Cloud computing for the enterprise advances while at the same time there's more demand for mobile devices than ever.

Microsoft Readies More Services for the Cloud
In case you wondering how serious Microsoft is about cloud computing in the enterprise, you might want to consider these comments from a Microsoft CTO about business intelligence, master data management and a new generation of CRM tools. Meanwhile, Google says we should expect to see support for Open Social support in Google Apps this fall.

CRM in the Cloud Takes on Software-as-a-Service
There is a subtle difference between how applications are developed for a cloud model in comparison to a multi-tenant software-as-a-service architecture as evidenced by a relatively small company called Enterprise Wizard. Elsewhere, on the CRM front we can offer visual tours of Oracle On Demand Release 15 and some social networking software that Salesforce.com plans to make part of the CRM experience. And for those of you just starting to think about CRM 2.0, here's a tutorial.

CIO Insight Study Finds Mobile Computing Proliferating Everywhere in the Enterprise
According to a major portion of the IT executives surveyed, the prospects of significant productivity gains are trumping all security and support issues when it comes to mobile computing in the enterprise.

New Orleans CTO Shares Business Continuity Insights
With a fair amount of the Mid-West under water, now may be a good time to review disaster recovery plans and maybe even rethink your company's entire approach to sustainability. And not to be overlooked, but virtualization is going to play a key role in disaster recovery as well.

IBM Rolls Out Portable Data Centers
With more emphasis being put on flexibility in IT, the concept of a portable data center is now gong mainstream. Elsewhere, Hewlett-Packard has its sights set of mainframe customers looking to switch to blade centers running Itanium processors.

Sales of PCs Set to Grow through 2008
PC sales, despite current economic conditions, will continue to grow at a pretty rapid clip. This is giving supporters of Vista some renewed hope but even within Microsoft it's pretty clear that not everybody is huge Vista fan. In the meantime, the way Vista crashes can actually make all the difference.

Firefox 3 Has a Lot More Than Meets the Eye
The changes to next version of the popular open source browser at first appear minimal but it turns out they have far reaching implications for the future of Web computing. Of course, supporters of Internet Explorer make their case for equal time.

CIO Insight Editors List the Best of the Summer IT Reading List
As you head off to vacation this summer, don't forget to pack some of the more intriguing IT titles of the year.