Earlier this year, NSK Inc participated in a webinar on scalable data with the Cloud. Sponsored by Amazon Web Services, the presentation also featured NSK affiliate TwinStrata.

The Benefits of Public Cloud Computing

Simplicity and efficiency are the overarching benefits of having a public cloud. Public clouds are offered as a service, usually over an Internet connection. An off-site third party provider hosts and manages the system. Users connect to the system via web applications or services. Public clouds usually charge a monthly usage fee per gigabyte and bandwidth transfer charges.

It was a slow day in the TA IT Department and Deputy Michael McGowan sat watching the tumbleweeds roll past with a bemused look that belied his lighting draw and steel resolve. Suddenly a call came in from the Sheriff – he had just been ambushed in Downtown Crossing Gully and three bandits had made off with a valuable heirloom – his iPad.

Top 7 Trends in '11

We’ve rounded out the Top 7 Trends in Information Technology for 2011. From Cloud Computing to HTML5, the New Year will bring many new challenges as well as numerous opportunities, especially for small and mediums sized businesses.