makes the device ideally suited for multimedia work, including image editing. Apple’s new iPhoto app and Adobe’s Photoshop Touch are taking advantage of that opportunity by bringing powerful photo editing and sharing tools to the iPad.

• This year's mobile screens will stun and amaze

  By Mike Elgan | 06 March, 2012 02:28

  It seems like all phones and all tablets do all things for all people these days. Every single smartphone and touch tablet has become just about everything anyone could ever want in a mobile device.

• Three tips for using Cloud services to extend your data center

  By Jim Buchanan | 28 February, 2012 11:37

  Cloud technology is emerging as a viable option for companies that want to cut costs, increase agility or augment their own IT resources without building out new infrastructure - or all of the above. But deciding which type of service is the best fit for your specific needs and ensuring the new cloud offerings play nice with your existing application mix is a challenge, to say the least.

• How Cloud computing is forcing IT evolution

  By Bernard Golden | 02 March, 2012 03:15

  I had the privilege of chairing the infrastructure track at last week's Cloud Connect conference. Three of the presentations were particularly interesting, offering a good perspective on just how dramatic an effect cloud computing is having on IT. Summed up, the capability and agility of cloud computing is forcing an extremely rapid evolution.

• OS X Mountain Lion: A big cat for business?

  By Ryan Faas | 19 February, 2012 09:13

  Apple surprised the tech world by unveiling a developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion, the next generation of its desktop operating system set to ship this summer - just a year after OS X 10.7 Lion arrived.