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During 2012 the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market experienced sluggish growth of just 2.2%, yet software as a service (SaaS), financial management and human capital management (HCM) applications showed potential for breakout growth. Through the challenging times of the previous year, however, SAP still retained worldwide market share leadership.

Cloud, SaaS, big data, fast data, NoSQL, PaaS...while this economy cannot produce jobs, it can definitely produce jargon at the speed of light. What I wanted to know was what, then, does NoSQL give me from a business perspective?

There is a lot of hype surrounding the cloud and its delivery of software, storage and infrastructure over the Internet, but many businesses still view the technology as being too disruptive to implement. And yet, by taking the time to understand this advanced technology, we can begin to learn that the benefits usually outweigh the negatives, and that the myths are most often grounded in fiction. For that reason, we are going to debunk 10 of those myths.

As 2012 draws to a close, a growing number of savvy enterprise CIOs -- and perhaps even more Line of Business leaders -- are joining the momentum towards an increase in the mainstream adoption of managed cloud services.

We are finally starting to see some good ITSM innovations around technology disruptors such as social and mobile, two examples of the way in which ITSM vendors are broadening their toolset capabilities.

Recent research has shown that mobile browsers can take advantage of cloud hosting, permitting the use of multiple servers in order to complete complex tasks which would be impossible using mobile technology alone.

The cloud has delivered us into a radical new world; a world where lean manufacturing principles can be applied to tech infrastructure development. But are enterprise IT organisations willing, or able, to seize the potential benefits?

Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have announced that they will be looking to make use of cloud computing platforms in order to power the administration’s next generation of projects.