The following is posted at the NIST Tech Beat Website The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued two new draft documents on cloud computing for public comment, including the first set of guidelines for managing security and privacy issues in cloud computing. The agency also has set up a new NIST Cloud […]
By SecurityWeek News on Jan 21, 2011 http://www.securityweek.com/cios-plan-adopt-cloud-services-faster-expected-cloud-marked-top-priority-2011 A worldwide CIO survey of 2,014 CIOs representing over $160 billion in corporate and public-sector IT spending across 50 countries and 38 industries, conducted by Gartner, revealed that CIOs’ IT budget projections for 2011 are globally flat, with a weighted average budget increase of 1 percent. While […]
Highlighting Early-Stage Companies at the Forefront of Technology On May 18th, the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium will unveil to the global CIO community its 2nd annual Innovation Showcase. The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is pleased to contribute to the MIT community’s long standing tradition of entrepreneurship by featuring the Innovation Showcase. The Innovation Showcase connects […]
The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is where top CIOs, technology leaders and IT professionals from around the world meet. For one day IT leaders network and explore how innovative technologies and leading-edge academic research can help address the practical challenges faced in today’s changing economy. The theme of the 2011 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is, […]
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This post was written by Barnard Crespi on January 5, 2011
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CIO — We’ve all heard the hype about a future of data-driven, always-connected devices where everything from cars to game consoles to refrigerators plays a role in the Internet of Things. We envision our household appliances tapped into the power grid, analyzing and fine-tuning electricity use. We expect our parked cars to one day use Wi-Fi to send traffic and weather forecasts to our office computers before we head out on the commute home.