Cloud technology is considered as the third great shift in computing. An article in ZDNet emphasizes the importance of technology in creating strategies that will enable businesses to become faster, smarter and more agile.

The “default” position for small and midsize businesses prefer cloud computing albeit its security concerns. This blog shares ways to keep a firm’s cloud-hosted solution safe in the absence of comprehensive data management and back-up plan.

Cloud Computing News Highlights: SOPA, Forrester’s End of Year forecast, Open Source Technologies, Cloud Technology Changes IT Roles, Splunk, Electronic Medical Records and the AMA.

Cloud Computing News Highlights: ZDNet predictions, Cloud Convergence Council, Independent Cloud Certification, Gartner Group predictions, US Cloud-based Call Centers, and Madison Technology on Cloud and SMBs benefits.

Cloud Computing Highlights: Moving to Private Cloud, Virtual Disaster Recovery, Adobe Drops Flash, 2012: Year of Cloud Computing, Open Virtualization Alliance