Cloud Movers and Shakers “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” - Plato (428-348 BC), preeminent Greek philosopher. One of CloudTweaks’ greatest strengths is its ability to attract input from the wise, from some of the most knowledgeable people in cloud computing. These guest authors add substantial value to the cloud conversation and complement the efforts of our regular writers. Last week saw several such articles from the movers and shakers of the industry. TrainSignal CEO Scott Skinger wrote about how the cloud is revolutionizing technical education, adding “Education as a
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Cloud Infographic: Critical Role In The Enterprise Cloud Computing has been around for a awhile now, but until recent years, it has expanded exponentially. Different studies suggest that more than 4.4 million jobs will be created in the area of big-data by the year 2015, and the adoption rate of cloud computing application and services is much higher as compared to a few years back. More than 36% of customers have already adopted for the public cloud, and thus, they are opting for cheap as well as large spaces for their valuable data to be stored. This trend verifies that
Cloud Infographic: Cloud And Mobile Adoption Increases IT Security Risks As more businesses transition their mission-critical operations to cloud and mobile-ready applications, the direct consequence is increased security vulnerability. Last year, more than 30% of all mission-critical business applications were already in the cloud. That number is expected to rise to 50% as early as 2015. And as more business processes continue to expose themselves, the need for more stringent security measures becomes even more apparent. An obvious solution would be to restrict the inclusion of sensitive data on cloud-driven applications. Unfortunately, as many as 15% of business leaders admit to not knowing how
CIOs & BIG DATA: What Your IT Team Wants You to Know The purpose of Big Data is to supply companies with actionable information on any variety of aspects. But this is proving to be far more difficult than it looks. Studies have shown that more than half of Big Data projects are left uncompleted, with 58% of them citing inaccurate scope as a cause. This hints at a widespread shortcoming of Big Data project management. In fact, two of the most often reported reasons for project failures are a lack of expertise in data analysis, both from a correlative
Cloud Infographic: Marketers And Big Data In 2013 Infographic Source: Infogroup
Will The Cloud Ever Stop Being The Cloud? Cloud computing wasn’t always cloud computing. Depending on who you ask, first it was either time sharing or grid computing. Strangely, nobody actually claims to know how cloud computing got its name. To this day, no one claims credit for coining the phrase. (Maybe I shouldn’t have said that…) The phrase “cloud computing” is rather poetic for a field that’s not known for its literary devices. It’s certainly not typical of utilitarian terms like social networking, Internet, voice over IP, and distributed computing.Perhaps that’s why marketing pros love it so much —
Foreign Invasion Through Cloud Computing “India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.” — Hu Shih (1891–1962), Chinese philosopher and scholar As is evident from this quote, a foreign invasion does not have to be on the strength
