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Earlier in the year, I wrote a blog about why 2014 is the perfect time for SMBs to move to the cloud. Now, as I look at the 2014 calendar, it shows me that we are almost half way through the year and summer is just about here! In my article, I wrote about one of the most significant technology advances in 25 years that really took off full swing in 2013, and how now it is not only easy but now extremely important for small to medium sized businesses (SMB) to move to the cloud right away.

Big data has already transformed government and industry, granting never before seen insight into how the world works. Now doctors and the medical world are beginning to apply this new insight into cancer treatment. The American Society of Clinical Oncologists now has a working prototype for a "learning health system" called CancerLinQ. This system collects and analyzes cancer care data from the millions of patients that are treated for cancer each year from around the country.

This was a big week for Apple, on Monday they announced iOS 8 at WWDC. The new release has a ton of upgrades and is a definite sign of things to come from Apple, you can read more about the announcements here.

To mark the occasion we thought that we would take a look back in time to see what life was like before the iPhone.

IT can be expensive, but most of the time it is a necessary expense. The most frustrating part about IT is not how expensive it can be, but how unpredictable these expenses are. Spending $10,000 on a new server is a pain but if you are able to budget for this expense and know when it is coming it becomes much more manageable.

Its that time of year again, beach season is here and its time to get back in shape. Whenever I am at the gym I seem to notice more people have extra devices attached to them collecting all kinds of information about their workouts. It is a daily reminder of how entwined data and the cloud is becoming with our lives.

Ever wonder how much data is being stored in the cloud? I'll give you a hint, it is a mind boggling amount. Here is a great infogrpahic that shows just how much there is and what the future holds for all of this data.

When old floppy disks and phones sit in the junk drawer of your office they really lose most of their beauty. Well Jim Golden, a renowned commercial photographer, has emptied out the junk drawer and turned these relics of technology into art. The results are truly amazing, they inspire this complete sense of nostalgia and I'm sure will bring back some great (or frustrating) memories.

I can imagine you may be experiencing nightmare of a headache, and with all of this talk about what the cloud can do for you and why it could be the best decision for your company I don't blame you. There are so many questions and a lot of white noise surrounding the answers.

Cloud adoption is continuing as predicted. IT as we know it is changing and the cloud is the future. Make sure you are planning for the cloud today.

Learn how you can get on the cloud wagon here!

We talk a lot about new innovative technology here at TOSS sadly however, technology does not stay innovative for long. This raises a major question, what am I supposed to do with all of these leftover pieces of old tech? Well I'm glad you asked because the answer is simple, CRAFTS. Thats right, its time to take those old relics and turn them into something useful once more.