Cloud computing has many benefits for SMB and K12 networks and users, but many organizations are still leery of moving critical data and applications to the public cloud. A survey sponsored by Scale Computing and administered by ApplicationContinuity.org considers the metrics and reasoning behind decisions to choose or forgo public cloud utilization. If you have […]
Cloud Computing
OpenStack opens opportunities, reservations
Open source technologies may have previously conjured images of geeks poring over code to modify and compile, and companies too poor to afford the real thing, but open source offerings are now driving new developments and spawning technological revolutions. Cloud computing is following suit and opening its code, technology, platforms and forums to the masses. […]
Broadband Buzz
My wife loves to tell people how we happened upon the parcel of land that is now Infrastructure Technology Solutions (ITS); we simply followed the fiber. No, we didn’t drive around Eastern Iowa aimlessly following neon orange fiber markers – we simply took note of which fiber ran where in the areas that could support […]
Government Clouds
Cloud Computing has been a hot term in the recent past. There are so many services that can be offered through or hosted in the cloud that many small/medium-sized businesses are unsure of where to start. A wonderful example of utilizing cloud services to cut costs, increase reliability and performance is to follow the lead […]
FTC to Investigate Cloud Computing
There has been a lot of buzz recently about the decision for the FTC to investigate cloud computing. The FTC reports that the purpose of their investigation is to protect consumers’ privacy and data. While privacy and data security are valid concerns with cloud computing, people and business have been utilizing online systems for data storage […]