cloud services

Leap second creates havoc for cloud computing services

Did the "leap second" get you down this weekend? Did the Amazon cloud computing services outage prevent you from watching old episodes of Louie on your iPad’s Netflix app? Us too. Between all of the service outages this weekend, you might have missed some prime Internet surfing time....

Why you need to care about trends in cloud computing

Every week, we scour the Web and give you a rundown of the week's best and brightest blog posts. This week we're serving up some analysis about DevOps in networking, the brain's preference in user interfaces,...

IT cost reduction strategies: Can cloud computing help?

Ah, yes, these are the heady days of Q3, which means that it's time to start working on your 2012 budget. Is your IT department feeling like a panhandler these days?

CIOs today are certainly no strangers to tough economic times and working up

Around the blogs: Release date of Windows 8 and losing talent

We've scoured the Web and compiled a crib sheet for the best and most interesting tidbits from around the IT blogosphere last week, including thoughts on the release date of Windows 8, the risks to info security when companies lost IT talent and how to make sure that you stay connected when the...

Failed promotion for Amazon cloud storage affects consumer confidence

It's one of those things that looks fantastic on paper: Introduce your cloud service to the consumer market by packaging it with a super-cheap, eagerly anticipated superstar's new album. Amazon did just that by...

Supporting cloud services is a quandary for IT

A CIO was recently approached by a business line manager about a problem with a cloud service. The manager asked if the CIO could help resolve the issue, and the CIO gave him a flat-out “No.” It is a sign of the struggle going on in many IT organizations: If users bypass IT to buy