• Maureen Hayden is the Indiana State Reporter for CNHI. Contact her at [email protected]. Normal, Ill. — Dick Smith thrives on competition. At 69, he braved the heat and sandstorms of the Sahara desert this summer to compete against rivals half his age on ABC’s adventure reality show “Expedition Impossible.” Smith was edged out before…
Small business latches onto cloud computing
With all the words written about cloud computing this year, one wonders why Rob Livingstone wrote a book on the topic, with the title Navigating through the cloud. Essentially, Livingstone says it’s because he could not buy a book that allows individuals and organisations alike to make an objective and well-informed assessment of the value…
Study shows major shift to cloud computing in manufacturing
Cloud computing technology will be the main driver of manufacturing IT productivity in the coming decade, a new report from IDC Manufacturing Insights claims. And manufacturers appear to be well on their way, adopting cloud computing technology slightly faster than other industries: 23% are already running cloud technology and another 44% are implementing it or…