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Recent Cloud Computing Articles

How to Comparison Shop the Cloud: 5 Tips

The cloud is cheap and easy to tap into--sometimes too easy. Make sure you get the right service and price with these tips.  Read more

3 Ways Big Data Will Transform Your Company

Greylock Partners' data czar DJ Patil takes a look into the future of data--and what it means for you.  Read more

Cut Your Own Checks? You Don't Have To

As a small business, focus on what you do best. Leave most everything else up to high-speed connections, software-as-a-service vendors, and the "cloud."  Read more

Is Technology Killing Your Company?

The common high-tech trap many businesses fall into--and how to steer clear of it.  Read more

Smartphones of the Future: 6 Predictions

Future mobile devices will change the way you do business--in ways you probably can't even imagine. Here are a few predictions.  Read more

4 Tech Mistakes That Can Bring Down Your Business

You're no IT person--you have a business to run!--but you can't afford to get these technology decisions wrong.  Read more

Run Your Business From Your Smartphone 

Lead your company from anywhere--on your smartphone. Tips from Cyriac Roeding, founder of Shopkick.com, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur C...  Watch video

Google Drive: A Box- and Dropbox-Killer?

Cloud start-ups have thrived because no major Big Tech company beat down their doors. That just changed.  Read more

Box: Can It Stop a Goliath Named Google?

If the rumors are true, Google will launch a cloud service that aims squarely at Box. Does the start-up have what it takes to survive?  Read more

3 Cloud Services That Make Work Easier

Protect yourself against data loss, security blunders, and--that real productivity killer--inefficiency.  Read more

How to Become Digitally Literate Today

Entrepreneurs are divided into digital natives and digital immigrants. If you don't go native in a hurry, you will be left behind.  Read more

A Simple Cure for Project Management Headaches

Want to spend more time working on a project than managing it? Try this tool.  Read more

6 Major Tech Innovations for 2012

These trends could make for huge opportunities--or huge disruptions to your business. Either way, they are ones to watch.  Read more

5 New Apps & Tech Tools to Try

Dozens of new gadgets and Web services promise to boost your business. Here are five that just might deliver.  Read more

7 Classic Tech Blunders to Avoid

Any of these mistakes could cost you time, money, and the security of your business.  Read more

Build a Killer Enterprise App: 10 Rules

The best apps are always on, always alert, and always ready to help your employees seize an opportunity. Here's how to build one.  Read more

New Ways to Sync and Store

Once geared toward consumers, cloud-based services for storing and syncing files are now targeting business users. Here's the skinny on two of them.  Read more

6 Start-up Tips From the World’s Biggest Tech Companies

Google and Microsoft were once start-ups. So how'd they get that big? We asked company executives to share their growth tips.  Read more

Business Trip? 5 Tech Essentials to Pack

Travel lighter! Get more work done! Never run out of power! Don't leave home without these tech essentials.  Read more

42 High-Tech Lifesavers

Technology disasters happen. Spare yourself the trauma with these essential apps, gadgets, and online services for business owners.  Read more

5 Ways to Deal With Pushy Tech Vendors

Microsoft, Best Buy, and other tech giants are coming for you, armed with their best sales pitches. Get ready to negotiate.  Read more

5 Tech Trends That Won’t Go Out of Style

Feel like you're always scrambling to keep up with the latest technology? Stop. These are the only five things you need to worry about.  Read more

5 Tips: How to Recover When Your Tech Tools Fail

Sometimes the Web services you rely on crash... or get taken down by the feds (sorry, Megaupload.com!). Be ready before it happens to you.  Read more

6 Things Gadget-Savvy Travelers Pack

A streamlined packing list that won't sacrifice your ability to get things done on the road.  Read more

The Small Minnesota Company Behind India's Huge Cloud Project

How a 55-person business in Minnetonka developed the software solution India needed to tackle its energy problems.  Read more