SAP AG announced the launch of its new SAP Scouting solution, an enterprise offering designed to enable sports franchises to improve their ability to identify and acquire on-field talent. The announcement was made at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. SAP developed the solution in partnership with the National Football League’s (NFL) San Francisco...
Read MoreIBM Cloud Services and Software To Be Based on Open Standards
In a move that could have far-reaching implications for infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) standards, IBM announced that its new cloud services and software will be based on an open cloud architecture. The move is designed to ensure that innovation in cloud computing is not hampered by locking businesses into proprietary islands of unsecured and...
Read MoreBSA Study Finds Cloud Computing Policies Still Sporadic Around the World
The good news: legal and regulatory impediments to the adoption of cloud computing are easing around the world, according to the 2013 Business Software Alliance (BSA) Global Cloud Computing Scorecard. Unfortunately, progress in this all-important area is proceeding at a slow and sporadic pace that still undermines the full economic potential of cloud...
Read MoreThe Great Time Sink: Unexpected IT Issues Monopolize Staff Hours—A Challenge Cloud Can Fix
It takes five IT professionals a combined average of 100 hours a week to fix unexpected IT issues, according to a new market research survey conducted by Kelton Research at the behest of TeamQuest Corp. And that huge time sink, which is an unproductive use of valuable and often scarce IT resources, can be resolved by bringing in the cloud. The survey found...
Read MoreLockheed Martin Successfully Migrates EPA to Microsoft Cloud
Lockheed Martin and Microsoft have successfully completed migration of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Microsoft Office 365. Deployment of the cloud-based collaboration and communication service will improve employee access to communications and mobility tools. “Our partnership with Lockheed Martin in bringing Microsoft Office 365 to the EPA...
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