Adrian Bridgwater

Case Studies It's Alzheimer's Awareness Day today and the Alzheimer's Society is making full use of the cloud to spread its message

In-depth There are signs that the take-up of cloud-based ERP is already waning, so how should CIOs proceed?

In-depth Adrian Bridgwater looks back on NetSuite's recent user conference to put the announcements in context...

Opinion We've become used to shadow IT but are we ready for apps being built by non-techies

Opinion Are cloud players their own worst enemy? Should they cut out the hype?

In-depth Choosing a SaaS app is a bit like choosing a chocolate; they're wrapped up to look alluring but how do you know which one is the hard nut?

Opinion Could cloud bring in a new era of artificial intelligence?

In-depth One of the defining factors of cloud computing is the shifting boundary: are we ready for the customer-supplier?

Opinion With so many launches at Oracle Open World, is the firm finally becoming a serious cloud player?

In-depth How will Java fare in the cloud world? Is Java-as-a-service the way forward?

In-depth Should OpenStack choose a more open cloud compatibility strategy?

In-depth Pulling together disparate departments for a cloud project is one of the toughest challenges. How can it be made easier?

Opinion We talk about cloud as the new commodity, a new sort of utlity but there's some way to go yet

In-depth What is Citrix doing with CloudStack - is it the odd one out in the cloud platforms? What advantages does it offer?

Opinion The integration between mobile and cloud is where there'll be lots of activity in the future. IBM is looking to get ahead of the game

Opinion As unified communications aligns with the cloud model of service-based computing, businesses must realise this is not a one-click-fix option

In-depth Users shouldn’t get too hung up on the myth of open cloud, as there’s always going to be some sort of lock-in. It’s just a question of where

Opinion There's a type of religious fervour when it comes to cloud - but does the technology really need its evangelists?

In-depth One of the problems thrown up by cloud computing is that there's a complex infrastructure to manage. How should performance be measured?

Opinion Salesforce's names may be slightly old-fashioned as its message is all about cloud ... and now about touch too

Opinion The problem with cloud standards is there are so many: CAMP is the latest to address the issue of portability. Is it the way forward?

In-depth When to migrate applications to the cloud - it's a thorny question for any CIO and there's no easy answer

In-depth The world used to be simpler: there were developers and there were techies who made things work but the cloud environment is different

Opinion We use a lot of buzzwords rather glibly - but what does next-generation data centre actually mean?

Opinion The use of cloud design software could herald a new era of interoperability