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Baker on Cloud: Part 13 of 13 – Will there be anyone who won’t have their head in the cloud?
Will there be anyone who won’t have their head in the cloud? The answer to that question is ‘Yes’. As with so many other facets of life those who won’t adopt cloud in the next 10 years will fall into two categories, ‘those who can afford not to’ and ‘those who can’t afford to’. When [...]
Baker on Cloud – Part 12 of 13: Is my Job Screwed??
Is my job screwed? Perhaps before you consider that question you have to ask yourself, do you think this ‘Cloud thing’ is really going to happen? Consider this, the company that controls, by its own estimate, 90% of the PC desktops in the world is Microsoft. They have about 50% of the server market These [...]
Review: Samsung Chromebook
GORDON SMITH gives us an exclusive first look at the slim, instant-on laptop for working on the web powered by Google’s Chrome browser. Reviewing the Chromebook, Google’s long-promised laptop built for the web, the thought occurs that this is less a product and more a lifestyle. The premise is that to need one, [...]
Baker on Cloud: Part 6 of 13- What is the Future of Cloud Computing
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 [...]
Baker on Cloud: Part 5 of 13 – What will the Desktop of the Future look like?
What will the desktop of the future look like? To a large extent I covered this topic in my last blog, but I do think it is work looking at in more detail, because nowhere does the implications of cloud computing become more apparent to the enterprise in general than on the desktop. USBs will [...]
Google Cloud Computing CIO Roundtable Dublin June 23rd
Cloud Computing seems to be the latest buzzword, but what does it actually mean? Forget the hype and understand the real benefits that cloud computing can bring to your business. Come along to this informative roundtable event in Google’s Dublin offices to understand more about how Google Apps can help your employees to work in [...]
The Cloud Computing Jargon Glossary
Siliconrepublic have put together a Glossary of Cloud Computing terms to help demystify “The Cloud”. Some of the jargon they explain include: Cloud: A metaphor for a global network, first used in reference to the telephone network and now commonly used to represent the internet. Cloud computing: A networking solution in which everything from computing [...]
Cloud computing comes of age in large enterprises
A new study of North American and European IT professionals has been conducted by Management Insight on behalf of CA Technologies. The group surveyed IT professionals in organisations with 1,000 to more than 10,000 employees, revealing that enterprises are active in the cloud, and their virtualisation efforts are contributing to broader interest in cloud computing. [...]
Nothing but the web…
This year cloud computing went mainstream, and the conversations moved beyond “this is a way to cut costs” to “this is a better way to run my business.” While many IT vendors have now adopted (or co-opted) the term “cloud computing” to describe a wide variety of technologies, most don’t deliver on the true promise [...]
Will 2011 be the year of Cloud?
Research by the Centre of Economics and Business Research (CEBR) reports that the widespread adoption of cloud computing could give the top five EU economies a 763bn euro boost over five years and create up to 2.4m jobs. The report suggests that Cloud costs will come down as the rapid uptake of Cloud computing service [...]
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