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Laura Smith’s Most Recent Content By year: 2011 2010 2000 Filter by topic: Cloud computing for business Enterprise network and wireless management IT governance Leadership and strategic planning Small-business IT strategy Small-business infrastructure and operations SearchCIO Open source solutions offer agility and collaborative development 24 May 2011 SearchCIO Cloud insurance and secure identity management alleviate SLA concerns 19 May 2011 SearchCIO Paradox of the day: Secret agent man and open source solutions 12 May 2011 SearchCIO Red Hat rallies with the promise of an open source cloud PaaS 06 May 2011 SearchCIO NASA's IT redo takes off, guided by tools for data center efficiency 05 May 2011 SearchCIO The dirty little secret of data center construction 29 Apr 2011 SearchCIO Amazon's EC2 outage clarifies requirements for an enterprise cloud SLA 28 Apr 2011 SearchCIO Cloud users need a backup and recovery plan for service failures 26 Apr 2011 SearchCIO NASA takes off with an open government and cloud infrastructure plan 22 Apr 2011 SearchCIO SaaS solutions offer more security and soft savings than once thought 20 Apr 2011 SearchCIO Cloud service providers urge lawmakers to postpone legislation 14 Apr 2011 SearchCIO IT innovation requires managing the rogue as well as the entrenched 13 Apr 2011 SearchCIO A culture of innovation begins with line-of-business and IT teamwork 12 Apr 2011 SearchCIO Multi-tenancy leads to risky development on cloud platforms 08 Apr 2011 SearchCIO Cloudsourcing and lean methodology tap customer input 01 Apr 2011 SearchCIO Nationwide Mutual Insurance saves $2 million through lean operations 31 Mar 2011 SearchCIO The need for IT innovation leads to aggressive collaboration 29 Mar 2011 SearchCIO Courion's user identity management gives the Red Cross an infusion 25 Mar 2011 SearchCIO SaaS platform gives Market6 multi-tenancy and identity management 24 Mar 2011 SearchCIO IT disaster recovery plans should focus on power and hardware failures 22 Mar 2011 SearchCIO Disasters both natural and financial challenge technology innovations 18 Mar 2011 SearchCIO Large data sets offer insights, require a tiered storage strategy 16 Mar 2011 SearchCIO IT innovation hinges on identifying business process levers 15 Mar 2011 SearchCIO D&M's CIO spots process levers for IT innovation 15 Mar 2011 SearchCIO IT innovation isn't new, but essential to maintain a competitive edge 11 Mar 2011 SearchCIO Federated identity management urgently needed in the cloud 10 Mar 2011 SearchCIO Cloud brokers emerge to sort out the chaos of cloud services 08 Mar 2011 SearchCIO Companies eyeing cloud brokers to manage multiple cloud services 04 Mar 2011 SearchCIO IT execs question whether cloud disaster recovery is a viable option 02 Mar 2011 SearchCIO Food for thought: Cloud computing technology minimizes human touch 24 Feb 2011 SearchCIO A close relationship between IT and facilities ensures uptime 23 Feb 2011 SearchCIO An IT exec's agile quest leads to cloud services 18 Feb 2011 SearchCIO 'Cloud in a box' promises to snap in private cloud resources on demand 17 Feb 2011 SearchCIO Converged data center infrastructure promises to banish IT silos 15 Feb 2011 SearchCIO Debate continues over the definition and strategy of private clouds 10 Feb 2011 SearchCIO The lines between cloud computing models are blurring 09 Feb 2011 Load More Articles SearchCIO Cloud insurance and secure identity management alleviate SLA concerns 19 May 2011 SearchCIO Red Hat rallies with the promise of an open source cloud PaaS 06 May 2011 SearchCIO Amazon's EC2 outage clarifies requirements for an enterprise cloud SLA 28 Apr 2011 SearchCIO NASA takes off with an open government and cloud infrastructure plan 22 Apr 2011 SearchCIO SaaS solutions offer more security and soft savings than once thought 20 Apr 2011 SearchCIO Cloud service providers urge lawmakers to postpone legislation 14 Apr 2011 SearchCIO Cloudsourcing and lean methodology tap customer input 01 Apr 2011 SearchCIO SaaS platform gives Market6 multi-tenancy and identity management 24 Mar 2011 SearchCIO D&M's CIO spots process levers for IT innovation 15 Mar 2011 SearchCIO Federated identity management urgently needed in the cloud 10 Mar 2011 SearchCIO Cloud brokers emerge to sort out the chaos of cloud services 08 Mar 2011 SearchCIO Companies eyeing cloud brokers to manage multiple cloud services 04 Mar 2011 SearchCIO An IT exec's agile quest leads to cloud services 18 Feb 2011 SearchCIO 'Cloud in a box' promises to snap in private cloud resources on demand 17 Feb 2011 