11.01.2011 | By Kennedy Maize
Cloud computing is a growing phenomenon for many businesses, large and small, promising significant efficiencies and cost savings. But, as with anything new, computing in the cloud poses some unforeseen legal issues....
09.01.2011 | By Kennedy Maize
"Asset health" offers a conceptual path to integrating information technology with operations technology, thereby overcoming the common management problem of "siloed data," according to a recent study by The McDonnell Group....
07.01.2011 | By Kennedy Maize
How easy is it to hack a generator's SCADA system? It's so easy it scares the heck out of the guy who used to run network security for the Bonneville Power Administration. It's so easy he can't tell us any details, for security reasons. That's why we should all be scared....
07.01.2011 | By Patrick Zirnhelt
Enterprise resource planning software has swept the power industry, promising to improve coordination and management. Has it lived up to the hype? One ERP vendor says the programs often underperform....
01.03.2011 | By Hugh Latimer
Given cloud computing's potential to lower operating costs and increase flexibility, it's no wonder that it is on the cusp of sending the corporate world into a paradigm shift....
09.01.2010 | By George Lobsenz
As state regulators examine whether the smart grid benefits consumers, a federal agency is looking at what information consumers need to take advantage of the technology....
09.01.2010 | By Kennedy Maize
Imagine, a tablet computer than can surf the web, run word processing, take and send pictures, and run on sunlight. That’s what the government of India says it can produce...for $35 each. Imagine all the things your organization could do with computers that are essentially commodities....
05.01.2010 | By Robert Mayfield, PhD
The cost of poor company knowledge management is high and getting higher. Managing knowledge in an era of compartmentalization and specialization is more difficult when organizations face layoffs, looming retirements, and the scarcity of trained, qualified workers....
03.01.2010 | By Kennedy Maize
What do Gmail, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook have in common? All are examples of cloud computing. All present serious data security challenges....
01.01.2010 | By Kennedy Maize
“Cloud” computing has become the latest buzz in the information technology world. What does it mean? Is it real? And how can it affect your business world?...

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