The Art of Application Performance Testing

Here are the 10 steps you need to create an effective project communications plan.

Step 1: Situation Analysis

The first step to take when creating a Communications Plan is to perform a Situation Analysis. This is a fancy term for researching your existing communications environment.

Review the performance of all communications within your project and identify the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.

Until cloud computing is secure, encrypt, says storage supplier - Developers face a huge challenge in finding a transparent security system for use in cloud computing, says storage supplier Origin Storage.

Security... [Computer Weekly]

Cloud computing – the legal risks - While it is clear that the cloud has the potential to offer a great deal for end-users, there are an assortment of potential legal risks and issues that should be considered and, where possible, mitigated, writes Dan Burge, partner at Denton Wilde Sapte. [Computer Weekly]

There is evidence that 2nd and 3rd round cutting of IT budgets is jeopardising the ability of IT organisations to adequately service the business.

The current economic  climate is encouraging a review of new technologies such as cloud computing, as well as more established options such as outsourcing to meet the demand for lower costs, but these initiatives are being implemented as short-term measures.

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