Is it time to PaaS!

The latest article in the Federal Times references a recent government study that confirms the use of maintaining platforms on the cloud would result in significant cost savings. Government agencies are looking to the cloud for software application development, which would reduce IT project development time by 31%. Using platforms as a service is a low risk and effective savings alternate to the current type of support provided. Estimates of the savings are in the billions of dollars ($20B) annually.

Ideas on Government Spending Cuts

The Cato Institute and DownsizeGovernment.org teamed up to create budget cuts to significantly reduce government spending over the next 10 years. While some of the changes are common sense, a lot of their ideas are very insightful and will help reduce the debt as well. The idea of both organizations is to put the responsibilities on people and the states and keep it out of the hands of the federal government. The dependency for government intervention is overwhelming and is going in the wrong direction, this plan is a good start to reverse that dependency.

What is reputation risk?

Risk management has been an important part of doing business for many years. Risk management includes the information gained from potential partners and suppliers. Nowadays, managing risk is more about business intelligence of a company's reputation. It means, what is a potential partner or supplier willing to do to get the job done. Corruption, reduced quality of service or products, and compliance are the top three concerns when managing risk. Surveys were completed in this article from the WSJ regarding the types of reputation risk.