Stuart Miniman

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Stu Miniman is a Principal Research Contributor for Wikibon. He focuses on networking, virtualization, Infrastructure 2.0 and cloud technologies. Stu can be found on Twitter (@stu).

RickBlaisdell just created content Team collaboration cloud solutions

IBM, Google, Microsoft - the major IT players have all launched team collaboration cloud solutions to help individuals and organizations interact and ease online teamwork when it comes to collaborative creation, editing, sharing of word, spreadsheet and presentation documents, instant messaging, web meetings, mail and calendar.

Tue, 04/23/2013 - 10:50

RickBlaisdell just created content How the cloud can improve productivity

Productivity is at a premium in every business, the top priority for most every businesses we might say. :) Cloud development in the last few years has directly influenced the productivity in every workplace. Cloud computing applications and solutions had a positive impact upon technology integration and made life easier and improved productivity in the workplace.

There are several ways businesses can increase their productivity using the cloud. Here is a snapshot of them;

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 11:29

RickBlaisdell just created content Cloud Based Recovery – Benefits for businesses worldwide

Every business needs to protect its data, and the cloud is a viable option to support this requirement. In addition to keeping information safe, cloud computing is also affordable, thanks to its pay-as-you-go service model. With cloud computing, businesses can back up data in multiple locations throughout different regions, keeping information accessible regardless of geography.

Thu, 04/11/2013 - 12:12

RickBlaisdell just created content Are AWS customers configuring their resources to cover security, cost and availability?

When AWS made Trusted Advisor free for the month of March, CloudCheckr took the announcement as an opportunity to conduct an internal survey of their customers usage. CloudCheckr considered the news an implicit acknowledgement of what many have long known: AWS is extremely complex and it is challenging for users to provision and control their AWS infrastructure properly.

Tue, 04/09/2013 - 09:48

RickBlaisdell just created content Implementing IBM cloud BI solutions

I started the discussion around cloud-based Business Intelligence solutions a while ago, and I already presented you the best technologies available on the market and explained you their benefits. Today, I would like to take a closer look at IBM’s solutions.

IBM Cognos

Tue, 04/02/2013 - 12:14

RickBlaisdell just commented on John, I'm in 100% agreement in Cloud

John, I'm in 100% agreement that personal and identifiable information has to be secured and parents should always be concerned about how this type of data is being protected. Any company capturing and storing this information is liable even if they say they will not guarantee it, no different than how a medical company handles HIPPA information and how they need to abide by these laws right? My angle is that people associate the "Cloud" as being out in the open, not secure. I was making the point that data in the cloud can be more secure than data that does not reside in the cloud.

Fri, 03/29/2013 - 13:16

The Modern CIO Mission to Move the Needle

Thu, 02/09/2012 - 15:49

For too many years, IT has seen the cost of operations - routine maintainance and other "keeping the lights on" activities - drawing a majority (typically quoted at 70-80%) of budgets instead of innovative and revenue generation initiatives. CIOs and IT business leaders know that a change is needed and we know that there is not a technology silver bullet. At Wikibon, we created the a new Infographic -The Changing Role of the CIO - to give a glimpse into the life of a modern CIO.

Preparing Your Infrastructure and Workforce for Big Data

Wed, 11/23/2011 - 15:41

As CIOs plan for 2012, they may be hearing the buzz of Big Data more than Cloud (see this good write-up from Charlie Bess).

Data centers get into application modernization as ARM processors come to servers

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 17:46

A look back at the path to converged infrastructure

Fri, 10/21/2011 - 19:28

In the IT infrastructure space, there is always a limited amount of money that CIOs can spend on infrastructure and therefore a struggle between competing parts of the stack for budget. What was simpler in the mainframe days became less expensive, but more complex. Applications are supported by an infrastructure stack of servers, networking and storage; each with its own functionality. Through the 2000's, while companies like HP and IBM sold and bundled all of the pieces of the stack, each silo had unique hardware, software and full list of features.