The risks of IoT
Although it has been with us in some form and under different names for many years, the Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming the thing when it comes to tech and evolution. The ability to connect, communicate with, and remotely
The Internet of Everything will change the world
The Internet of Everything (IoE) is the networked connection of people, data, process and things, and it should be understood as the next evolutionary stage of the Internet of Things (IoT) – that is, a technology concept that sees previously
Cloud Load Balancing services can make the difference
When you hear the term “load balancing”, what do you think of? The term basically refers to work that needs to be done that is too much for one resource to handle, prompting other resources to help out and get
Amazon promotes cloud learning through AWS Educate
With the dramatically increasing demand for cloud employees, Amazon has launched earlier this month a new program that aims to educate young people to become cloud experts of the future. AWS Educate is a program designed to help educators bring
Services round-up for the AWS cloud platform
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud platform provider, offering over 250 applications and services to deploy, maintain, monitor and run applications in the cloud. However, before deciding whether AWS is the best cloud provider for you and your
Tech trends in the 21st century
It’s the 21st century. According to the old Sci-Fi movies, we should all be going to work using rocket belts, have flying car in our garages and be able to go halfway around the world on a hypersonic airliner by
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