The Magic Quadrant: Social Software In The Workplace With the increasing interest in social software during the last years, there are some top vendors that get the buyers’ attention. According to this trend, Gartner has released its 2012 Magic Quadrant for Social Software in the Workplace. The Magic Quadrant covers vendors whose software products are used mainly within enterprises, especially by employees but also by external customers, suppliers and partners, to support work teams, communities and social networking. The evaluation criteria definitions that were considered when analyzing the quadrant are: Ability to execute: product/service; overall viability; sales execution/pricing; market responsiveness and track record; marketing execution;
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Cloud Telemetry to Make Vehicle Users Safer on the Roads It might appear like rocket science, but black boxes that are usually the last sign of life after an air crash may be transmuting into automobile effects. These will be able to tell every practical detail of what happens prior to and in the aftermath of a collision. They will even supply all details pertaining to the occupants, whether they are alright or maimed. However, this comes after an accident occurs: what cloud computing is concentrating on now is to save a life before such an occurrence. Automakers are relying
How Good Do You Feel About Your Cloud Security? When most of us think about our online security, we tend to feel very pleased about ourselves because none of our friends are able to guess our password. And, as far as personal privacy is concerned, we are right to assume that our friends, acquaintances, and the occasional stalker are all that we have to guard against. However, with the great advantages of the cloud comes great responsibility. The cloud is making available for free a fantastic array of tools and apps that make life more beautiful. But each one of
Top 25 European Rising Stars 2012: ComodIT The Top 25 European Rising Stars is a special annual series by CloudTweaks, where we seek to celebrate new cloud startups that have demonstrated the strongest impact across the year. These have earned little or no press coverage nor loquacious claims but they are indeed rising. To authoritatively arrive at the top 25, we have applied a criteria pegged on critical parameters like the quality of management, current funding, valuable service provision, European based and professionalism in all respects. We welcome you to join us in this year’s tour de force where as
Reasons Why Cloud Computing Is A Hot Start-up Area The cloud computing business model has had a phenomenal adoption in the last decade. It scales business, private, and public operations in a way that lowers costs, takes advantage of new technology, and boosts efficiency with minimal infrastructural engagements. And because it’s been the center of many debates surrounding business operations, cloud computing sector has been a beehive of activities. In the past few months, it has suddenly become a hot start-up area, attracting more and more interest. There are a number of possible reasons for this. 1. Closing knowledge gap
Factors That Hurt Cloud Computing Confidence Cloud computing has been called a saint and other great names by friends and foe. It promises great benefits, cost cuts and efficiencies at individual and enterprise level. However, even as momentum grows, uptake figures have not been at all impressive. In fact, experts indicate that the confidence in the cloud and what it can do is waning. This trend is negative. In this article, we look at some of the factors that hurt cloud computing confidence, especially among would be users. Insecurity in the cloud Security is one of the hottest cloud computing
How Much Security Can Secure Your Life In Cloud Mobile? This can be the trillion or septillion dollar question of this decade. When you are cheerfully using your smartphone to perform all online transactions and interactions, you are thinking that you can beat the security concerns of using a public computer or storing the data in public domain. We do not carry wallets anymore; we have shifted to Google Wallet. Using real money is almost obsolete these days as we prefer online banking. You just log in to your e-banking account and do whatever you want to do with our
