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Over the next five years spending on IT cloud services is expected to grow nearly threefold, reaching $42 billion by 2012 and…
For years, the Internet lifestyle has been blamed for detrimental effects on personal and family life: bloggers dropping dead from heart attacks; vacation and leisure time diminished because of employees always being connected to work; less physical activity; and disconnectedness among family members at home.
Good news, everyone: according to technology leaders surveyed by law firm DLA Piper, the economic world isn't ending. Tech execs instead feel that the worst will be over within 24 months, and in the meantime, things won't be as bad as they were eight years ago.
These days, I'm constantly writing about the growth of online video, and how it is becoming more mainstream. There is news to report on the matter about every day. Partnerships are formed. New offerings are made available.
Some people check their email once an hour. Others, every five minutes. But a recent Google Apps outage made a number of accounts inaccessible for around 30 hours, and a prominent blogger had his account disabled to boot.
Online real estate Web site, Zillow.com has announced it is cutting 25 percent of its staff, which amounts to 40 employees in order to "securely batten down the hatches as we sail into a major economic storm," the company's chief executive officer, Rich Barton wrote on the Zillow Blog.
