Government and The Cloud  There is a strong movement in government(s) to build their own cloud data centers.  Somehow Government see themselves as a special case separate from corporations and other large organisations.  Security is often put forward as the principle reason for government to build private data centers.  This is on the basis that [...]

ITV, the largest commercial television network in the UK is moving from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps as part of its broader strategy and five year Transformation Plan to change the ways the company works. The move will improve communication, fuel collaboration and stimulate creativity throughout the organization. The media industry thrives on change and is [...]

We’re always listening to your ideas about features you’d like to see in Google Apps, and many of you have asked for a better way to track your email communications in Gmail. Consider your message to us delivered: today we’re introducing read receipts as an optional feature for Google Apps for Business and Google Apps for [...]

Software developers and the cloud. Software developers are perhaps the group who most face a paradigm shift in their thinking with the advent of cloud computing.  However this paradigm shift has very little to do with the way they write code and an awful lot to do with their path to market for their software [...]

Is VMware cloud computing?  The answer to that is both yes and no. Yes, in that it offers operating systems as a utility type service.  No, in that it does not offer the end user a utility that is of direct and immediate use. I see the ‘operating system as a service’ model, which is [...]

What is the future of Cloud computing? Like many IT questions, this question has several answers. In straight forward business terms I see the growth and adoption of cloud following a traditional bell curve between the years 2010 and 2020.  We are in year two now, and I would guess that between five and ten [...]