SearchCIO Debate continues over the definition and strategy of private clouds 10 Feb 2011 SearchCIO The lines between cloud computing models are blurring 09 Feb 2011 SearchCIO IT executives share their views on private clouds 08 Feb 2011 SearchCIO The Feds tap NIST to accelerate adoption of public cloud standards 04 Feb 2011 SearchCIO Public cloud computing risks must be overcome as part of IT strategy 21 Jan 2011 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A debate continues over risk in the public cloud 13 Jan 2011 SearchCIO Private cloud computing is more than a virtualized environment 12 Jan 2011 SearchCIO Whether public, private or hybrid, it's time to get a cloud strategy 07 Jan 2011 SearchCIO A health care community cloud takes shape 21 Dec 2010 SearchCIO 'Trucknet' to what's next for cloud data delivery: WAN accelerators 05 Nov 2010 SearchCIO Why some IT executives are gung ho about cloud computing technology 29 Oct 2010 SearchCIO Public vs. private cloud computing: Which fits your enterprise needs? 01 Sep 2010 SearchCIO How a CIO made a business case for a cloud computing solution 24 Aug 2010 SearchCIO The cloud hype cycle will take the industry for a ride 20 Aug 2010 SearchCIO Time to lay down the cloud computing law for uptime 12 Aug 2010 SearchCIO Enterprise adoption of the public cloud hinges on liability policies 05 Aug 2010 SearchCIO How the chargeback process will alter the IT-business relationship 21 Jul 2010 SearchCIO IT chargeback: A political hot potato is tossed up by cloud computing 09 Jul 2010 SearchCIO Private cloud computing: Pitfalls and advice for avoiding them 29 Jun 2010 SearchCIO Cloud location: Why it’s important to know where your data resides 25 Jun 2010 SearchCIO Five private cloud computing best practices 24 Jun 2010 SearchCIO BI SaaS: Getting a fix on your business in a tight economy 15 Jun 2010 Load More Articles SearchCIO NASA's IT redo takes off, guided by tools for data center efficiency 05 May 2011 SearchCIO IT innovation requires managing the rogue as well as the entrenched 13 Apr 2011 SearchCIO A culture of innovation begins with line-of-business and IT teamwork 12 Apr 2011 SearchCIO The need for IT innovation leads to aggressive collaboration 29 Mar 2011 SearchCIO IT innovation hinges on identifying business process levers 15 Mar 2011 SearchCIO End-to-end monitoring offers a view from cloud to enterprise 18 Oct 2010 SearchCIO Cloud interoperability standards aim for vendor independence 06 Apr 2010 SearchCIO Paradox of the day: Secret agent man and open source solutions 12 May 2011 SearchCIO The dirty little secret of data center construction 29 Apr 2011 SearchCIO An old data center infrastructure looks new in a coat of green 02 Dec 2010 SearchCIO Unlikely to join Twitter, IT would rather be 'LinkedIn', guru says 22 Oct 2010 SearchCIO A bevy of APM announcements bolsters cloud computing solutions 15 Oct 2010 SearchCIO A reader laments the performance of virtual desktop infrastructure 16 Sep 2010 SearchCIO Women in IT band together at VMworld 2010 09 Sep 2010 SearchCIO VMware luminaries say virtualized environments lead to IT as a Service 01 Sep 2010 SearchCIO The feds' identity ecosystem will include national identity cards 13 Aug 2010 SearchCIO How mega data center construction is tied to taxes 29 Jul 2010 SearchCIO Readers respond to practice and philosophy of IT chargeback 22 Jul 2010 SearchCIO Chargeback process: An old model heralds changes in IT 16 Jul 2010 SearchCIO Self-service technology transforms universities into 'schools of one' 18 Jun 2010 SearchCIO In lieu of customers, cloud vendors form partnerships at Cloud Expo 13 May 2010 SearchCIO Cloud users need a backup and recovery plan for service failures 26 Apr 2011 SearchCIO IT disaster recovery plans should focus on power and hardware failures 22 Mar 2011 SearchCIO Food for thought: Cloud computing technology minimizes human touch 24 Feb 2011 SearchCIO In WikiLeaks' wake, midmarket firms reassess public cloud computing risks 22 Dec 2010 SearchCIO Cloud computing services helped Westmont College rise from the ashes 14 Jul 2010 SearchCIO Open source solutions offer agility and collaborative development 24 May 2011 SearchCIO A close relationship between IT and facilities ensures uptime 23 Feb 2011 SearchCIO Midmarket use of public cloud computing is fueled by company growth 26 Jan 2011 SearchCIO The clouds come together with a data integration solution 27 Oct 2010 SearchCIO Server virtualization leads to new disaster recovery system for bank 22 Sep 2010 SearchCIO Cloud collaboration tools cut costs at the U.S. Golf Association 09 Jun 2010