Laura Smith Contributor Laura Smith writes about computer technology from Swampscott, MA. Laura Smith’s Most Recent Content IT Strategy Cloudsourcing and lean methodology tap customer input 01 Apr 2011 IT Strategy The need for IT innovation leads to aggressive collaboration 29 Mar 2011 IT Strategy Companies eyeing cloud brokers to manage multiple cloud services 04 Mar 2011 IT Strategy Private cloud computing is more than a virtualized environment 12 Jan 2011 IT Strategy Post-WikiLeaks computer security measures include hired hackers 23 Dec 2010 IT Strategy Budgets, big data and staffing among top CIO concerns 10 Dec 2010 IT Strategy An old data center infrastructure looks new in a coat of green 02 Dec 2010 IT Strategy Why some IT executives are gung ho about cloud computing technology 29 Oct 2010 IT Strategy Managing expectations for DR in a virtual server environment 30 Sep 2010 IT Strategy Women in IT band together at VMworld 2010 09 Sep 2010 IT Strategy VMware luminaries say virtualized environments lead to IT as a Service 01 Sep 2010 IT Strategy The cloud hype cycle will take the industry for a ride 20 Aug 2010 IT Strategy The feds' identity ecosystem will include national identity cards 13 Aug 2010 IT Strategy Readers respond to practice and philosophy of IT chargeback 22 Jul 2010 IT Strategy Chargeback process: An old model heralds changes in IT 16 Jul 2010 IT Strategy IT chargeback: A political hot potato is tossed up by cloud computing 09 Jul 2010 IT Strategy Self-service technology transforms universities into 'schools of one' 18 Jun 2010