Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH

| May 06, 2013

The best manufacturers I’ve visited this year all share a common attribute: they are obsessed with making themselves as easy as possible to work with from a supply chain, distribution and services standpoint. Many are evaluating cloud-based manufacturing applications including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and several have adopted cloud-based applications across their companies.With so much interest, there is much confusion as well. I recently spoke with Cindy Jutras, founder and CEO of M...

| May 01, 2013

In today's ever-changing business climate, it's critical that small business owners get what they need right when they need it. Whether they're on their computers, tablets or mobile phones, it's more important than ever for businesspeople to have information right at their fingertips, wherever they are. This is exactly the convenience that cloud computing provides. For small and midsize businesses (SMBs), the benefits of cloud computing are endless. Cloud computing saves businesses time and mone...

Amazon | May 01, 2013

Before turning to the world of cloud computing, let's pause to remember the crazy days of the 1970s when the science of the assembly line wasn't well-understood and consumers discovered that each purchase was something of a gamble. This was perhaps most true at the car dealer, where the quality of new cars was so random that buyers began to demand to know the day a car rolled off the assembly line. Cars built on Monday were said to be a bad risk because everyone was hung over, while cars slapped...

| January 26, 2013

Energy companies have traditionally been fairly conservative when it comes to using cloud-based IT platforms. But Bharat Light and Power (BLP), a forward-thinking renewable energy producer in India recently shifted its plant monitoring systems to the cloud, and is tapping into cloud-based big data analytics to help improve operational efficiency as it looks to manage future growth.The company said the new platform, the result of a collaboration with IBM, will help it achieve scale while making o...