What does the financial bailout of Ireland and cloud computing have in common? The bailout relates directly to a real-estate bubble that is very similar to the one in the United States and will take the form of loans in the range of $100 to $120 billion – about half the size of the entire Irish economy. A recent survey showed Ireland ranking 13th per capita in IT spending, though not ranking in the top 25 of most vibrant IT culture. This revealed that Ireland’s IT spending has been deploying new systems and is then, a perfect case for outsourced cloud computing relying on third-party providers to deliver.
A law firm in Texas sough to create a virtual law firm that would leverage a Web-based practice management system and extensive use of social media. This goal of going paperless was made possible with Fortis.
Speakers at the Enterprise Search Summit, held November 16-18 in Washington, D.C., united in expressing the opinion that effective search is not a challenge that can be met by technology alone.