With the advent of Cloud Computing technology, the ability to dynamically scale up and down has become cost-effective and accessible even to small organizations. All over the world, major companies are migrating their operations to the cloud and finding creative new ways of incorporating the technology into their businesses. HP, for example, utilized the technology…
The number of patents registered in the U.S. hit a record last year, with the giant blue once again at the forefront of technological giants, who maintain a war on intellectual property. The Patent and Trademark Office issued 253,155 patents in 2012, of which 6478 were recorded by IBM, according to the annual tally published…
Dennis Kavelman of Desire2Learn Inc. is brewing a perfect storm with the convergence of technological revolution and cloud computing in online education. According to him, the market is ready to explode. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, Desire2Learn is considered in the forefront of advanced mobile and software applications in the industry. It is estimated that some…
Today, green is becoming color of the shades in the IT industry. For example, almost every data center is trying to introduce a variety of green technologies to reduce carbon footprint and operating costs. Opening such a powerful data center is the foundation not only for the further growth of the company, but also to…
Gartner put on a return to growth of IT spending in 2013. According to the research firm, the global IT spending on information technology costs, hardware, software and IT services is expected to grow 4.2% in 2013 to reach $3.73 trillion. Gartner put on a sustainable growth as the firm expects an additional 3.8% increase…
QuantiaMD is an online community and collaboration platform that targets physicians, with the network currently home to over 160,000 members from all over the globe. The service has a Resident Exchange that helps doctors share knowledge and information with each other and discuss pertinent issues related to medical practice and medicine. QuantiaMD recently closed a…
Graphics giant NVIDIA is planning to take videogames to the cloud with a new rack server that is optimized for computer graphics. The server, which is dubbed NVIDIA Grid, works in tandem with software on a client device. This allows games with graphics and complexity on par with current generation console and PC titles to be…
Data privacy and security are two of the main reasons why healthcare takes the slow route towards the adoption of new technologies. Experts believe that by 2017, the healthcare cloud computing market will be worth $5.4 billion. With cloud computing, different doctors can access a patient’s health records even if they’re miles apart. These physicians…
Google Apps has been widely recognized by business owners. It is commonly used for video and text messaging, slide show presentation, and collaborative document writing in the clouds. Introduced some 6 years ago, it was designed for tech start-ups and small enterprises. Google didn’t expect that large businesses will take notice of the software. Recent…
Accelerated enterprise adoption of Big Data, mobile, social media and cloud computing introduces significant gaps in security programs. RSA, The Security Division of EMC, released a report of the Security for Business Innovation Council (SBIC) that assesses how disruptive innovation, considered analysis of Big Data, cloud computing, enterprise mobility and social media will transform the…