Potential cloud consumers are responsible for doing their due diligence by selecting the right cloud service provider (CSP) for their organization. It is important to educate all staff involved in the deployment on the basics of the selected CSP, architecture, services, and tools available to assist in the deployment. Additionally, they must ensure everyone understands the CSP’s security model and its impact on their role in the...

IBM Watson Analytics is a revolutionary cloud service that you can use for free. Watson Analytics was specifically designed to help people in all parts of a business or organization benefit from the power of business analytics. By enabling almost anyone to go to the web, type a question in their normal language and get results quickly, the barriers to powerful analytics would be all but eliminated and the access points would be...