Category Archives: Cloud Computing

Tablets & Clouds: Growing Trends in Data Access

Tablet use has caught on quickly: it took less than two years for the tablet to reach 40 million American users, while it took seven years for smartphones. According to a report from Forrester Research, tablet sales are expected to …

Standardization Through Cloud Computing

One of the great things about adopting new technology is the fact that it often brings unseen benefits. In the case of the cloud, one of the benefits many business owners and managers have seen is that it allows them …

Positive Diagnosis: Reduced Costs And Increased Efficiency With EHRs

Primarily for financial reasons, many in the healthcare industry still cling to the all-paper office. Nearly 50% of U.S. outpatient physicians do not use an electronic records system. Over 65% of physicians that have not implemented an electronic health records …

Scalability: What Clouds Are Made Of

We have mentioned the feature “scalability” multiple times on the onthenetOffice blog. We even briefly defined the term in our “Cloudy to Clear” series. In today’s post, we will focus in depth on scalability and its uses, benefits, and latest …

From Cloudy to Clear: Cloud Terms & Concepts Explained-Part 3

In previous editions of “From Cloudy to Clear” we defined the different kinds of cloud delivery methods (public, private, hybrid) and architectures (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS). Today we will describe the characteristics shared by all clouds regardless of delivery method or …