According to OpenStack user survey, Ubuntu Linux is the most popular OpenStack operating system. According to Mark Shuttleworth (founder of Canonical, Ubuntu's parent company), 55 percent of OpenStack operating systems are on Ubuntu. To know more about synchronization of Ubuntu and OpenStack, go through the article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, writer about technology.
http://www.zdnet.com/openstacks-top-operating-system-ubuntu-linux-7000027360/
It is true that cloud computing is rapidly changing the nature of businesses. Now, it is spanning across various industries. Even, the legal industry has adopted the cloud technology in recent years.
Though, it is a fact that cloud has brought in numerous benefits, but security and privacy are main concerns. Particularly, these are very much important in legal issues as they deal with clients which are privileged information. But does that mean that lawyers will stop adopting cloud technology? Definitely not. They have to use the technology in such a way so that they can realize maximum benefits of using it.
At a panel discussion titled “Privacy and Your Practice: Data Sovereignty for Lawyers,” held at CUNY Law School, experts discussed how lawyers can cope with the technology maintaining privacy and security simultaneously. To know the discussions, read them at http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/06/practicing-law-in-the-age-of-cloud-computing/ .
OpenStack, an extremely popular open source Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud program, has released its latest version: Icehouse. Approximately 350 new features and 2,902 bug fixes were added this time. The main focus was on testing, maturity, and stability. In addition, third-party continuous integration (CI) has resulted in 53 external systems testing OpenStack compatibility across broad sets of hardware and software configurations. Read more at:
http://www.zdnet.com/icehouse-new-openstack-cloud-arrives-7000028560/
Mobile phones have done a paradigm shift in marketing products and services. It has created an entirely new marketing channel which cannot be ignored. You, as a business owner, marketing manager or alike, have definitely noticed it.
Fixing budget for marketing your products or services is really a daunting job. With mobile marketing, this job has become more difficult. The growth of mobile usage will not make a halt and as technology will continue to make an upward slope, sophisticated consumers will purchase more through mobile interfaces. So, when mobile is the future, the key to a successful marketing campaign lies here and you must unlock it to make use of its full potential. For this, you will have to rethink over the budget you have allocated for your marketing campaign and you have to lay much importance to the mobile space and justify why you are doing so.
Having said that, are you confused about setting your budget? Here are some statistics on mobile marketing from which you can take cues: http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2014/05/04/10-mobile-marketing-statistics-help-justify-budget/ .
If you are a startup and you are worried about your success, then wait. Big Data is here for you to predict your success in business.
To be successful in business, a lot depends on your employees. You need to have the best talents and also ensure that your employee turnover is low. In an era, where you have technology in your hands, and you are surrounded with social networks, looking for right persons for your company and ensuring their satisfaction are not difficult tasks. Also, the good thing is, it is not always that you have to pay for expensive tests and assessments to analyze your employees’ data all the time.
Read more at: http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2014/05/02/use-big-data-predict-success-startup/ to know how big data can help you in getting the right employees, reduce employee turnover, thereby predicting success of your startup.
In an article by Mary Shinn (a news reporter for The Cortez Journal), we get some insights about why some small business organizations across the state chose to sign up for health insurance through health exchanges.
To read more, visit the following link:http://durangoherald.com/article/20140422/NEWS04/140429885/Limited-participation-seen-in-health-exchange-
An article by Ted Shelton, Vice president of Cognizant Business Consulting, talks about the substantial changes coming to every industry - how work is done, who does the work, and how value is derived from the work by all of the stakeholders - employees, companies, and their customers. Most companies have one or more CRM systems - often more than one as a separate CRM initiative may have been pursued for sales vs. service or even for multiple different sales and service channels (even when serving the same customer). The goal is to get a rich multi-dimensional understanding of your customer, and to have that information available to all departments of your company that engage with customers.
To know more follow http://socialmediatoday.com/tedshelton/2387741/crm-and-customer-code-halo
The rapid rate of cloud adoption has given rise to the natural necessity to have some data generated live on cloud-based platforms. One of the biggest mistakes a company can make is assuming that once you are managed by a hosting provider or other cloud-based platform company, the inbuilt security features will provide everything you need from a data safety perspective. Depending on the cloud service provider or managed service provider you use, you can expect scalability and flexibility to be built into the system so that you don't miss out on the cloud's ability to quickly respond to changes in demand. Having the technical skills in-house is just as important as finding the outsourced technical expertise that will enable a greater degree of secure infrastructure planning.
To know more visit the article at http://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/blog-hub/2013/nov/19/the-reality-of-data-security-in-the-cloud/
An article by Pam Dyer, Marketing manager at SolutionsIQ, conveys that hashtags can be powerful tools that drive brand recognition, increase reach, build community, create buzz, and positively impact customer loyalty. They are ways to track topics on Twitter and other social media platforms. Anyone sharing content can add one to their messages and posts, thus helping people to quickly find information on that same topic. It's easy to join in a hashtag conversation by clicking on one of your own tweets or those of others. You can track hashtags to see which ones resonate most with your audience. Hashtags on Instagram can help to maximize your reach and create a network of influential brand followers. When users click on a hashtag in Google+, the search results page (SERP) includes the original hashtag as well as posts with similar tags and keywords.
For more information visit http://socialmediatoday.com/pamdyer/2381691/using-hashtags-social-media-marketing
An article by Hari Kelachankuttu, Change Facilitation Manager in Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran Group) at Singapore, conveys that some organizations need to go a step further by setting financial savings targets by functions, departments or locations to have more granularities. As the challenges in the markets are getting complex business processes need to be continuously improved to overcome that.
