These days, the ‘cloud’ is the hype of the moment. But when is the big breakthrough going to come? Although the model offers promising possibilities, most companies are still assuming a wait-and-see stance. Data security appears to be a major concern. Is it really responsible to put business-critical data in the cloud? For that very reason, the interest in the ‘cloud’ seems currently geared primarily towards generic applications, such as e-mail and calendar. And yet the cloud can offer just as great an advantage for business-critical applications. The cost does not seem to be the major driver, but rather the scalability and rapid adaptability that the cloud makes possible.
Posts Tagged ‘Cloud computing’
Round Table
Monday February 28th, 2011Is the cloud good for your business?
Debating the success of tomorrow
News
Monday February 21st, 2011Face-to-face with the future
Belgacom Innovation Lounge
In recent years, Belgacom has invested heavily in convergence, the development of the network, the datacenters and has now a more than solid basis for innovative solutions. At the Innovation Lounge you can form a concrete picture of the way in which we are evolving towards a densely connected world.
Collaboration
Wednesday November 17th, 2010More advantages via the cloud
UC-as-a-Service for all your communication needs at a fixed price
Belgacom is currently exploring the advantages of UC-as-a-Service. The cloud should make it possible to enjoy all of the benefits of Unified Communications. The client pays a fixed price per user per month, and Belgacom takes care of all the rest.
Dossier
Tuesday October 12th, 2010New role for ICT
CIO: from support to strategy
New technology is driving new processes and business models. The cloud is making it possible to purchase ICT as-a-service, in function of the opportunities of the moment. That not only changes the strategic role of ICT – and therefore of the CIO – but also the importance of a competent and innovative partner who can provide the necessary ICT services. Read more
Media reviews
Wednesday July 14th, 2010Growing need for security
At the beginning of this year, Symantec conducted a survey among 2,100 IT managers, CISOs () and CIOs (chief information security officer) in 27 different countries, all working at companies with 500 or more employees. An important conclusion that they drew from this study is that company security still remains one of IT’s top concerns because the frequency of Web attacks continues to increase.
Protection against new types of attacks is only getting harder - in part because of the complexity of new technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization. This means growing costs for protection. Not self-evident, of course, in times when budgets are tight. Fortunately, they offer a number of practical recommendations on how best to protect the endpoint infrastructure and company information.
Source: “State of Enterprise Security 2010″
Symantec - White Paper
Dossier
Wednesday June 9th, 2010Progress thanks to mobility
Mobility plays an increasingly important role
Mobility is an important dynamo of progress in our society. The new generation of mobile devices is more powerful than ever. They make it possible to use complex applications mobilely. At the same time, businesses are opting for cloud computing and allowing their staff to work from home or from the client’s location, while they are able to remotely access data and applications in a partner’s datacenter. Belgacom supports the growing demand for mobility through an open collaboration with innovative partners so as to offer the very best solutions. Read more
Media reviews
Wednesday April 21st, 2010Look beyond the crisis
Gartner examines the way that companies are preparing for an economic recovery after the peak of the crisis and the impact that these adjustments to their behavior will have long-term. To do this, they analyzed trends such as cloud computing, social computing and the breakthrough of new technologies that will become available to end-users, such as powerful smartphones with continuous Internet connection.
They offer practical recommendations on how best to handle sensitive issues in the coming years, with regard to aspects such as Internet marketing and online privacy. One interesting point is that in their conclusions, the aspect of green IT crops up very frequently, to such a degree that they recommend that the carbon footprint of products and services be calculated and provided to customers.
Source: “Gartner’s Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users, 2010 and Beyond: A New Balance”
Gartner research; 29 December 2009
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