Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:00

Written by Wired News

I spent the first five years of my life unaware that my bedroom had what we used to proudly call in the ’80s a “popcorn ceiling” — a plaster spray treatment that could be quickly applied and hide all those cracks and blemishes.

When I was five I got my first pair of glasses and discovered that I’d been playing under a stippled canopy all those years. I remember the slightly unnerving yet magical feeling of lying on my bed looking up at the ceiling that had previously been a blur of white.

Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:00

Written by Ray Cornelious

Cloud computing is the future of information technology (IT). In a recent survey of 481 CFOs across the United States, 83% said that their companies expect to rely on cloud-based services in the next three to five years. Many innovated solution providers have reshaped how businesses think about their current IT infrastructure by introducing a much more efficient platform to deliver computer software over the internet at lower cost. Cloud computing allows businesses to dramatically reduce their operating and capital costs by transferring these infrastructure and support responsibilities to a third-party service providers. Defining the Cloud Atmosphere