This week, we’d like to share an app from our network that, judging by the flurry of recent help wanted posts on LinkedIn, could be of use to most companies as we kick off 2012. Jobscience is a recruiting and onboarding app that enables companies to easily publicize and accept job applications online. If your company is looking to hire, Jobscience…

Today, in Forbes, I offer my predictions for what’s to come in cloud during 2012. It will be a year of firsts: major acquisitions, rapid cloud adoption, a new class of cloud employees and major security breaches are all in store. Here’s a preview: 1. More Clouds Across Businesses Everywhere Over the past few years, we’ve seen cloud technologies…

It’s that time of year again. With 2012 upon us, industry leaders, writers and analysts are all placing their bets for what’s to come during the next 365 days. I’m expecting this to be a year of first for the cloud, but let's save my 2012 predictions for tomorrow. For now, I’d like to take a look back at my 2011 predictions to see how I fared. 1…

The calendar’s switched over, which means it’s that time of year again: full work weeks and prediction pieces for where cloud computing’s headed in the coming year. A few predictions caught our eye: Picking up on the security threats to businesses, IT Business Edge’s Mike Vizard, citing security firm Blue Coat Systems, offers four security trends…