Useful cloud management tools for your business
There is a growing ecosystem of cloud management tools. Some help companies manage, track and optimize their use of public or private cloud resources. Others help companies automate and deploy cloud resources. And others act as a platform for managing
Cloud security for wearable technology
The integration of wearable technology is all but inevitable and many tech giants have recently made the move to wearable items. The implications and uses of wearable technology already influence different fields, from medicine, sports, education, gaming, and music. In
Cloud computing in social networks
Social network platforms have rapidly changed the way that people communicate and interact. They have enabled the participation in digital communities as well as the representation, documentation and exploration of social relationships. I personally believe that as “apps” become more sophisticated,
Going Cloud with Mobile Device Management
In the corporate world, there has been an ongoing “battle” between people who want to use technology and people who want to control it. IT managers want to ensure mobile devices comply with their organization-specific IT policies and that configuration is
3D Printing + Cloud = the perfect combination
While the concept of 3D printing has been around since the 1970’s, it has only been in recent years the technology has flourished, both commercially and in the consumer market. Large companies and universities adopted the technology mainly for rapid
The influence of the LEADS act on cloud computing
In our digital age, it’s absolutely crucial that our lawmakers strike the right balance between the legitimate requirements of law enforcement, the privacy of individuals and the sovereignty of foreign jurisdictions. With the US government turning up the heat on companies
Simplifying complex networks with Distributed Cloud Model
The current model for public cloud computing is an optimization for the traditional structure of internet-facing data centers - maximizing the scale of the facility to serve broader markets, using the Internet. Basically, the Internet provided an autonomous network that
Is cloud migration getting automated?
For a majority of companies, from small and mid-sized businesses to large enterprises, migrating data center workloads to the cloud is rapidly becoming a key priority. However, companies are struggling to perform cloud migrations in a comprehensive, seamless and timely
Working with RDS Oracle
This is a guest post from Chris Eastland, database architect. Chris is a Big Data Solutions provider and DBA service, Amazon RDS migration specialist moving Oracle and MySQL databases from on-Premisis to Amazon RDS. When working with RDS Oracle instances and
Cloud Computing – Who will lead: Business or IT?
There’s no doubt about it - 2015 is shaping up to be a big year in terms of cloud adoption. As more companies begin to realize the cost savings and advantage that cloud computing enables, the market will continue to
SMBs are still reluctant to go cloud, IT providers might be the key
The cloud has been quickly adopted by a great number of large companies in order to streamline their operations, save money and generally make them more competitive. Several major corporations have already moved entire IT infrastructures onto cloud platforms, offering
How can your business achieve agility with big data?
As technology advances at great speed, our lives are becoming increasingly digitized. From Twitter feeds to sensor data from medical devices, companies are overwhelmed with big data yet starving for actionable information. Most likely, you've heard a lot of talk
Monitoring your cloud performance with style
There is a clear boom in data center and cloud utilization. This trend continues as more organizations find value in moving a part or their entire infrastructure into the cloud. At the same time, IT has always had monitoring and
Benefits for using AWS RDS
It’s not an exaggeration to say that Amazon Relational Database Service (AWS RDS) has radically changed the economics of running a technology startup. There are definite advantages for database developers if they use AWS RDS instead of managing their own
How to counter DDoS attacks in Cloud Computing
Cloud services are becoming increasingly popular, both among the public and business enterprises. As more organizations are relying on cloud computing technology for their business operations, denial of service attacks (DoS), one of the most common forms of attack on