The convergence of cloud and mobile computing is an irreversible mega trend. In the U.S. federal market, both defense and civilian government agencies have begun to issue RFPs for cloud–mobile convergence solutions, potentially worth millions and even billions of dollars. More...

We’ve spent a lot of time in this blog listing the business benefits that can be achieved in the cloud. Today I’d like to write about harnessing the growing use and power of enterprise social networking through the cloud. More...

Moving to the cloud raises unique contingency planning challenges. Cloud providers typically have multiple partners and/or customers with competing demands. In the event of a business interruption or disaster, where do you rank among your cloud provider’s priorities and what can you expect from it? Do your internal resources understand the cloud environment and their tenant obligations, particularly in the event of a contingency?If you’ve already written or are about to write a cloud contingency plan, here are a few “lessons learned” to keep in mind. More...

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