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One of the most frequent questions we get on cloud computing is: "When should a company move to the cloud?" While there are numerous reasons to make the move, there are also certain events that minimise obstacles and objections. These are "triggers", which greatly reduce the sales cycle for prospects considering cloud offerings. In no particular order...

The best manufacturers I've visited this year all share a common attribute: they are obsessed with making themselves as easy as possible to work with from a supply chain, distribution and services standpoint. Many are evaluating cloud-based manufacturing applications including enterprise resource planning (ERP), and several have adopted cloud-based applications across their companies.

Adobe, at the annual “MAX” event, has completely re-branded the companies most well-known Creative products which consists of Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Premiere Pro. Each will now gain a CC moniker (e.g. Photoshop CC) which represents “Creative Cloud”.

The bulk of hype around cloud computing could - and should - be gone by the end of 2013, thanks to a steady maturation of the underlying technology and more sophisticated IT use

The overlap between cloud computing and enterprise mobility is becoming ever more pronounced. And according to a new survey from Rackspace Hosting, the proliferation of cloud computing, and mobilising workforces means that companies are likely to spend far less on office space.

How is cloud computing changing the role of IT? Besides cloud, what other trends are influential in changing the role of IT? What steps should the IT department take to become a trusted advisor to the business? Should the IT department make reining in rogue cloud services a top priority? All these questions and more are answered in tweet form by cloud professionals...

The IT Sector is changing rapidly and many are ignoring this change, citing they will get around to it when needed or it will not affect them. So was said in many other boardrooms in other sectors to devastating downfalls. Change is inevitable and the time to take heed and action is now, in a planned and managed way, before the change is forced upon you.

At the beginning of 2013, we sent out invites to our IT infrastructure monitoring community with regards to their adoption or consideration of Converged Infrastructure. As it turns out, not only is Convergence a hot topic right now; 1/3 of our respondents are already running Converged Infrastructure in their environments.