About 20yrs ago a revolutionary company named Kalpana rolled the computer networking industry over. Kalpana introduced Network Switching and was selling switches for around $1,000 per port. Today, stop by your local office supply or brands store and pick up a low end switch for under $50 dollars, or less than 100 times the cost…
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Part 2 of 2: Will Cloud Computing Work?
Will Cloud Computing Work? The answer to the question is – YES. The following are additional advantage points I want to provide you with as either an Explorer or Skeptic. This article is Part-2 of 2 in this series. Cloud Computing will remove or reduce the need for “robotic” oriented employees. Now is the time…
Part 1 of 2: Will Cloud Computing Work?
Will Cloud Computing Work? That question is a topic of discussion I’ve been involved with for months on Linkedin. The marketing machines are pumping out loads of information about Cloud Computing. Simply, not everyone is grasping or understands it all right now. The answer to the question is – YES. However, let me lead you…
Virtual Computing Appliances, the Next Wave
Seems like just yesterday when VMware became a common Information Technology (IT) name. Now we are waiting for the next generation of Virtual Computing – Virtual Desktop Infrastructre (VDI) and Virtual Servers “in a box” (appliance). Consulting firms like Acuity Information Systems are not holding their breath. VMappliances are coming! For virtual computing to become…
Banks Learning Fast! We Are Mobile
Mobile applications continue to grow in volumes for various industries and retail outlets. Banks must learn fast to understand the implications of this for their business. Consumers are mobile, web smart, love our cool gadgets and want more! For banks to compete for market share they must “mobile up” to provide access to products and…
Why Cloud Computing for your Las Vegas or Charlotte Company?
What is Cloud Computing? A loosely defined term for Internet application development, services, and IT infrastructure for independent computer technology. Co-term: Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). Ancestor: Mainframe Era – centralized computing. Why Cloud Computing? Cloud-based services so far are cheaper than traditional IT products. Many are now becoming under-performing and legacy systems. Large on-premise database driven applications…
How Safe is Cloud Storage?
Cloud Storage is one of the fastest growing Cloud Computing offerings at this moment. For decades hard drive technology costs have been driven down to almost nothing. And that’s not all. In a report by Gartner, “Many businesses will not own IT assets by 2012.” IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) trends appear to be right about this as…
How Much Is An Information Technology (IT) Professional Worth?
Information Technology vendors have long marketed their IT certification programs (ie, CCNA, MCSE, CNE) to individuals and businesses. IT certification programs are planned revenue generating models well designed and sold by vendors. There is a catch, IT professionals do not evolve from production lines, the same goes for IT Consulting. Either you have it in…
How To Lower The Ownership Costs for Computers
Now that cloud-computing has the attention of business owners and executives, this blog adds another NOT SO WELL KNOWN savings tip – Solid State Disks (SSD). By now everyone has a digital camera, USB thumb drive, light weight NetBook or smart-phone like the one I am writing this blog with. Inside is a storage chip…
Certified Accountants or Certified IT Professionals. Who is More Qualified?
I recently posted a blog featuring general End of Year Tax Savings Tips. While writing that blog a concern came to mind about Certified Accountants or Certified IT Professionals. Who is more qualified? Not long ago Acuity Information Systems & Consulting received a marketing piece soliciting IT services from a solutions provider. There was a…
