Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Study: 30 Percent of IT Will Be Cloud-Based By 2015

The US cloud computing market is poised for strong growth, as an increasing percentage of enterprise information technology is now becoming cloud-based. According to new research from WaveLength Market Analytics and Winn Technology Group, 58% of medium and large enterprises are already using or planning to use the cloud. About 41% of that market is comprised of ‘Cloud Pioneers’, those enterprises that actively use or pilot some type of cloud solution....

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Forrester Research Says Social Media Has No Effect on Ecommerce. Really?

On Mashable earlier this week, an article highlights a recent report conducted by Forrester Research and GSI Commerce. The conclusion is that based on data collected 6 months ago, social media has little to no effect on commerce. What?!? You mean that we have been wasting our time, budget and energy creating fictional monetizing methodologies centered on what the world has defined as social commerce? First of all, it’s completely illogical. Considering...