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U.S. Military Robots Of The Future: Visual Tour
April 25, 2012 09:10 AM Meet robots that fight fires, climb ladders, search for bombs, and race across the battlefield. The technological singularity is near, say military strategists.
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Five Predictions Concerning Cloud Computing
June 30, 2010 06:38 PM It may be presumptuous to make predictions about cloud computing, since the cloud has such little history and is almost all about future potential. But here are a few prognostications, based on trends that have established the current cloud-computing paradigm.
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The Effect of Cloud Computing On IT Staff
June 29, 2010 12:51 PM According to a new survey, there are significant discrepancies between what IT management thinks of cloud computing and the opinion of IT staffers. Is it because staffers view the cloud as a threat, and are they correct to do so?
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Cloud Computing: What's a Hybrid Cloud and Where Can I Get One?
June 25, 2010 06:41 PM Hybrid clouds are the Big Foot of cloud computing: tantalizing but difficult to conceive of and frustratingly elusive to the point of arousing deep skepticism on the part of potentially interested parties.
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Risk-Averse Verticals Embrace Cloud Computing
June 24, 2010 06:57 PM Two of the most risk-averse vertical industries recently announced big commitments to cloud computing. Does this mean the cloud's security challenges have been solved?
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The Role of IT Management In a Cloud Computing Future
June 23, 2010 08:52 PM Cloud computing won't displace the traditional IT organization, but it will change its mandate and function. IT managers must anticipate, and learn to accommodate, how their roles will evolve.
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Five Reasons for the Cloud Computing Boom
June 22, 2010 05:04 PM New market numbers show that cloud computing is not a fad and it's not a pipe dream. It's a bonafide IT phenomenon that points to the future of organizational computing.
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Performance Anxiety: What the Intuit Problem Tells Us About the Future of Cloud Computing
June 21, 2010 05:42 PM As with many things in life, like heart attacks or giant oil spills, certain problems aren't necessarily problems until they are. That seems to be the case with the issue of performance in cloud computing, to judge from the negative reactions to the Intuit outage last week. So what are the lessons to be learned from this snafu?
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Cloud Computing Expands Mandate, Influence
June 17, 2010 05:42 PM At this point in its evolution, cloud computing remains mostly identified with software-as-a-service (SaaS), infrastructure-as-a-service (including storage) (IaaS), and platform as a service (PaaS). But the cost effectiveness of virtualized, dispersed, multi-tenant computing services is making the cloud appropriate and appealing in all manner of digital arenas.
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The Worth of Cloud Computing
June 16, 2010 04:58 PM How do you measure the business value of cloud computing? Do traditional IT metrics like ROI and TCO apply? How can the benefits of business agility be applied to the bottom line?
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Government IT: Too Much Cloud, Too Soon?
June 15, 2010 06:12 PM A government oversight committee is asking questions about the fed CIO's rush to cloud computing. Could this put the brakes on government innovation in IT?
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Back To the Future of Cloud Computing
June 14, 2010 06:15 PM How is IT going to evolve over the next ten years, as we transition to the cloud? The Pew Research Center's latest survey has plenty of educated, insightful opinion on that topic, from the future of the desktop to escalating problems with security. Oh, and are you ready for the "Internet of things"?
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The Cloud's Secret Ingredient: Smartphones
June 11, 2010 04:04 PM A new survey reveals that many experts feel that cloud computing and smartphones go together like vodka and Red Bull. What does that mean for IT managers? Fasten your seat belts, we're in for a bumpy ride.
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The Cloud's Five Biggest Weaknesses
June 10, 2010 08:11 PM And security isn't at the top of list. In what areas is cloud computing still vulnerable? Hint: They aren't all technology related.
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Cloud Computing Is An Evolution of IT, Not An Overthrow
June 08, 2010 03:54 PM Despite the "inmates running the asylum" aspect of software-as-a-service, cloud computing should not be looked on as an overthrow or elimination of IT. For large organizations, it simply can't be. The challenge, then, is figuring out how to reconcile, integrate, and optimize, internal and external cloud capabilities.
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Cloud Computing: It's Time to Send In the Lawyers
June 04, 2010 02:36 PM You know a technology trend has reached a certain critical mass when the lawyers get involved. Cloud computing has reached that stage.
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The Cloud Wars Will Be Won Desktop By Desktop
June 03, 2010 07:05 PM When one thinks of software-as-a-service, you're likely to think of enterprise-type applications, like customer-relationship management (CRM) or human resource software. However, it is in the environment of personal productivity software, like word processing and spreadsheet applications, where the real cloud computing battles are likely to be fought (and won).
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Cloud Computing Is a Disruptive Business Process
June 02, 2010 05:13 PM Make no mistake, the cloud is a disruptive force in IT. Like the PC, which introduced the consumerization of IT, and the Internet, which networked the global village, the cloud represents a radical restructuring of how IT services are created and deployed. And with anything truly radical, there is a certain amount of pain that comes with the gain.
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Five Fundamentals of Cloud Engagement
June 01, 2010 04:17 PM There are five fundamental factors that potential users should make sure they explore when considering a cloud computing engagement. Here's the checklist, and the most important issues connected with each one.
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Government Is Out-Clouding the Private Sector
May 28, 2010 04:37 PM Are government agencies outpacing their corporate counterparts in cloud computing? That might seem to be the case, given the recent exposure around government cloud initiatives. However, it may be that governments and corporations have different agendas when it comes to the cloud.
By The Numbers
Base: 417 respondents at organizations using or planning to deploy data analytics, BI or statistical analysis software
Data: InformationWeek 2013 Analytics, Business Intelligence and Information Management Survey of 541 business technology professionals, October 2012
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