Cloud Computing

Cloud Will Save U.S. Government Billions, But Security Concerns Persist

New study finds that government agencies can net substantial savings by moving mission-critical applications to the cloud, but security remains a top concern.

5 Enterprise Alternatives to Dropbox

The recent Dropbox data breach has many IT executives telling employees not to use it. These five products offer the administrative and security features that may restore their faith in cloud data storage.

Hudson shrinks IT department with move to cloud

iPads Lighten Load for Sales Staff At Boston Scientific

A new iPad strategy at Boston Scientific freed its sales staff from lugging around sales brochures. Finding the right cloud strategy, however, has proved more challenging.

How to Improve Application Performance and Reduce Latency

Web developers can no longer look at network latency and application performance as mutually exclusive concerns. Fortunately, there are several ways that developers can "hide" data transmission and computation so that user experience doesn&

5 Steps to Ensure Your Cloud Provider Is Ready for Ediscovery

Businesses need to be prepared when an ediscovery request is made pertaining to data being stored in the cloud. Here are five steps IT leaders can take to ensure that their cloud computing vendors don't get them into hot water when responding to

College group to slash printing costs by $800,000 over two years

History, IT Innovation and the Pace of Change

A visit to the English countryside gave CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden the chance to see Roman ruins, a medieval church and a replica of the first supercomputer. It wasn't until he returned home and saw a driverless car on a California freeway

Cloud Computing Confusion: Survey Says US is Clueless about Cloud

Cloud computing may be the hottest technology trend of 2012, but a new survey suggests many Americans don't even know what it is.

How VMware Plans to Conquer More of the Data Center

VMware, the leader in server virtualization, seeks to virtualize other aspects of the corporate data center, but faces several obstacles and competitors.