I was at home one day ranting about the iPad around the time it was newly announced--pointing out the obvious to my captive audience.

When we speak about "change," we often talk about the pace of change or the challenge of change.

I know I have discussed cloud computing in this column before, but the fact is it just won't go away. Every day I am inundated with news articles and calls from sales people telling me the cloud is where I need to be.

Despite its reputation for risk aversion, insurance organizations are engaging in more technology innovation than the industry is given credit for, a report from the consulting firm Celent said.