SaaS
Cloud Adoption Rises, Server Sales Flat
While global server shipments remained roughly flat during the second quarter, cloud services are expected to billow this year on the strength of growing infrastructure and application software services. ...Full Article
Steady Shift in Enterprise Workloads to Cloud
An estimated 41 percent of enterprise workloads are currently running in public and private clouds, a total that is expected to rise to 60 percent over the next two ...Full Article
‘Cloud Shift’ Gains Momentum, Spending Surge Seen
So-called "cloud first" strategies are expected to propel IT spending over the next five years as more enterprises transform themselves into digital businesses, a new forecast predicts. In a ...Full Article
‘Brexit’ Currency Swings Hit IT Spending
The British exit, or "Brexit," from the European Union is adding uncertainty to global IT markets as the British pound sinks to new lows. Worldwide IT spending for this ...Full Article
A Low-maintenance, Software-driven Private Cloud from ZeroStack
The stampede to the cloud is on. Renting cycles if only for workload bursts is by now commonplace. Statistical and anecdotal evidence validates that at least partial adoption of ...Full Article
When Vendors Don’t Play Nice, the Enterprise Loses
Microsoft is leading the way to the future of the enterprise business model. This might be hard to believe considering the company’s track record of locking users into its ...Full Article
It’s Game, Set, Match for Regulating Cloud Data
Like America's love of tennis, the cloud economy is growing exponentially. As organizations aggressively push cloud adoption, more sensitive and regulated data ends up in the hands of outside ...Full Article
SaaS Seen Driving Enterprise Software Sales
Market researcher Gartner predicts that application software sales will grow 7.5 percent this year and would exceed $200 billion by 2019, driven by widespread adoption of the cloud-based SaaS ...Full Article
6 Critical Steps for Vetting and Selecting Enterprise Software
Implementing smart enterprise software can revive productivity. In fact, workplace productivity has jumped 84 percent in the last 40 years as a result of digital technology. And it makes ...Full Article
Escrow Averts Service Provider Disaster
As more organizations rely on cloud service providers, they must consider how to handle unexpected outages that could impact day-to-day operations or the long-term capacity to access data or ...Full Article