SECOND DAY AT MICROSOFT ENVISION IN NEW ORLEANS

By Moira Tamayo, Calitech™ SVP Sales and Business Development At the Envision conference today we went deeply into the cloud. We worked with partners and with Microsoft colleagues to establish the real cost of going to the cloud vs. staying on premise.  According to a September 2015 analysis by the Gartner research firm, the top […]

THE EVOLUTION OF CLOUD COMPUTING

In the old days of IT, the model was to be on premise/colocation.  This gave companies a feeling of safety and high performance: there were no latency issues, data and applications were easily available and governance was simple and straightforward. Later came the idea of “cloud” as a steady state cloud, or clouds. Adding a […]

THE IOT DISRUPTS HEALTHCARE: WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE COMING MONTHS. PART I

One of the most exciting developments in cloud computing is the enablement of the Internet of Things (IoT).  IoT applications running on the cloud will disrupt all sectors, and the healthcare industry more than most. A year ago, Forbes reported that, according to a new estimate from MarketResearch.com, the healthcare Internet of Things market segment […]

THE IOT DISRUPTS HEALTHCARE: WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE COMING MONTHS PART II

In our last blog post we discussed how cloud computing has enabled the Internet of Things (IoT), and how this is expected to change some of our most basic assumptions about healthcare. One concrete example that may help is to imagine the future of healthcare through smart sensors, or sensors connected via the IoT.  Some […]

HOW TO BALANCE COST AND QUALITY WHEN EVALUATING THE CLOUD

Recent research studies by Google and by organization such as the Business Marketing Association show that emotions play a major role in B2B purchasing decisions. Let me explain: years ago, there was a distinction between B2C and B2B marketing, in that B2C purchasing decisions were supposed to be more emotion-driven, whereas B2B decisions were rationally […]

THE WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH TO CLOUD COMPUTING

Here is an IT executive. He (or she) is competent and professional. He has built a successful career based on making the right decisions after careful risk and reward analysis. He is not the first to embrace the bleeding edge. He likes to wait and see. Better to be second to market rather than to […]

WHY HYBRID CLOUD IS GAINING VELOCITY

In the tech world, there is a certain appeal to be able to walk up and touch a server. This is especially true when the payment comes due and you want to get a real feel for where your money has gone. This can be a reality with hybrid cloud. You get the best of both […]