Caron Carlson from FierceCIO flagged the great article below from Jim Ditmore in Information Week. Frankly I was shocked to see how power consumption has dropped — mainly driven by the need for consumer electronics to have longer battery lives. Net net, IT shops are able to have their cake and eat it too: processing power rides the upward curve …
The Real Value of Genomics in Medicine
The following article by Ryan McBride from FierceBiotechIT shines a light on an area of science that has gotten a LOT of hype — and seemingly deservedly so. Bottom line: yes, indeed, genomics rocks. Read the article and its source material (both below) to see for yourself. We at AIS are certainly in the genomics sequencing camp. In fact, we …
Why Streaming Media Businesses Love AIS
Streaming media content (audio/music, video/movies, etc.) is a pretty familiar activity these days thanks to the explosion of broadband connections (cable modem and DSL). Companies like Netflix, Amazon, and Pandora serve up content in a way that appears like a continuous connection — but behind the scenes, a lot is going on in order to make that happen. In nutshell, …
CIO 2.0: Hybrid CIO, CIO+, CIO Plus, etc.
Quickie article on the convergence / overlap / synergy of CIO, CTO, and even CFO roles by Dawn Altnam in Business2Community. Such “double duty” is common amongst start-ups and the small / medium enterprise space — and a key reason why sourcing IT services from a data center provider is a smart move. Remember: the ultimately goal is to create great …
Compliance Officers: Killin’ It!
The article below by Jim Kim in FierceComplianceIT caught my eye — mainly because being a chief compliance officer has never really been on my bucket list. But different strokes for different folks, and thankfully there are people out there (like our own Frank Gaff) who sweat the small stuff in order to keep us all on the good side …
Forrester 2013 Cloud Predictions
I came across the excellent blog post by James Staten of Forrester while reading articles about cloud predictions for 2013. This one stood out to me as one of the best; I hope you enjoy it as much as I did (even though the original was published over a month ago). Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP …
San Diego Volunteer Opportunities – United Way
Community involvement is important to employees at AIS. I’ve continued my discussions with the staff and volunteers at United Way in order to determine the most effective ways for us to contribute. The folks at United Way have asked that I forward the list of volunteer opportunities below that we might consider for helping those in need. There are numbers …
Summary: 2013 Cloud Computing Predictions
‘Tis the season for predictions, prognostications, prophesying, and planning. The WHIR (Web Host Industry Review) recently assembled five pithy predictions from industry analysts on cloud computing. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——— Noise Filter: Cloud Computing Predictions for 2013 The past few weeks have seen an emergence of reports that list their cloud predictions for …
Greg Ness Cloud Predictions
This is a compact-yet-powerful re-post of an original from Greg Ness’ “Archimedius” blog. Emphasis in red added by me. Brian Wood, VP Marketing ——— Top Five Cloud Predictions for 2013 I’ve read about a dozen different sets of predictions for cloud computing in 2013 and will coopt many I consider to be the most credible in order to create my own …
Rogue Clouds, Off-the-Grid Services
Caron Carlson of FierceCIO highlighted the Network World article below about the surprising prevalence of unauthorized cloud implementations found throughout 83% of enterprises surveyed by Symantec. Wow, that’s huge. Think about it: 83% of businesses in a large survey pool (>3,200 IT managers) have “rogue clouds” provisioned without IT’s awareness. While we at AIS are definitely keen on promoting the …
