Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on the risks of adopting the cloud, HTML5, employees using their own devices at work, and more. I hope you find them useful:
8 reasons to gear up for HTML5 Now
HTML5 is a hot topic, but there’s still a lot of confusion surrounding it. This article gives a nice explanation of what it is and how it will help.
Adopt the cloud, kill your IT career
The cloud is certainly getting a lot of hype these days, with many predicting that this will be the decade of the cloud. Here’s an author with an entirely different viewpoint, citing the potential security and job security risks of moving to the public cloud.
53% of employees use their own devices for work
Is BYOD a passing fad? Forrester sure doesn’t think so, as their recent survey finds that over half of employees already use their own devices at work, and this is just the beginning.
Experts puzzled by Oracle’s approach to cloud computing
Oracle’s new cloud platform is baffling many experts, who claim it’s overpriced and restrictive. They believe that in a cloud environment that thrives on integration and flexibility, a new offering that locks customers down is a step backwards.