To know more follow http://www.processexcellencenetwork.com/innovation/articles/continuous-improvement-and-the-trouble-with-metric/
Implementing cloud data encryption and maintaining control over encryption keys is an important way for the enterprise to verify how information can be shared and unlocked. Cloud data encryption transforms data so that it is undecipherable without the key that can be used to change the data back to its original form. But several enterprises are now realizing that when they cede control of their encryption keys to their cloud providers, their sensitive data may not be as private as they had hoped. They need to look for peer reviewed security proofs and understand implications on end users of cloud applications if there are strong encryption techniques. Recommendation from Gartner and the security and compliance needs to control sensitive data and it becomes clear that having vast amounts of sensitive data dispersed to multiple cloud application providers and relying on those providers to keep the encryption keys safe creates a security paradox for the enterprise.
To gather more insights visit the article by Gerry Grealish, Chief Marketing Officer of PerspecSys, follow http://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/blog-hub/2014/mar/20/when-deploying-cloud-data-encryption-protecting-encryption-keys-is-critical-to-keeping-cloud-data-private/
B2B marketers are recognizing the benefit of engaging with audiences via social networks. By creating an online persona for your brand, you're humanizing it. To succeed in social strategy, B2B companies need to adopt the mindset of engaging as an individual first and business second. This personal tone will make your brand more approachable. For success in social strategy, you have to customize your brand image on your company profile, share videos, and upload presentations using LinkedIn and Twitter. The social site revealed that more than 30 percent of Twitter users search for B2B brands online, compared to 12 percent of average internet users.
To know more about the article by Boone Baill, Seasoned marketing and communications professional, follow http://socialmediatoday.com/bonniebailly/2383241/social-secrets-softer-side-b2b-marketing
An article by Ryan Huang, editor at ZDNet's Asia/Singapore office, talks about recognizing vulnerabilities in existing facilities before embarking on a cloud computing deployment for potential adopters to fortify critical systems. The implementation of high-density configuration increases both the compute capacity and energy efficiency of an existing facility. When evaluating external cloud providers, the vendor's data center power infrastructure and availability strategy should also be examined and understood. To create an optimal cloud computing environment, data centers need to bridge the gap between the physical layer of the data center infrastructure and the IT infrastructure.
To know more visit http://www.zdnet.com/optimizing-existing-facilities-for-cloud-computing-7000028083/
In the second quarter of 2014, we are going to see shift of communication tool from e-mail to audio-visual, scope of mistakes will minimize and use of cloud computing are likely to increase. Moreover, there is going to be a sharp rise in demand for Agile Projects.
To know more about the new trends, kindly refer to the below mentioned link: - http://www.sooperarticles.com/business-articles/project-management-articles/5-hot-project-management-trends-2014-1321635.html
Decision trees can be generated based on project schedules. This article shows how to use decision tree analysis in project management as part of quantitative risk and decision analysis.
Please go through the link for more details: http://www.intaver.com/Articles/Article_DecisionTree.pdf
In a report by Carol M. Ostrom, reporter of The Seattle Times, we get to know that four new companies want to sell individual health-insurance plans inside the Washington Healthplanfinder online exchange for coverage in 2015. The new entrants into the exchange marketplace are: Moda Health Plan, Columbia United Providers, Health Alliance Northwest Health Plan and UnitedHealthcare of Washington. Of them, Moda Health Plan, also proposes to offer small-business policies through the Small Business Health Options Program, known as SHOP.
To read more, visit the following link: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023532022_healthinsurancenewplansxml.html
PeopleFluent, a social human capital management technology company, unveiled its vision for contingent workforce management with the announcement of the Vendor Management System (VMS) Mirror. VMS Mirror is a single platform for education, information and action. It gives organizations an engaging one-stop-shop to manage vendors and the contingent workforce.
To read more, visit the following link: http: http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwgeeks/article/PeopleFluent-Helps-Organizations-Address-Changing-Workforce-Balance-with-the-Vendor-Management-System-Mirror-20140502#
Advocate Healthcare had signed Medicare's first Shared Savings Program contract in 2012. The purpose of the contract was to test the ACO model, which offers financial incentives to hospitals and doctors for meeting cost and quality targets. Based on its initial success, Advocate is preparing to expand its ACO and officials believe it is worth of new investments. However, the success achieved through operating Medicare ACO model was not a cakewalk, but rather the success is achieved through failure, experimentation, and adaptation. Read more at: http://www.healthitoutcomes.com/doc/health-care-system-experiences-encouraging-aco-results-0001
It is estimated that by 2020, 80% of the US hospital will shift to some form of value based healthcare model. It means that the system will need to successfully transit from a transactional per procedure/per patient/per visit model to early diagnosis, treatment and management of the population system. This system will not only benefit the care providers, but will also benefit the patients. Innovative solutions that offer earlier detection, increased patient engagement or improved disease management could save the healthcare system billions of dollars every year. Lean innovations in healthcare will assist care providers to create a successful strategy in order to provide better care. Constant technological improvement has changed the dynamics of healthcare. Hospitals are looking for cost-effective solutions that integrate data into every pre- and postoperative procedure plan to better evaluate and treat patients. So, now healthcare leaders will focus on big data analysis to progress in business. Read more about this aspect at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/reenitadas/2014/04/30/the-truth-behind-value-based-healthcare-are-companies-really-getting-it/
Technology has redefined healthcare industry. Lot of new dimensions are active into the arena of healthcare industry today, but we have to look into the other side of technology in healthcare as well. The cost of medical treatment is going higher & higher as many new technology enabled options are coming up. "Computers make things better and cheaper. In health care, new technology makes things better, but more expensive," said Jonathan Gruber - an economist at MIT. We need to manage data both on patient and system level - to realize higher-quality and better-value care. We also need technology that will take us to the next level and will reduce costs. To read more, visit: http://recode.net/2014/04/28/technology-made-health-care-expensive-can-it-now-control-costs/