Cloud computing is all the rage. “It’s become the phrase du jour,” says Gartner senior analyst Ben Pring, echoing many of his peers. The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition. As a metaphor for the Internet, “the cloud” is a familiar cliché, but when combined with “computing,”
Twitter has just announced a key engineering hire today. Adam Messinger will be joining the company as Vice President of Infrastructure Engineering. Messinger was previously Vice President Development at Oracle, where he was responsible for managing the Oracle Coherence, Oracle JRockit, Oracle WebLogic Operations Control, and other web tier products. Prior to joining Oracle, he
Summary: In today’s ever more technology-centric world, the stodgy IT department isn’t considered the home of innovation and business leadership. Yet that might have to change as some of the biggest advances in the history of technology make their way into the front lines of service delivery. Here’s an exploration of the top five IT
Introduction: Social media’s rapid rise in recent years gave marketers exciting new tools for communicating with customers and prospects. Suddenly, established marketing tactics such as email were seen as old fashioned, one-way channels that consumers were increasingly likely to ignore. Social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter offered an alternative: two-way communication channels where
08/17/2011 | 09:00 AM Mozilla on Wednesday released what it billed as a faster and more stable version of its Firefox Web browser, version 6. One of the key changes in Firefox 6 was in the address bar, which now highlights the domain of the website a user is visiting, to thwart spoofing. “The address
Takeaway: You can’t work out of your home effectively without the right setup. Justin James shares what he’s discovered about equipping the IT home office. I have been working out of my home office for more than three years now, with job functions that cover a wide variety of IT roles, such as software developer,