No, this is not a typo nor is it April 1st.
I came across this report “State of Public Cloud Computing” and, as a cloud advocate, I couldn’t put it down. The value proposition that the cloud offers is well documented but it was reassuring to read how our government is adopting cloud applications as a tool to reduce their(our) costs and improve productivity. This is not a sentence we are used to reading, unfortunately.
Why is this worth reading and how is it relevant to your business?
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Siamak Farah is a man with his head in a cloud.
The new year 2011 is expected to bring a local economy that is marginally better than last year, most economists predict. But what they have not been talking about is that it should be a very good year for particular industries and companies – some you may expect and others may be a bit more surprising. Read an illuminating interview with Siamak Farah, CEO InfoStreet by Mark Madler of the San Fernanado Valley Business Journal