The cloud has flattened the IT world. Where once every purchase decision needed to be run by IT first, now other business units are taking matters into their own hands – then going to IT when they run into problems.
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Worldwide cloud outages have users worried
Microsoft and Google took a little break from fighting over patches to have a shared moment of humility. Within the span of a few months, the two mega companies experienced prolonged worldwide cloud outages.
Cloud forecasting for 2015
According to a recent study, IT pros are going big in 2015 when it comes to cloud investments – and they’re looking for the people and services that can help them drive that cloud growth.
The Top 10 tech stories of 2014
Before we look ahead to next year’s challenges and promising developments, let’s take a look back at 2014’s biggest headlines.
6 keys for preventing cloud transition nightmares
Many organizations think that the prep work for a new cloud storage or hosting option is hardest part. But evaluating vendors, choosing a plan of attack and beginning the migration process can only be the beginning of companies’ problems.
Survey: Network outages are IT’s biggest issue
With so much data and so many services hosted in the cloud, IT has a very big problem on its hands: When networks are slow or unavailable, work could be, too.
Security’s an afterthought when it comes to the cloud
Most IT pros say that cloud decisions are rarely handled by the security team, and that’s a serious problem. No wonder they also say that the cloud adds risk.
Office 365 offers unlimited cloud storage
Both business and personal subscribers to Microsoft’s Office 365 are about to receive a huge expansion to their cloud storage. It’s going from one terabyte to unlimited space.
Yes, you can still trust the cloud … if you’re smart about it
Recent breaches have once again thrust an old question back into the spotlight: Can the cloud be trusted?
Most IT pros are now firm cloud believers
You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who still thinks of the cloud as a passing trend. But there are still IT pros who have some reservations – and with good reasons, too.