Keeping cloud based backups safe
Are you considering the cloud for backing up your critical files and data? If so, you’re not alone. Cloud based backup solutions are all the rage right now, with offerings baked in to operating systems from Apple, iCloud, Microsoft’s Skydrive,
Latest trends of the cloud computing world
There is no doubt about the worldwide cloud adoption. According to the National Inflation Association, cloud computing is currently a $74 billion industry that accounts for 3 percent of global IT spending, and it’s expected to become a $150 billion
The Hypothermic Cloud Infrastructure: Maintaining the Blood Flow to Tier 1 & 2 Apps
A particular sore spot since the beginning of the rise of cloud infrastructures, even the advent of utility computing is this: how do you forecast and pay for resources and justify costs for problems you don’t have yet?
The Benefits of Data Center Virtualization for Businesses
As we all know, data virtualization is a layered approach to manage huge data volumes from disparate sources (databases, systems and storage), through a single virtual view from within a front-end system, such as applications, or dashboards. Therefore, whether
Cloud Recruitment Perspectives
According to a study by the London School of Economics and Political Science the development of cloud computing will foster economic growth, increase productivity and shift the type of jobs and skills required by businesses. The study also reported that
Is Cloud Migration Becoming Easy?
Among some of the challenges one could encounter when taking the road to the cloud that I have mentioned in one of my earlier articles, 5 Challenges in the Journey to the Cloud, there is one that is purely
Can you Survive the Cloud Transition?
I have already explained some of the ways that cloud computing is influencing the IT industry. Among the many changes the IT industry now faces, of particular importance is the need for professionals to adapt, as cloud providers begin to
Moving to the cloud: who drives the change in a small business?
There are many articles on the Internet about cloud services and small businesses, and the universal agreement is that a small business will only benefit from the cloud. Some of my own articles on this subject, like 5 Ways a
Why Many SMBs Are Moving to Hosted Anti-spam
Are you using hosted anti-spam, or are you fighting the good fight alone? Spam is a constant challenge for email administrators. The amount of bandwidth required to address the spam problem is significant, and we’re not talking about circuit capacity