Cloud computing is changing the way we do business, and forcing some consumer online storage services to rethink their long term pricing strategies, as the proliferation of cheap and powerful computing resources complicates their growth. Once viable pricing...
Fun fact: In 2010, companies spent $21.5 billion on cloud computing services.
Experts estimate that by 2015 the total cost of all businesses using the cloud will be around $72.9 billion. The cloud — this new technology that is heavily used by mammoth...
An ominous headline quietly passed through the electronic ether recently. Carnegie Mellon University published a paper entitled “Faces of Facebook: Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality (PDF).” The paper details the results of a study...
The more that one looks into and considers what cloud computing is, the more it takes on an eerie quality. As integrated into our lives and even commonplace as the internet has become, it shouldn’t take too much of a childlike sense of wonder...
We live in a day and age where technology is advancing so fast that just ten years ago we could not have foreseen the technological advances that we enjoy today. Certainly we have seen plenty of retina scanning and fingerprint scanners in the movies...
We’ve focused a lot in this column about how popular cloud hosting is becoming. We haven’t yet talked much about where you might want to go if you are interested in a good cloud host. It’s about time we attended to this oversight. ...
Cloud technology is evolving so quickly that it’s near impossible to keep up with all of its developments. We’re not even going to try ourselves. Let’s instead do a brief news summary of some of the biggest recent advances in this...
If you haven’t heard about cloud computing yet, God bless you: We haven’t a clue how you missed out on the barrage of hip new trends, but we sure are proud of you! However, no matter how secluded your rock may be, you’ll have to come out into the...
Industry-leading cloud and colocation services company ScaleMatrix recently announced the opening of their pioneering flagship data center. The building was constructed specifically for the purpose of hosting services and boasts 50,000 sq. ft. The facility...
“The cloud” has almost become a household description in homes across the globe. Many businesses utilize the cloud in many different ways. However, the most important aspect of cloud computing is using it to generate increased revenue while saving...
