Nearshore Journal

One of the biggest questions facing companies today is what to make of cloud computing. Does it signal a major shift in how we approach IT — and the business — or is it just another ride on the hype wave that will disappear if we just wait [...]

This guest post comes courtesy of Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst at Zapthink.
By Ronald Schmelzer
Most experienced practitioners in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Enterprise Architecture (EA), including ourselves, would assert that architecture and implementation are not interdependent. That is to say that architecture expresses means for describing ways of doing things whereas [...]

By Ryan Singel
Cryptome, the secret-document-spilling site, is back online Thursday, after Microsoft withdrew a copyright complaint that shuttered the site the day before.
Microsoft’s efforts to suppress a document about how to subpoena online user data backfired, leading instead to widespread attention to (and republication of) the document it tried to suppress.
Microsoft did not apologize in [...]

Editor’s comments on Post (P.Peters):”Digital morality – Should apple behave as Pat Robinson or the Pope? Apple says I’m sorry but not with words – actions. It appears that the UK ecommerce-design firm bikini app was judge too skimpy then subsequently re-evaluated as ok. Perhaps someone looked at the Sports Illustrated shots – which are [...]

If you want a realistic view of cloud computing adoption – along with an understanding of what motivates IT executives to invest the cloud, what concerns remain, and what initiatives are planned – you can’t limit your frame to a single industry. The full picture only becomes clear through a cross section of research, manufacturing, [...]

By Leo King (For Computerworld UK)
Everything could change now in how IT providers make sales, draw up contracts, and conduct work, says National Outsourcing Association. Suppliers might now have to tread a careful line when pitching for deals.
Today’s victory by BSkyB in its £709 million (US$1.15 billion) court case against HP-EDS could represent a serious [...]

By Stephen Lendman
In The Prince, Machiavelli (May 1469 – June 1527) wrote:
“The mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous, and if anyone supports his state by the arms of mercenaries, he will never stand firm or sure, as they are disunited, ambitious, without discipline, faithless, bold amongst friends, cowardly amongst enemies, they have no fear [...]