Debbie Jo Severin

OK, so you’re tired of hearing the S-word. Maybe you’ve heard it too much, too long from companies that used it too much? But what if you could use it, too—for real—to deliver quick, bottom-line results? “Synergy” is a word that’s fallen out of favor with lots of IT and businesspeople, largely becau [...]

No, it’s not a joke, and there is no punchline. But there is definitely a payoff for companies that combine several powerful cloud solutions for a synergistic effect, says Infonetics analyst Diane Myers. And with some cloud vendors combining forces to create solutions that automatically and instantl [...]

Should your organization turn to the cloud and Voice over Internet Protocol for its communications? Odds are, at least some of your competitors are doing just that, according to a new report. Mid-sized enterprises are increasingly turning to VoIP and related communications technologies to run their [...]

It’s rare in the IT world that things turn out much better than you’d hoped—usually Murphy’s Laws govern the world of the CIO—and everyone else who has to keep technology running smoothly. That’s why we were so struck by Greg Meyer’s comments a few weeks ago at Orlando’s Enterprise Connect conferenc [...]

If Enterprise Connect attendance is an accurate indicator, cloud-based applications might be moving into larger and more risk-averse enterprises, such as finance. Statistics aren’t yet available for this year, but last year, almost a quarter (24.6 percent) of the attendees of the premier enterprise [...]

Digging out after a major disaster like a storm or a flood is never easy. But these days, many businesses have already survived more than one “historic weather event”—and they’re getting serious about dealing with that risk in their business plans [...]