Lisa Harris

The Gifted Amateurs Blog Proactive companies are dipping their toes cautiously into the Cloud – using it mainly for non-essential applications at the moment, but with a view to extending their commitments if their experience is positive. Entrepreneurs are growing their businesses with limited time, expertise and available budget by drawing upon new web-based technologies such as the Google Docs, blogs and emerging social networks. Recent articles in Business Week (‘How Cloud Computing is Changing the World’ by Rachael King) and the Financial Times (‘Back to Bust?’ by Richard Waters) both echo how entrepreneurs are growing their businesses with limited time, expertise and available budget by drawing upon new web-based technologies such as the Google Docs, blogs and emergin... (more)