Cloud Computing

Any company that’s delayed introducing cloud-based software into their infrastructure needs to consider leveraging these new technologies to reap all the benefits cloud computing has to offer. The time of physical servers is quickly fading in lieu of cloud-based software services, also known as software-as-a-service (SaaS), that offer improved security, reliability, scalability, and availability. This list of 10 cloud-based software companies will help you manage...

The news that Californian public cloud storage service provider Nirvanix is shutting down operations has sent shockwaves through the industry. For customers of the public cloud provider the situation is grim indeed — they have until October 15th to organize and carry out the complex task of getting their data off Nirvanix's cloud storage servers and onto their own or someone else's. "We are dedicating the...

Every CIO wants to have a great help desk, but it's something he or she rarely has the ability to brag about. Selecting the right staff is solving half of the problem. You need good software to complete the picture. Great help desk software allows your team to track support requests more effectively, to create a database of correctly solved problems, and to track...