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Cloud Computing in China

By Panha Chheng, iSoftStone – Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives For the proponents of cloud computing, China represents a vast landscape of potential, as well as a new, complex set of challenges. Its potential comes from the sheer number of Chinese companies and public sector entities who view cloud computing not merely as a cost-savings […]

May 10 Videocast With Cloud-Security Experts

Ensuring data security in the cloud is one of the most heated topics for IT executives so far this year. In fact, many wonder whether the two really can co-exist and if so, how they can fulfill the seemingly conflicting missions—gaining the flexibility and efficiencies of cloud computing and also protecting enterprise data? To address […]

MIT Panel to discuss New IT Innovation Models in the Digital Business World

The 8th annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is fast approaching. On May 18, this one-day, international conference for CIOs and IT leaders, will take place on MIT campus. In plenary sessions as well as more intimate panels, leading academics from MIT join CIOs from leading companies including Brad Peterson,CIO, Charles Schwab, Kirsten O. Wolberg, CIO, […]

KPMG survey: Executives have their “heads in the Cloud”

by Rob Starr, Big4.com Staff Reporter February 20th, 2011 According to results of a survey by KPMG LLP, business and government executives expect their organizations to use Cloud computing within the next two years. In fact, 79 percent of executives, middle managers and staff said the Cloud is an option to make enterprises more agile […]

Name that “Cloud” Quote

There was a time when every household, town, farm or village had its own water well. Today, shared public utilities give us access to clean water by simply turning on the tap; cloud computing works in a similar fashion. Just like water from the tap in your kitchen, cloud computing services can be turned on […]