Cloud computing if used appropriately can clearly define objectives, efficiently implement business strategies and effectively address challenges. All these can be acquired without having to worry too much on cost because cloud computing in its diversity has fair value for what it’s worth. In addition to these features, cloud computing can increase a company’s agility…

Zynga has made significant contributions on the online gaming industry with its popular games such as CastleVille, Mafia Wars and Farmville. These games were initially dependent on Amazon Web Services servers (Amazon EC2) that host player’s game activities, since it required more storage and speed in 2009. Recent developments, however, took place as Zynga realized…

EMC, a giant data storage company in Hopkinton; VMWare, a cloud computing trendsetter and Atos, a French technology services enterprise will join forces to strategically plan the cloud computing framework in Europe. The result of the alliance will be the birth of another cloud computing company called the Canopy. Canopy is expected to operate a…

Data integration and management practices are the growing trends in the new business market. This is as more and more businesses seek better ways to grow their enterprise. This is also a response to the irreversible challenges and demand for variety, storage, scalability and complexity in information handling. As a result of these trends, more…

The Australian government released their guidelines on their venture with cloud computing after several months of brainstorming. This was released on the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) blog, which was posted a few days ago. In the blog, AGIMO discussed the significant advantages of migrating to cloud computing. Cloud computing as the post says…

Platform as a service (PaaS) remains to be the core element of cloud computing in any personal or business solutions. Any changes, therefore, to its make up will definitely affect cloud vendors and users according to the research analyst Gartner. Vice president and Gartner analyst, Yefim Natis said, “With large and growing vendor investment in…

Modern businesses used to operate their own technology infrastructure with the help of IT experts who manage in-house data center, security protocol and other complex business IT solutions. Today, however, that trend is shifting towards a new paradigm on cloud computing. The new technology improvements rapidly demand that businesses keep abreast with the development if…

independenceIT was recently chosen to boost cloud computing services for customers in New Zealand and Australia. They were tasked to deliver both custom and cloud applications; this was recently announced at the last MSPWorld 2012. Australian Cloud and New Zealand Kiwi Cloud chose independenceIT for their complete Total Freedom (TM) workspace. Both IT solutions provider…