79% of CIOs Are Concerned About Hidden Costs of Cloud Computing
Cloud computing has gained leverage over the last decade as businesses are compelled to migrate to this new platform. Virtualization has capitalized on cost efficiency as its main strength for any industry. However, recent revelations has uncovered that there may be hidden costs that cloud providers are not showing.
Loopholes that may have been [...]
Microsoft Adds Power BI Tool to Office 365
Microsoft is not exactly a company that’s hurting for exposure to businesses, as it has long enjoyed dominance on several sectors, and even their soon to be discontinued Windows XP is still used by many companies all over the world. However, it seems that the company’s top management is not content, and is now [...]
How Call Centers Leverage Cloud Computing
Cloud computing technology has long been bandied about as a technology that’s beneficial to just about every sector that has something to do with IT, and while it is by no means a magic bullet, it has proven itself worthy of all the praise it is getting, by making organizations more productive and efficient. [...]
BitTorrent Cloud Sync Releases Beta Version
After three months of closed testing since April 23 for its alpha version, BitTorrent Sync has now reached beta version. The decentralized file-synchronization tool released last week its beta version with its additional enhancements called the SyncArchive, and its new feature that allows mobile device access and support.
The Sync software from BitTorrent is [...]
Cloud Computing, Big Data and Smart Mobile Apps will Drive IT Spending in 2014
Forrester released the data of its annual survey on IT spending worldwide and detects areas with higher spending, including apps and tablets.
Forrester Research annual reporton worldwide IT spending split the amount of 2.06 trillion dollars spent this year from businesses and governments between hardware, software and services related to information technology [...]
PayPal, Square and Groupon: Who Will Win the MPOS Battle?
By Francois Bondiguel
The battle to dominate the mPOS space continues. With more than $3.6 trillion in credit and debit card transactions processed annually in the US alone, the race to get the biggest portion of this extremely profitable pie is definitely on.
The three major contenders right now are PayPal, Square, and Groupon, with [...]
News Digest July 21, 2013Open-Xchange to Expand its Cloud OfferingsOpen-Xchange has been in the market for more than 10 years, since it began its operations in 2005. The company was one of the pioneers of SaaS(software-as-a-service) that provided innovative, open-source and cost effective means of business management and cloud solutions. Since then, email [...]