Cloud computing is a transformative technology that hasn’t just changed the businesses and organisations that use it, but the world in which we live. Without the cloud, the benefits of big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, automation and so many more things that we have come to rely on simply wouldn’t be there. That’s …
According to Forbes, in 2018, 77% of all enterprises were using the cloud for at least some of their applications or IT services. The reason for such a significant uptake is simple: the cloud provides companies with a range of substantial benefits, making them more agile, secure and cost-efficient while giving them access to the …
Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn saw the dovetailing of the world’s fifth most valuable company with the fourth biggest social network. As a result, we knew that big things would be in the pipeline. From a data management perspective there certainly has been some major activity and here are five lessons, from that acquisition, that every …
The IT world is well known for its use of jargon and the terms ‘cloud’ and ‘virtualisation’ are clear examples of where people get confused about meaning, often thinking that the two words mean the same thing. In reality, whilst the technologies are similar, they have significant differences which need to be understood before making …
From a security perspective, both public and private cloud networks offer organisations a level of protection that in-house servers cannot achieve. This comes, primarily, from having all your applications and data stored remotely in the cloud so that nothing is kept on individual machines. As a result, the threat of employees stealing or losing data …
Over the last few years, there has been an incredible shift towards cloud computing. 78% of UK businesses already have some of their IT services in the cloud and 63% have plans to move their entire operations to cloud computing before the end of the decade. It’s not surprising, considering the existing benefits cloud technology …
Jumped pages on the Internet, read enough of cloud, of its freshness & maturity, of its centralization knack, of judicious cost controls, improving cloud security, storage and recently about data migration. Let’s now understand what real time businesses are looking out for when they Cloud it UP. If you have boarded the cloud already, or …
There are many advocates of Cloud Computing who promote the technology and also the much talked about benefits it has to offer like cost savings, flexibility and high reliability. But many people are still cynical about the value cloud delivers to users. According to numerous researches conducted worldwide and actual business cases there are solid …
Cloud technology has come a long way and now it has become a pristine reality that is accepted and implemented by an ever increasing number of business organizations. An upward trend is seen in cloud implementation, the main reason behind this is the improvisation in the cloud hosting platform. While the cloud computing concept has …
