With the rise in popularity of cloud based storage come a growing list of terms all you IT pros should get a handle on.  Here are the top 10 from SearchCloudStorage and their definitions.   Full Story

Are we starting to see the demise of file servers…  Is file sharing in the cloud taking over.  A recent report on SearchCloudStorage highlights a few consumers who seem to think so. Full Story

Enterprises often overestimate their cloud knowledge, and that?s causing many private clouds to stall before they even get off the ground. Full Story

Research in Motion (RIM) have just launched Blackberry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 ‘BlackBerry Business Cloud Services delivers a simple and affordable way for companies to manage BlackBerry smartphones with Microsoft® Office 365.   This service is available at no additional charge to Microsoft Office 365 subscribers. This secure service, hosted by Research [...]

Sure we know all about the cloud – or do we.   Technology has moved at an unbelievable pace over the past few years.  The days of having the standard windows/UNIX, storage, network engineers, while still valuable may be numbered.  No longer can you just rely on this to get by, achieve company goals and [...]

The subject of shared services led to a lively debate about the need for IT chargeback — and, to put it bluntly, the strain and pain it puts on IT and business departments. Be forewarned: There are many CIO points of view on this topic. Here’s one definition of shared services: a multi-tenant environment in [...]

It’s a question as old as information technology itself: “How do I prove the value of my technology investments to the business?” What makes the question so vexing is that there’s never been an easy answer — or any answer, period. There is no one-size-fits-all solution; and if someone were to come up with one, [...]

The Pro Version includes the ability to back up personal online content, by folders or albums or the entire account. – Personal content management solutions provider Primadesk, announced the launch of their flagship product, an Internet and mobile application that provides users with centralized access to their range of digital data dispersed across multiple online [...]

A common rationale for applying for the new generic top-level domains from ICANN has been to protect the brand. But a Forrester Research analyst suggests the risk may not be that high. – Despite strong opposition from government officials, industry trade groups and companies, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has begun the application process to [...]

  In many ways, managing a private cloud is no different than managing an on-premises data center. IT admins still must take important steps to monitor and balance the infrastructure. But the success of a cloud environment depends on several components: security, server density, network planning and workload management. Before placing any workload on a cloud-ready server, administrators must [...]