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Cloud Computing Could Be the Ticket for Project Managers and Analysts With the rapid advancements in technology, perhaps no job title is truly immune from possible layoffs. But could your project management or business analysis skills on your resume help you keep—or even land—the job of your dreams? Eric Bloom thinks that you can find job security in cloud computing. |
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Trend toward Cloud Computing Spells Trouble for Data Centers The trend toward cloud computing and software as a service has been a boon for small businesses. But the money saved comes at a cost, and usually that’s people’s jobs. Consolidating data centers is becoming more common, and more companies are funneling those resources into cloud computing. |
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Google Public Alerts Shows Need for Open Data in Disaster Response Google Public Alerts provides emergency information during natural disasters. But government agencies often store information in closed formats, making it harder to share and analyze data. Google.org is promoting the adoption of international standards of web data to speed up response efforts. |
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Do You Even Need Big Data? Big data is on everyone's minds these days, but are some us worrying about something that may not be of any use to us? Seth Payne weighs the cost of big data analytics against the abilities given to us by cloud computing. |
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Will Information Technology Departments Exist in the Future? Joe Townsend explores whether or not information technology (IT) departments will exist in the future as he explores the concept of the consumerization of IT. Will business become the driver of technology rather than the IT group that currently exists in many organizations today? |
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Is Minimalism the New Business Model for the Tech Industry? The tech business model used to be to provide comprehensive products with more features than your average consumer would use. But bigger is no longer better—with more individual and small-business clients, many just want basics. Is scaling back and offering service flexibility the new philosophy? |
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World's Biggest Agile Development Project Collapses The United Kingdom’s Universal Credit welfare system was once touted by its creators as a shining example of how agile can modernize old systems. Now, the department in charge of the program is reverting back to waterfall, and experts are saying that the world's biggest agile project has collapsed. |
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Should the CIO Know How to Code? The issue isn’t whether CIOs should actually do the coding but whether they should know enough to understand IT complexities and to represent IT to customers. With more senior IT leaders coming from other departments, it isn’t a trivial question. This story looks at both sides of the matter. |
