As cloud computing in Europe continues to thrive, a recent study found the vast majority of organizations in the UK that are already using the technology, are happy with their services and will expand investment in the cloud going forward. In a survey of 450 end-user UK organizations from a variety of industries conducted by…
Read MoreAs IT budgets continue to unfreeze and small- and medium-sized businesses find themselves with a little more spending money, many are turning to cloud computing solutions to enhance their operations. According to a recent study by IT social business Spiceworks, cloud adoption among SMBs has doubled in the last six months. As of the first…
Read MoreIn an effort to promote future growth of cloud computing and establish a set of international rules governing its development, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers recently announced the launch of two working groups created to draft a set of cloud standards. Under the Cloud Computing Initiative, the IEEE has established the IEEE P2301…
Read MoreGlobal IT firm IBM recently published a study suggesting companies may wish to pay attention to cloud computing security to avoid increasingly sophisticated threats. The report, called the X-Force 2010 Trend and Risk Report, examined a variety of IT security threats affecting organizations in both the public and private sectors during 2010. Research for the…
Read MoreA significant proportion of medium- and large-sized enterprise IT organizations overlook data storage requirements when implementing virtualization of their IT operating environments, according to a recent study conducted by DataCore. The study, which examined data from 450 IT organizations in North America and Europe, found approximately 43 percent of companies did not anticipate the costs…
Read MoreCloud adoption among small- and medium-sized businesses is expected to increase over the next three years, as SMBs turn to the technology to leverage potential cost savings and other benefits
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