When configuring your client's new workstations to work in the cloud there are plenty of things to look forward to as an engineer. I remember at past jobs how much manual labor was needed to replace a workstation. Some people had had their computers for over a decade.

This week Zurich Insurance announced that it has released cloud computing insurance plans that will help to protect businesses from financial loss due to cloud outages and mishaps. It makes complete sense when you think about it, you wouldn't drive a car without car insurance and you wouldn't purchase a house without some kind of home owners insurance.

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This year’s World Cup has seen some of the latest goals and highest scoring games in the history of the cup. There have already been more goals in this World Cup than in 2010 and we haven't even reached the semi finals yet. This all creates some great drama, but the truly amazing thing is how many people have been able to watch and interact with all of this excitement.

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.

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.

Do you remember making a mixtape for that cute girl you liked in your English class? I bet you do and I'm sure she appreciated your collection of Rush and that one Bryan Adams song, you romantic you.

And even though there was something great about making a mixtape for that lucky lady I must say that personally an iTunes playlist is just so much easier.

On April, 23rd 2005 a brief 18 second video was uploaded to a video hosting site called YouTube. If you had to guess I'm sure you would say that this must be promotional launch video or a brief advertisement for the soon to be multimedia behemoth, but you would be wrong.

Last week the Security and Exchange Commission shut down a worldwide pyramid scheme that was targeting Asian-American, Hispanic and foreign investors promising high returns for investments from cloud computing services. WCM and WCM777, the companies behind the scheme, raised more than $65 million in 2013. They promised gullible investors that they could double their money in 100 days by investing anywhere from $300 to $1,999 in cloud services.

Mobile computing is big business and here to stay. Not too long ago telecommuting was a concept to the mobile job seeker which consisted of questionable ‘work at home’ offerings such as envelope stuffing, paid surveys, transcriptions etc..etc… Much of this is starting to evolve today with the explosion of mobile devices, low cost cloud based services and the growing acceptance of BYOD (Bring your own devices). Start-ups can run as virtual businesses hiring mobile workers without the need to spend thousands of dollars on traditional Brick & Mortar infrastructure.